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. 2020 Jul 3;11:3299. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16510-3

Table 3.

Energy requirements for the MgO looping process.

Unit operation Energy requirements Energy type
Lower bound Upper bound
Air separation unit and condenser7 [MJ tCO2−1] 300 300 Electricity
Oxy-fired calciner [MJ tCO2−1] 5890 7970 Natural gas
Transportation [MJ tCO2−1] 8 9 Electricity
Stirring equipment [gallons tCO2−1] 0.29 0.31 Gasoline
Recollection equipment [gallons tCO2−1] 0.0051 0.0054 Gasoline