Alberto Mian

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Apparatus for salt separation under supercritical water conditions

Daniel Favrat, François Maréchal, Adriano Viana Ensinas, Alberto Mian

Apparatus for salt separation (2) under supercritical water conditions, comprising a heat exchanger (4) and a fluidized bed reactor (6). The fluidized bed reactor comprising a supercritical water pressure containing wall (8) defining therein a fluidized be ...

2016

Optimal design methods applied to solar-assisted hydrothermal gasification plants

Alberto Mian

The gasification of highly watered waste residues may help to reduce fossil fuels consumption, as well as emissions, all the while improving efficiency. The integration of supercritical gasification with solar energy may improve the performances of both ne ...

EPFL2016

Multiperiod Sequential Synthesis of Heat Exchanger Networks and Utility Systems including storages

François Maréchal, Alberto Mian, Emanuele Martelli

This work proposes a sequential approach for the multi-period synthesis of Heat Exchanger Networks (HEN) and Utility Systems of chemical processes and energy systems, including thermal, electric and material storage. The optimization approach is sequential ...

2016

Valorization of sugarcane biorefinery residues using supercritical water gasification: A case study and perspectives

François Maréchal, Alberto Mian, Adriano Viana Ensinas

The present study evaluates the use of supercritical fluid technology, particularly supercritical water gasification (SCWG), to add value to residues from a sugarcane biorefinery that produces first and second generation ethanol. This case study aims at el ...

2015

Multi-objective optimization of SNG production from microalgae through hydrothermal gasification

François Maréchal, Adriano Viana Ensinas, Alberto Mian

The conversion of microalgae biomass into biofuels is a quite well explored field of research. Due to high photosynthetic efficiency, microalgae are considered as a potential feedstock for next-generations biofuel conversion processes. This paper addresses ...

2015

Optimum Biorefinery Pathways Selection Using the Integer-Cuts Constraint Method Applied to a MILP Problem

François Maréchal, Alberto Mian, Adriano Viana Ensinas, Stefano Maronese

Biorefineries are multi-product facilities that convert biomass into a broad variety of products (energy, biofuels, chemicals, feed, and food). In this paper, a new systematic approach to select and rank different biorefinery conversion pathways is propose ...

2015

Integration of Supercritical Water Gasification in Combined 1G/2G Ethanol Production

François Maréchal, Adriano Viana Ensinas, Alberto Mian

The present study investigates the potential conversion of sugarcane into ethanol and synthetic natural gas. The considered conversion path consists in combining ethanol first and second generation ethanol production plant with a catalytic supercritical wa ...

Aidic Servizi Srl2014

Thermo-economic and environmental model of microalgae-to-SNG conversion process through hydrothermal gasification

François Maréchal, Adriano Viana Ensinas, Alberto Mian, Kevin Arrandel

Due to its high photosynthesis conversion efficiency, microalgae are currently considered as a serious feedstock for next-generation biofuels production. One possible conversion process is the production of synthetic natural gas (SNG) through catalytic hyd ...

2013

Multi-objective optimization of SNG production through hydrothermal gasification from microalgae

François Maréchal, Alberto Mian, Adriano Viana Ensinas

Elsevier2013

Optimal Design of Solar Assisted Hydrothermal Gasification for Microalgae to Synthetic Natural Gas Conversion

François Maréchal, Adriano Viana Ensinas, Alberto Mian, Gianluca Ambrosetti

Catalytic hydrothermal gasification is a promising technology which allows the conversion of wet biomass into methane rich syngas. It consists of three major steps, in which thermal energy has to be supplied at different temperature levels, leading to mult ...

2013

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