Ethanol produced from lignocellulosic biomass is a desired, renewable fuel that can help to reduce our dependence on oil. In order to achieve the commercial deployment of this fuel good economic and environmental performance are mandatory. Both these targets are tackled by the efficient use of...

A techno-economic analysis has been performed for a coal-fired power plant retrofitted with Solvent-based Post-combustion Carbon Capture (PCC) technology which is partially supplied with thermal energy by solar thermal collectors. The plant is compared with a generic PCC plant where all the...

Underground coal gasification (UCG) is a potential clean coal technology which converts coal into combustible gas in situ. The syngas produced from the UCG process using dry air contains more steam, tar and higher hydrocarbons compared to the conventional gasifiers. The focus of the present work...

Published studies have been focused mainly on the energy integration of continuous distillation columns. In this contribution, a novel heat integrated batch distillation column (HIBDC) is proposed. Aiming to improve the thermodynamic efficiency and reduce the total annual cost (TAC), a thermally...

The ever growing environmental concern caused by excessive use of fossil fuels in energy and transportation systems triggered considerable investigations on alternative energy sources such as biomass. Furthermore, the availability and security of fossil fuels to meet future global energy need...

One option for pre-combustion CO2 capture in power plants is the integrated reforming combined cycle (IRCC). IRCCs have previously been studied from multiple viewpoints: thermo-economic analysis, process optimization, environmental impact, and plant flexibility. This paper is focused on the...

This paper reports on early work and concept development for Optimal Mine Site Energy Supply, where the specific energy supply requirements and constraints for mineral production operations are considered against methodologies that have been applied for other sectors and in other energy policy...

This paper addresses a conceptual study investigating the techno-economic feasibility for the thermal Integration of LNG cold vaporisation energy in power generation applications. In conventional regasification systems, this valuable LNG cold energy is often being wasted to ambient heat sources,...

One of the main challenges of carbon capture and storage technologies deals with the energy penalty associated with CO2 separation and compression processes. Thus, heat integration plays an essential role in the improvement of these systems’ efficiencies. CO2 capture systems based on...

In this contribution, a novel intensified heat integrated ternary distillation column (int-HITDiC) is introduced. The objective is to show the superiority of the int-HITDiC over its general form, namely the HITDiC and the conventional standalone column on the basis of two criteria: energy...