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Integration of deep geothermal energy and woody biomass conversion pathways in urban systems

François Maréchal, Stefano Moret, Léda Gerber, Emanuela Peduzzi

Urban systems account for about two-thirds of global primary energy consumption and energy-related greenhouse gas emissions, with a projected increasing trend. Deep geothermal energy and woody biomass can be used for the production of heat, electricity and ...

Elsevier2016

Identifying environmentally and economically optimal bioenergy plant sizes and locations: A spatial model of wood-based SNG value chains

Martin Gassner, Léda Gerber, Bernhard Steubing, Luca Pampuri

The optimal size and location of bioenergy plants with regards to environmental and economic performance are assessed with a spatially explicit value chain model of the production of synthetic natural gas (SNG) from wood. It consists of several individual ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2014

Life Cycle Assessment and Environomic Optimization of Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Plants

François Maréchal, Léda Gerber, Germain Augsburger, Aurélie Kuenlin

2013

Environomic optimal design and synthesis of energy conversion systems in urban areas

François Maréchal, Samira Fazlollahi, Léda Gerber

Elsevier2012

Integration of Life Cycle Assessment in the conceptual design of renewable energy conversion systems

Léda Gerber

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a well-established methodology that has been extensively used for the environmental evaluation of emerging technologies in the field of renewable energy conversion systems. In order to identify effective solutions for impact ...

EPFL2012

A systematic methodology for the synthesis of unit process chains using Life Cycle Assessment and Industrial Ecology Principles

François Maréchal, Léda Gerber, Jérôme Mayer

The integration of environmental impacts in the conceptual process design procedure can be achieved by combining Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) tools with flowsheeting software and process integration techniques. However, current LCI databases assume a given ...

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Defining Optimal Configurations of Geothermal Systems Using Process Design and Process Integration Techniques

François Maréchal, Léda Gerber

The use of geothermal resources for the polygeneration of energy services has recently gained interest and is expected to know an important development in the future. Major research questions concern the increase of the efficiency in the usage of geotherma ...

Aidic Servizi Srl, Via Giuseppe Colombo 81/A, Milano, Mi 20133, Italy2011

Systematic integration of LCA in process systems design: Application to combined fuel and electricity production from lignocellulosic biomass

François Maréchal, Martin Gassner, Léda Gerber

This paper presents a methodology to integrate life cycle assessment (LCA)in thermo-economic models used for the optimal conceptual design of energy conversion systems. It is illustrated by an application to a thermo-economic model developed for the multi- ...

Elsevier2011

Integrated Thermo-Economic Modelling of Geothermal Resources for Optimal Exploitation Scheme Identification

François Maréchal, Léda Gerber

This paper details the development of a systematic methodology using thermo-economic modeling that can be used to identify the optimal exploitation schemes of geothermal resources. A multi-period approach is used, integrating the superstructure of exploita ...

2010

Environomic optimization of SNG production from lignocellulosic biomass using Life Cycle Assessment

François Maréchal, Martin Gassner, Léda Gerber

This paper discusses strategies for the environomic optimization of renewable energy conversion technologies that are at the conceptual process design stage and produce multiple energy services, using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). It is illustrated by an ap ...

2010