Bioprocessing of waste biomass for sustainable product development and minimizing environmental impact

Z Usmani, M Sharma, AK Awasthi, N Sivakumar… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
Growing concerns around the generation of biomass waste have triggered conversation
around sustainable utilization of these seemingly waste materials as feedstock towards …

Efficient methanol synthesis: Perspectives, technologies and optimization strategies

G Bozzano, F Manenti - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2016 - Elsevier
In economy nowadays, methanol is already a key compound widely employed as building
block for producing intermediates or synthetic hydrocarbons, solvent, energy storage …

[HTML][HTML] Techno-economic assessment of long-term methanol production from natural gas and renewables

CA del Pozo, S Cloete, ÁJ Álvaro - Energy Conversion and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Growing climate change concerns are driving interest in alternative energy carriers to fossil
fuels. Methanol (MeOH) is a promising candidate to alleviate the challenges faced by …

Understanding the role of imidazolium-based ionic liquids in the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction

A Fortunati, F Risplendi, M Re Fiorentin… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
The development of efficient CO2 capture and utilization technologies driven by renewable
energy sources is mandatory to reduce the impact of climate change. Herein, seven …

[HTML][HTML] Kinetic modelling of methanol synthesis over commercial catalysts: A critical assessment

F Nestler, AR Schütze, M Ouda, MJ Hadrich… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Kinetic modelling of methanol synthesis over commercial catalysts is of high importance for
reactor and process design. Literature kinetic models were implemented and systematically …

Full spectroscopic characterization of the molecular oxygen-based methane to methanol conversion over open Fe (II) sites in a metal–organic framework

A Tofoni, F Tavani, M Vandone, L Braglia… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Iron-based enzymes efficiently activate molecular oxygen to perform the oxidation of
methane to methanol (MTM), a reaction central to the contemporary chemical industry …

Methanol Production via CO2 Hydrogenation: Sensitivity Analysis and Simulation—Based Optimization

P Borisut, A Nuchitprasittichai - Frontiers in energy research, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of greenhouse gases, which can cause global warming. One of
studies to mitigate CO2 emissions to the atmosphere is to convert CO2 to valuable products …

Impact of kinetic models on methanol synthesis reactor predictions: in silico assessment and comparison with industrial data

F Bisotti, M Fedeli, K Prifti, A Galeazzi… - Industrial & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The reactor is one of the most important equipment to be designed for optimal process
operations. An appropriate reactor modeling leads to an efficient and optimal process …

Exergy-based evaluation of methanol production from natural gas with CO2 utilization

T Blumberg, T Morosuk, G Tsatsaronis - Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Energy and exergy analyses were carried out for a medium-capacity methanol plant based
on a low-pressure synthesis process for natural gas. The process comprises a pretreatment …

Fermentation, thermochemical and catalytic processes in the transformation of biomass through efficient biorefineries

CAC Alzate, JCS Toro, ÁG Peña - Catalysis today, 2018 - Elsevier
The use of crude oil as energy source and raw material to produce chemicals has
deteriorated the environment. For this reason, biomass is a representative renewable …