Methanol fuel production from solar-assisted supercritical water gasification of algae: A techno-economic annual optimisation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alireza Rahbari ◽  
Alec Shirazi ◽  
John Downing Pye
Keyword(s):  
Transient Response ◽  
Supercritical Water ◽  
Methanol Synthesis ◽  
Fuel Production ◽  
Fast Transient Response ◽  
Supercritical Water Gasification ◽  
Intuitive Design ◽  
Fast Transient

Methanol synthesis offers a relatively fast transient response compared to other fuel synthesis technologies—a promising downstream alternative for solar-derived syngas. However, many non-intuitive design choices must be analysed to achieve...

Liquid fuel production via supercritical water gasification of algae: a role for solar heat integration?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahesh Brahmadesham Venkataraman ◽  
Alireza Rahbari ◽  
Philip J van Eyk ◽  
Alan W. Weimer ◽  
Wojciech Lipiński ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supercritical Water ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Algal Biomass ◽  
Liquid Fuel ◽  
Arable Land ◽  
High Growth ◽  
Heat Integration ◽  
Fuel Production ◽  
Supercritical Water Gasification ◽  
Artificial Ponds

Algal biomass is an attractive feedstock for carbon-neutral fuel production due to high growth rates and its potential to be farmed in artificial ponds on non-arable land. Supercritical water gasification...

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