All Outputs (11)

Green pathways for biomass transformation: A holistic evaluation of deep eutectic solvents (DESs) through life cycle and techno-economic assessment (2024)
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Yiin, C. L., Lai, Z. Y., Chin, B. L. F., Lock, S. S. M., Cheah, K. W., Taylor, M. J., Al-Gailani, A., Kolosz, B. W., & Chan, Y. H. (2024). Green pathways for biomass transformation: A holistic evaluation of deep eutectic solvents (DESs) through life cycle and techno-economic assessment. Journal of cleaner production, 470, Article 143248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.143248

The utilization of renewable biomass resources to manufacture biofuels, chemicals, and materials has garnered considerable attention. Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have surfaced as a promising instrument within the realm of biomass conversion, owing... Read More about Green pathways for biomass transformation: A holistic evaluation of deep eutectic solvents (DESs) through life cycle and techno-economic assessment.

Specialty grand challenge: renaming our section to “Carbon Dioxide Removal” (2023)
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Renforth, P., Bellamy, R., Beerling, D., Boettcher, M., Bonalumi, D., Brandão, M., Fridahl, M., Fuss, S., Hansson, A., Heyward, C., Kolosz, B., Lamers, P., McLaren, D., Pomi, R., Sanchez, D. L., Shayegh, S., Sick, V., Van der Spek, M., Vishal, V., & Wilcox, J. (2023). Specialty grand challenge: renaming our section to “Carbon Dioxide Removal”. Frontiers in Climate, 5, Article 1279109. https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2023.1279109

A stakeholders’ participatory approach to multi-criteria assessment of sustainable aviation fuels production pathways (2021)
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Ahmad, S., Ouenniche, J., Kolosz, B. W., Greening, P., Andresen, J. M., Maroto-Valer, M. M., & Xu, B. (2021). A stakeholders’ participatory approach to multi-criteria assessment of sustainable aviation fuels production pathways. International journal of production economics, 238, Article 108156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2021.108156

Sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) provide a viable option to decarbonise global aviation. Unlike conventional jet-fuel, SAFs can be produced in several production pathways making their selection a complex multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) problem... Read More about A stakeholders’ participatory approach to multi-criteria assessment of sustainable aviation fuels production pathways.

Electrolytic cell engineering and device optimization for electrosynthesis of e-biofuels via co-valorisation of bio-feedstocks and captured CO2 (2020)
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Montazersadgh, F., Zhang, H., Alkayal, A., Buckley, B., Kolosz, B. W., Xu, B., & Xuan, J. (2021). Electrolytic cell engineering and device optimization for electrosynthesis of e-biofuels via co-valorisation of bio-feedstocks and captured CO2. Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 15(1), 208-219. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11705-020-1945-6

Utilizing CO2 in an electro-chemical process and synthesizing value-added chemicals are amongst the few viable and scalable pathways in carbon capture and utilization technologies. CO2 electro-reduction is also counted as one of the main options enta... Read More about Electrolytic cell engineering and device optimization for electrosynthesis of e-biofuels via co-valorisation of bio-feedstocks and captured CO2.

Improving fuel cell performance via optimal parameters identification through fuzzy logic based-modeling and optimization (2020)
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Tanveer, W. H., Rezk, H., Nassef, A., Abdelkareem, M. A., Kolosz, B., Karuppasamy, K., Aslam, J., & Gilani, S. O. (2020). Improving fuel cell performance via optimal parameters identification through fuzzy logic based-modeling and optimization. Energy, 204, Article 117976. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2020.117976

Improving the performance of solid oxide fuel cell via maximizing its available peak power density is a key requirement of research in the field of renewable energy. This could be achieved through identifying the optimal controlling parameters such a... Read More about Improving fuel cell performance via optimal parameters identification through fuzzy logic based-modeling and optimization.

Life cycle environmental analysis of 'drop in' alternative aviation fuels: A review (2020)
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Kolosz, B. W., Luo, Y., Xu, B., Maroto-Valer, M. M., & Andresen, J. M. (2020). Life cycle environmental analysis of 'drop in' alternative aviation fuels: A review. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 4(7), 3229-3263. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9se00788a

Alternative aviation fuels possess significant potential to reduce the environmental burdens of the aviation industry. This review critically explores the application of the Life Cycle Assessment Methodology to the assessment of alternative aviation... Read More about Life cycle environmental analysis of 'drop in' alternative aviation fuels: A review.

Life-cycle assessment of emerging CO2 mineral carbonation-cured concrete blocks: Comparative analysis of CO2 reduction potential and optimization of environmental impacts (2019)
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Huang, H., Wang, T., Kolosz, B., Andresen, J., Garcia, S., Fang, M., & Maroto-Valer, M. M. (2019). Life-cycle assessment of emerging CO2 mineral carbonation-cured concrete blocks: Comparative analysis of CO2 reduction potential and optimization of environmental impacts. Journal of cleaner production, 241, Article 118359. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.118359

CO2 mineral carbonation (MC) curing technology provides a promising solution for large-scale CO2 utilization and construction sectors towards low-carbon and environmentally friendly production of concrete, but studies on the total environmental impac... Read More about Life-cycle assessment of emerging CO2 mineral carbonation-cured concrete blocks: Comparative analysis of CO2 reduction potential and optimization of environmental impacts.

CASPER: A modelling framework to link mineral carbonation with the turnover of organic matter in soil (2019)
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Kolosz, B. W., Sohi, S. P., & Manning, D. A. (2019). CASPER: A modelling framework to link mineral carbonation with the turnover of organic matter in soil. Computers & geosciences, 124, 58-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2018.12.012

Rapid formation of stable soil carbonates offers a potential biologically-mediated strategy for removing atmospheric CO 2 and forms a part of the negative emissions debate in a bid to maintain global temperatures of 1.5 °C. Microbial respiration in s... Read More about CASPER: A modelling framework to link mineral carbonation with the turnover of organic matter in soil.

Conceptual advancement of socio-ecological modelling of ecosystem services for re-evaluating Brownfield land (2018)
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Kolosz, B. W., Athanasiadis, I. N., Cadisch, G., Dawson, T. P., Giupponi, C., Honzák, M., Martinez-Lopez, J., Marvuglia, A., Mojtahed, V., Ogutu, K. B., Van Delden, H., Villa, F., & Balbi, S. (2018). Conceptual advancement of socio-ecological modelling of ecosystem services for re-evaluating Brownfield land. Ecosystem Services, 33(Part A), 29-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2018.08.003

Essential environmental resources are rapidly exploited globally, while social-ecological systems at different scales fail to meet sustainable development challenges. Ecosystem services research, which at present predominantly utilizes static modelli... Read More about Conceptual advancement of socio-ecological modelling of ecosystem services for re-evaluating Brownfield land.

A sustainability framework for engineering carbon capture soil in transport infrastructure (2017)
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Kolosz, B. W., Goddard, M. A., Jorat, M. E., Aumonier, J., Sohi, S. P., & Manning, D. A. (2017). A sustainability framework for engineering carbon capture soil in transport infrastructure. International Journal of Transport Development and Integration, 1(1), 74-83. https://doi.org/10.2495/TDI-V1-N1-74-83

Recent research has demonstrated considerable potential for artificial soils to be designed for carbon capture. The incorporation of quarry fines enables the accumulation of atmospheric CO2 in newly formed carbonate minerals. However, the rate and tr... Read More about A sustainability framework for engineering carbon capture soil in transport infrastructure.

Sustainability assessment approaches for intelligent transport systems: The state of the art (2016)
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Kolosz, B., & Grant-Muller, S. (2016). Sustainability assessment approaches for intelligent transport systems: The state of the art. IET Intelligent Transport Systems, 10(5), 287-297. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-its.2015.0025

The appraisal of intelligent transport systems (ITS) has become increasingly important in order to capture their full range of potential impacts. This study aims to assess the appropriateness of conventional transport appraisal models and tools for t... Read More about Sustainability assessment approaches for intelligent transport systems: The state of the art.