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AMS-14C Determination of the Biogenic-Fossil Fractions in Flue Gases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2018

Gianluca Quarta ,
Lucio Calcagnile ,
Domenico Cipriano ,
Marisa D’Elia ,
Lucio Maruccio ,
Giovanni Ciceri  and
Valter Martinotti
Gianluca Quarta*
Affiliation:
CEDAD (Centre for Dating and Diagnostics), University of Salento – Mathematics and Physics “Ennio de Giorgi” via per Arnesano, Lecce 73100, Italy
Lucio Calcagnile
Affiliation:
CEDAD (Centre for Dating and Diagnostics), University of Salento – Mathematics and Physics “Ennio de Giorgi” via per Arnesano, Lecce 73100, Italy
Domenico Cipriano
Affiliation:
RSE – Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico, via R. Rubattino 54, 20134 Milan, Italy
Marisa D’Elia
Affiliation:
CEDAD (Centre for Dating and Diagnostics), University of Salento – Mathematics and Physics “Ennio de Giorgi” via per Arnesano, Lecce 73100, Italy
Lucio Maruccio
Affiliation:
CEDAD (Centre for Dating and Diagnostics), University of Salento – Mathematics and Physics “Ennio de Giorgi” via per Arnesano, Lecce 73100, Italy
Giovanni Ciceri
Affiliation:
RSE – Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico, via R. Rubattino 54, 20134 Milan, Italy
Valter Martinotti
Affiliation:
RSE – Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico, via R. Rubattino 54, 20134 Milan, Italy
*
*Corresponding author. Email: gianluca.quarta@unisalento.it.
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Abstract

The determination of the proportion between the biogenic and the fossil-derived fraction in carbon dioxide emissions from industrial stationary sources is a relevant aspect in the frame of the worldwide efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. In this field the 14C-based method has gained importance over the years and has been included in standard protocols accepted at both the national and international levels. The advantages of the method, based on the large difference in terms of 14C signature between fossil and biogenic carbon, are reviewed as well as some critical aspects related to its application. In particular the results of a study aimed at validating the method by analyzing synthetic gas mixtures produced in a dedicated plant and with a tuneable proportion between fossil and biogenic carbon dioxide are presented.

Keywords

biogeniccarbon dioxideemissionsflue gasesfossilradiocarbonstationary industrial sources
Type
Atmosphere
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 60 , Special Issue 5: 2nd Radiocarbon in the Environment Conference, Debrecen, Hungary, July 3–7, 2017 Part 2 of 2 and Radiocarbon & Diet 2 International Conference Aarhus, Denmark, June 20–23, 2017 , October 2018 , pp. 1327 - 1333
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Selected Papers from the 2nd Radiocarbon in the Environment Conference, Debrecen,Hungary, 3–7 July 2017

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