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Audrey Ye-Ning Schuster

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In the United States, the industrial sector contributes to a significant portion of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, with many of the emissions coming from the burning of fossil fuels such as natural gas to produce process heat. Implementing industrial high-temperature heat pump (HTHP) technology is a key component to electrification and decarbonization of industrial processes, which will in turn lead to the reduction of GHG and slowing of global warming. This research aims to determine what processes could utilize HTHPs, and to compare the current carbon emissions with the carbon emissions required to operate a heat pump utilizing the current US electricity grid. In order to find where current emissions are coming from, the Python Pandas library is used to analyze the data available through the Environmental Protection Agency's facility level information on greenhouse gasses tool. Data regarding location of emissions, current types of heating units, fuel type, plant capacity, and temperatures for different processes are compiled with the goal of determining which current heat processes could be replaced by an HTHP. The results will allow for a better understanding of the emissions produced by current fossil fuel based heating, contributing to a more thorough techno-economic analysis of HTHPs. Keywords: [no keywords provided]

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Purdue University / 2024

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Audrey Ye-Ning Schuster