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Sustainable energy systems, a process system engineering perspective

According to the International Energy Agency, CO2 emissions have to be cut by a factor 2 if one wants to mitigate the effect on the climate change to an acceptable limit. To reach this target, efficient use and conversion of energy resources is expected to ...

2013

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

Thermo-environomic evaluation of the ammonia production

François Maréchal, Laurence Tock, Matthieu Perrenoud

Within the global challenge of sustainable energy supply and greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, carbon capture and storage (CCS) and the deployment of renewable resources are considered as promising solutions. In this context, the production of ammonia m ...

SFGP2013

Thermo-Economic Optimization of Integrated First and Second Generation Sugarcane Ethanol Plant

François Maréchal, Adriano Viana Ensinas, Victor Codina Gironès, Juliana Queiroz Albarelli

The sugarcane industry has been responsible in some countries for the production of most of the sugar and ethanol available in the world for internal and external markets. In this sector, ethanol can be produced by fermentation of sugars obtained directly ...

2013

Allometric equations for non-destructive biomass estimation of early stage sugarcane plants – Case study in Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil

Hadrien Baecher

Brazil recently became the 5th world power, and with a tremendous growing of its population and the resulting needs, this country is facing challenges in providing energy to every sector of its socio-economical activity. The actual global warming concern a ...

2013

Comparative life cycle assessment of biodiesel from algae and jatropha: A case study of India

Edgard Gnansounou, Jegannathan Kenthorai Raman

Algae and jatropha, two types of promising and unconventional biomass, are investigated in this study for large-scale production of biodiesel. The aim is to evaluate the potential advantages and the magnitude of closeness of life cycle balances between the ...

Elsevier2013

Life cycle environmental impacts of a prospective palm-based biorefinery in Parà State-Brazil

Edgard Gnansounou

The availability of about 18 million hectares of grassland in Para State, Brazil, and the possibility of increasing the livestock density display a good perspective for the oil palm expansion in pasture land. A life cycle assessment is performed for a pros ...

Elsevier2013

EnergyScope Valais - Case study of Regionalisation

Jonas Schnidrig

This document is the report of my second semester project at IPESE. Its objectives were to validate the energetic strategy 2035 of the “Canton du Valais”. The lecturer will see how the Swiss-Energyscope model has been adapted to the canton of Valais to com ...

2013

Process Integration of Lignocellulosic Biomass Pre-treatment in the Thermo-Chemical Production of F-T Fuels. Centralised Versus Decentralised Scenarios

François Maréchal, Guillaume Boissonnet, Emanuela Peduzzi

The purpose of this study is to evaluate, in terms of process integration, the centralised and decentralised pre-treatment of lignocellulosic biomass for its thermo-chemical conversion into liquid fuels through gasification and Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) synthe ...

2013

Pelletization of micro-algae by induced lichen formation through co-culture with filamentous fungi

Christof Holliger, Pierre Rossi, Jean-Paul Schwitzguebel, Eduardo Pereira Gomes, Stephen Mackay

The use of micro-algae within industrial applications, such as biofuel production, has several limitations with regard to cost and therefore sustainability. Micro-algae biomass consists of small single cells that stay in suspension making them difficult to ...

2013

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