Renewable methanol and the energy challenge: the role of electrocatalysis

H Varela, EA Paredes-Salazar, FHB Lima… - Current Opinion in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Renewable methanol is deemed as efficient, low-cost, and safe alternative to fossil fuels,
due to easy of handling, storage, and transportation beside versatility of production methods …

Global production potential of green methanol based on variable renewable electricity

M Fasihi, C Breyer - Energy & Environmental Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Methanol is a primary petrochemical globally. Green methanol, produced by Power-to-X
technologies, is a potential solution to the defossilisation of the existing methanol supply and …

Conceptual Process Design and Technoeconomic Analysis of an e-Methanol Plant with Direct Air-Captured CO2 and Electrolytic H2

F Cameli, E Delikonstantis, A Kourou, V Rosa… - Energy & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Carbon-negative electrified production of methanol (e-MeOH) can play a central role in
sustainable chemical manufacturing in the coming years. In this context, CO2-based …

Solar thermal energy-assisted direct capture of CO2 from ambient air for methanol synthesis

S Li, R Chen, J Wang, S Deng, H Zhou… - npj Materials …, 2024 - nature.com
Solar thermal energy-assisted direct air capture (DAC) is widely considered as a novel
carbon-negative technical route, innovatively enabling an effective removal of CO2 directly …

A data-driven multi-objective optimization approach for enhanced methanol yield and exergy loss minimization in direct hydrogenation of CO2

A Samad, H Saghir, A Musawwir, I Ahmad… - Applied Thermal …, 2024 - Elsevier
The stability and control of process industries have historically faced obstacles due to
inherent uncertainties in their operations. This work focuses on leveraging machine learning …

Perspectives and Outlook of E-fuels: Production, Cost Effectiveness, and Applications

K Shi, B Guan, Z Zhuang, J Chen, Y Chen, Z Ma… - Energy & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
With the introduction of the EU's “ban on combustion” proposal in 2035, the sale of new
fossil fuel vehicles will soon be comprehensively prohibited. The use of e-fuels has become …

[HTML][HTML] Utilization of excess heat in future Power-to-X energy hubs through sector-coupling

C Koumparakis, I Kountouris, R Bramstoft - Applied Energy, 2025 - Elsevier
This study focuses on harnessing excess heat from Power-to-X technologies in future
energy hubs. By coupling thermodynamics with an optimization model, a novel analysis is …

Methanol Synthesis from Sustainable Feedstocks–A Quantitative Side Product Analysis

F Nestler, J Voß, A Fastabend… - Chemie Ingenieur …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Methanol synthesis from sustainable feedstocks will play an important role in the future's
energy system. To enable an accurate design of crude methanol distillation systems …

[PDF][PDF] Advancement and Assessment of Power-to-X Strategies as a Significant Contribution for the De-Fossilization of Economies

H Falfushynska, V Zhadan… - Proceedings of the 12th …, 2024 - opendata.uni-halle.de
In order for the EU to achieve its 2050 climate objectives, transport-, power-, and industry
sector, which heavily relies on fossil fuels, must significantly decrease their emissions …

Feasibility Analysis of Methanol Production Processes in the Oskarshamn harbor: Biomass to Methanol vs. Hydrogen and Carbon Conversion

FA Villarroel Contreras - 2024 - diva-portal.org
The maritime sector is undergoing a significant transformation driven by global sustainability
goals, with the European Union under Swedish leadership strongly advocating for low …