Publications by Rafael Amorim Leandro De Castro Amoedo

Exergy and economic analysis of the trade-off for design of post-combustion CO2 capture plant by chemical absorption with MEA

François Maréchal, Rafael Amorim Leandro De Castro Amoedo

CO2 abatement strategies are crucial in any industrial cluster. In post-combustion capture solutions, the highenergy consumption and the cost associated with the operation are the main drawbacks. In this work, a chemical absorption system using a 30% MEA s ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2023

On the role of system integration of carbon capture and mineralization in achieving net-negative emissions in industrial sectors

François Maréchal, Julia Granacher, Rafael Amorim Leandro De Castro Amoedo

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is commonly acknowledged as a valuable technology for reducing industrial emissions. However, limited installation capacity raises questions about its ability to scale up effectively and promptly. This issue can, in part, b ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2023

Closing the balance - on the role of integrating biorefineries in the future energy system

François Maréchal, Julia Granacher, Jonas Schnidrig, Rafael Amorim Leandro De Castro Amoedo

Fuels from bio-based resources hold the potential to supply fossil fuel alternatives at reasonable economic and environmental expenses that can assist emission reduction in the transportation sector. However, apart from a general need to reduce fossil-base ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2023

AIDRES: A database for the decarbonisation of the heavy industry in Europe

François Maréchal, Luc Girardin, Daniel Alexander Florez Orrego, Ivan Daniel Kantor, Shivom Sharma, Julia Granacher, Meire Ellen Gorete Ribeiro Domingos, Rafael Amorim Leandro De Castro Amoedo, Yi Zhao

The AIDRES database aims to support the long-term objective of a fully integrated industrial strategy in the EU 27, providing a service to the European Commission and a catalogue for industries to understand the effectiveness, efficiency and cost of potent ...

Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria2023

Decision support methodology for waste-to-value process integration

Rafael Amorim Leandro De Castro Amoedo

Waste treatment is a complex procedure that comprises multidimensional aspects. The challenges posed by the energy transition and international protocols emphasize the role of waste in its material and energy dimension. With an increasing population and li ...

EPFL2023

The critical role of electricity storage for a clean and renewable European economy

François Maréchal, Ivan Daniel Kantor, Tuong-Van Nguyen, Rafael Amorim Leandro De Castro Amoedo, Paul Michael Stadler, Alessio Santecchia

A fully renewable Europe is a major climate goal and an assumed priority by the European Union. However, intermittent renewables require hefty backup power sources to compensate for sudden generation shortfalls, ensuring grid stability and balance across t ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2023

Industrial Flexibility as Demand Side Response for Electrical Grid Stability

François Maréchal, Ivan Daniel Kantor, Rafael Amorim Leandro De Castro Amoedo, Alessio Santecchia

Electricity markets are currently experiencing a period of rapid change. The intermittent nature of renewable energy is disrupting the conventional methods used in operational planning of the electrical grid, causing a shift from a day-ahead forecast polic ...

FRONTIERS MEDIA SA2022

Assessment of Carbon Capture Technologies for Waste-to-Energy System

François Maréchal, Shivom Sharma, Rafael Amorim Leandro De Castro Amoedo

Municipal solid waste is a mixture of urban and industrial waste, consisting of biodegradable fractions, such as food waste, waste wood or paper, but also fossil-based fractions, among which plastics, textiles, metals, glass and aluminum. Depending on the ...

Elsevier2022

The Role of Biowaste: A Multi-Objective Optimization Platform for Combined Heat, Power and Fuel

François Maréchal, Julia Granacher, Rafael Amorim Leandro De Castro Amoedo

Biomass, bioenergy and negative emission technologies are inherent to the future design of energy systems. Urban clusters have a growing demand for fuel, heat and electricity, which is both a challenge and an opportunity for biomass-based technologies. The ...

2021

Towards a sustainable supply chain on plastic waste management : a multi-criteria optimization approach

François Maréchal, Ivan Daniel Kantor, Rafael Amorim Leandro De Castro Amoedo, Diya Achi

Municipal solid waste and waste plastics are currently perceived as an environmental threat. Thermovalorization and recycling are the primary technologies used for disposal, with re- searchers and practitioners advocating for one or the other, but far from ...

2021