All Outputs (43)

Techno-economic and life cycle assessment review of sustainable aviation fuel produced via biomass gasification (2021)
Book Chapter
Michaga, M. F. R., Michailos, S., Hughes, K. J., Ingham, D., & Pourkashanian, M. (2021). Techno-economic and life cycle assessment review of sustainable aviation fuel produced via biomass gasification. In R. C. Ray (Ed.), Sustainable Biofuels: Opportunities and challenges (269-303). Duxford: Woodhead Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-820297-5.00012-8

The aviation sector is responsible for at least 2% of the anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The production and use of new sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) appear as the most relevant strategy to achieve significant GHG emissions reductio... Read More about Techno-economic and life cycle assessment review of sustainable aviation fuel produced via biomass gasification.

A techno-economic assessment of implementing power-to-gas systems based on biomethanation in an operating waste water treatment plant (2020)
Journal Article
Michailos, S., Walker, M., Moody, A., Poggio, D., & Pourkashanian, M. (2021). A techno-economic assessment of implementing power-to-gas systems based on biomethanation in an operating waste water treatment plant. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 9(1), Article 104735. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2020.104735

The aim of the present study is to assess the techno-economic viability of integrating biomethanation into power to gas systems in a real waste water treatment plant (WWTP). The research is the first attempt to assess the viability of several scenari... Read More about A techno-economic assessment of implementing power-to-gas systems based on biomethanation in an operating waste water treatment plant.

A techno-enviro-economic assessment of a biomass fuelled micro-CCHP driven by a hybrid Stirling and ORC engine (2020)
Journal Article
Udeh, G. T., Michailos, S., Ingham, D., Hughes, K. J., Ma, L., & Pourkashanian, M. (2021). A techno-enviro-economic assessment of a biomass fuelled micro-CCHP driven by a hybrid Stirling and ORC engine. Energy Conversion and Management, 227, Article 113601. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2020.113601

Stirling engines (SE) offer good part load performance and high heat sink temperatures which make it a suitable candidate to serve as a prime mover in micro-combined cooling, heating and power (μ-CCHP) applications. In this study, a novel μ-CCHP conf... Read More about A techno-enviro-economic assessment of a biomass fuelled micro-CCHP driven by a hybrid Stirling and ORC engine.

Valorization of rice straw for ethylene and jet fuel production: A technoeconomic assessment (2020)
Book Chapter
Michailos, S., & Webb, C. (2020). Valorization of rice straw for ethylene and jet fuel production: A technoeconomic assessment. In M. R. Kosseva, & C. Webb (Eds.), Food Industry Wastes : Assessment and Recuperation of Commodities (201-221). (2nd ed.). London: Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-817121-9.00010-3

The goal of the present study is to exemplify ways to valorize lignocellulosic food waste within the biorefinery concept. Rice straw was selected as the feedstock of focus, but the presented methodologies can be extended to other similar materials su... Read More about Valorization of rice straw for ethylene and jet fuel production: A technoeconomic assessment.

Initial techno-economic screening of BECCS technologies in power generation for a range of biomass feedstock (2020)
Journal Article
Emenike, O., Michailos, S., Finney, K. N., Hughes, K. J., Ingham, D., & Pourkashanian, M. (2020). Initial techno-economic screening of BECCS technologies in power generation for a range of biomass feedstock. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments an international journal, 40, Article 100743. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2020.100743

Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) has the potential to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and ultimately play an important role in climate change mitigation. The aim of this research is to compare the techno-economic performanc... Read More about Initial techno-economic screening of BECCS technologies in power generation for a range of biomass feedstock.

Techno-economic assessment on the fuel flexibility of a commercial scale combined cycle gas turbine integrated with a CO<inf>2</inf> capture plant (2020)
Journal Article
Omehia, K. C., Clements, A. G., Michailos, S., Hughes, K. J., Ingham, D. B., & Pourkashanian, M. (2020). Techno-economic assessment on the fuel flexibility of a commercial scale combined cycle gas turbine integrated with a CO2 capture plant. International journal of energy research, 44(11), 9127-9140. https://doi.org/10.1002/er.5681

Post-combustion carbon capture is a valuable technology, capable of being deployed to meet global CO2 emissions targets. The technology is mature and can be retrofitted easily with existing carbon emitting energy generation sources, such as natural g... Read More about Techno-economic assessment on the fuel flexibility of a commercial scale combined cycle gas turbine integrated with a CO<inf>2</inf> capture plant.

Biomethane production using an integrated anaerobic digestion, gasification and CO2 biomethanation process in a real waste water treatment plant: A techno-economic assessment (2020)
Journal Article
Michailos, S., Walker, M., Moody, A., Poggio, D., & Pourkashanian, M. (2020). Biomethane production using an integrated anaerobic digestion, gasification and CO2 biomethanation process in a real waste water treatment plant: A techno-economic assessment. Energy Conversion and Management, 209, Article 112663. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2020.112663

The biomethanation of CO2 from anaerobic digestion within the power to gas concept has recently emerged as a promising technology to upgrade biogas, to decarbonise the domestic and industrial heat sector, provide long term energy storage and deliver... Read More about Biomethane production using an integrated anaerobic digestion, gasification and CO2 biomethanation process in a real waste water treatment plant: A techno-economic assessment.

Techno-Economic Assessment Guidelines for CO<inf>2</inf> Utilization (2020)
Journal Article
Zimmermann, A. W., Wunderlich, J., Müller, L., Buchner, G. A., Marxen, A., Michailos, S., …Schomäcker, R. (2020). Techno-Economic Assessment Guidelines for CO2 Utilization. Frontiers in Energy Research, 8, Article 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2020.00005

Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) is an emerging technology field that can replace fossil carbon value chains, and that has a significant potential to achieve emissions mitigation or even “negative emissions”—however in many cases with challenging... Read More about Techno-Economic Assessment Guidelines for CO<inf>2</inf> Utilization.

A new non-ideal second order thermal model with additional loss effects for simulating beta Stirling engines (2020)
Journal Article
Udeh, G. T., Michailos, S., Ingham, D., Hughes, K. J., Ma, L., & Pourkashanian, M. (2020). A new non-ideal second order thermal model with additional loss effects for simulating beta Stirling engines. Energy Conversion and Management, 206, Article 112493. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2020.112493

In this paper, comprehensive governing differential equations of Stirling engines have been developed by coupling the effect of gas leakage through the displacer gap, gas leakage into the crank case and the shuttle heat loss into the traditional mode... Read More about A new non-ideal second order thermal model with additional loss effects for simulating beta Stirling engines.

Techno-economic assessment and life cycle assessment for CO₂ utilisation (2019)
Book Chapter
Armstrong, K., Zimmermann, A., Müller, L., Wunderlich, J., Buchner, G., Marxen, A., …Schomäcker, R. (2019). Techno-economic assessment and life cycle assessment for CO2 utilisation. In M. North, & P. Styring (Eds.), Carbon Dioxide Utilisation, Volume 1 : Fundamentals (63-78). Berlin: De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110563191-005

This chapter is mainly based on the Techno-Economic Assessment and Life Cycle Assessment Guidelines for CO2Utilisation[1] written by the authors. This chapter provides a brief introduction to techno-economic assessment (TEA) and life cycle assessment... Read More about Techno-economic assessment and life cycle assessment for CO₂ utilisation.

A comparative techno-economic assessment of three bio-oil upgrading routes for aviation biofuel production (2019)
Journal Article
Michailos, S., & Bridgwater, A. (2019). A comparative techno-economic assessment of three bio-oil upgrading routes for aviation biofuel production. International journal of energy research, 43(13), 7206-7228. https://doi.org/10.1002/er.4745

The aviation industry continues to grow, and consequently, more fuel is needed. With the intention of decarbonising the aviation sector, sustainable routes that have the potential to mitigate emissions, such as biomass fast pyrolysis, can positively... Read More about A comparative techno-economic assessment of three bio-oil upgrading routes for aviation biofuel production.

Methane production via syngas fermentation within the bio-CCS concept: A techno-economic assessment (2019)
Journal Article
Michailos, S., Emenike, O., Ingham, D., Hughes, K. J., & Pourkashanian, M. (2019). Methane production via syngas fermentation within the bio-CCS concept: A techno-economic assessment. Biochemical Engineering Journal, 150, Article 107290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bej.2019.107290

The study provides a comprehensive approach on assessing the feasibility of a novel process configuration that couples synthetic natural gas (SNG) production via syngas fermentation with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The present research constitu... Read More about Methane production via syngas fermentation within the bio-CCS concept: A techno-economic assessment.

Evaluation of the performance and economic viability of a novel low temperature carbon capture process (2019)
Journal Article
Willson, P., Lychnos, G., Clements, A., Michailos, S., Font-Palma, C., Diego, M. E., …Howe, J. (2019). Evaluation of the performance and economic viability of a novel low temperature carbon capture process. International journal of greenhouse gas control, 86, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2019.04.001

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd A novel Advanced Cryogenic Carbon Capture (A3C) process is being developed using low cost but high intensity heat transfer to achieve high CO2 capture efficiencies with a much reduced energy consumption and process equipment size.... Read More about Evaluation of the performance and economic viability of a novel low temperature carbon capture process.

Dimethyl ether synthesis via captured CO<inf>2</inf> hydrogenation within the power to liquids concept: A techno-economic assessment (2019)
Journal Article
Michailos, S., McCord, S., Sick, V., Stokes, G., & Styring, P. (2019). Dimethyl ether synthesis via captured CO2 hydrogenation within the power to liquids concept: A techno-economic assessment. Energy Conversion and Management, 184, 262-276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2019.01.046

The necessity to decarbonise the transportation sector has triggered the exploration of alternative cleaner fuels that can successfully substitute fossil derived fuels. Dimethyl ether (DME) poses as a promising candidate due to excellent combustion p... Read More about Dimethyl ether synthesis via captured CO<inf>2</inf> hydrogenation within the power to liquids concept: A techno-economic assessment.

Biorefinery Approach for Ethanol Production From Bagasse (2018)
Book Chapter
Michailos, S., & Webb, C. (2018). Biorefinery Approach for Ethanol Production From Bagasse. In R. C. Ray, & S. Ramachandran (Eds.), Bioethanol Production from Food Crops : Sustainable Sources, Interventions, and Challenges (319-342). London: Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-813766-6.00016-3

This chapter deals with the exploitation of bagasse within the biorefinery concept for the sustainable production of ethanol. There are currently three main process routes that can efficiently convert lignocellulosic biomass into ethanol, that is, th... Read More about Biorefinery Approach for Ethanol Production From Bagasse.

Kinetic modelling and dynamic sensitivity analysis of a fast pyrolysis fluidised bed reactor for bagasse exploitation (2018)
Journal Article
Michailos, S. (2021). Kinetic modelling and dynamic sensitivity analysis of a fast pyrolysis fluidised bed reactor for bagasse exploitation. Biofuels, 12(2), 161-170. https://doi.org/10.1080/17597269.2018.1461522

This study deals with the comprehensive design of a biomass fast pyrolysis bubbling fluidising bed (BFB) reactor. The solid lignocellulosic residue of sugarcane industries, bagasse, was considered as feedstock. A detailed kinetic model was developed... Read More about Kinetic modelling and dynamic sensitivity analysis of a fast pyrolysis fluidised bed reactor for bagasse exploitation.

Design, Sustainability Analysis and Multiobjective Optimisation of Ethanol Production via Syngas Fermentation (2017)
Journal Article
Michailos, S., Parker, D., & Webb, C. (2019). Design, Sustainability Analysis and Multiobjective Optimisation of Ethanol Production via Syngas Fermentation. Waste and biomass valorization, 10(4), 865-876. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-017-0151-3

Ethanol production from non-edible feedstock has received significant attention over the past two decades. The utilisation of agricultural residues within the biorefinery concept can positively contribute to the renewable production of fuels. To this... Read More about Design, Sustainability Analysis and Multiobjective Optimisation of Ethanol Production via Syngas Fermentation.

Process design, economic evaluation and life cycle assessment of jet fuel production from sugar cane residue (2017)
Journal Article
Michailos, S. (2018). Process design, economic evaluation and life cycle assessment of jet fuel production from sugar cane residue. Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy, 37(3), 1227-1235. https://doi.org/10.1002/ep.12840

With the aim of diversifying energy supplies and mitigating the environmental impacts of the aviation sector, production of renewable jet fuels has recently received substantial attention. To this direction, this study deals with the techno-economic... Read More about Process design, economic evaluation and life cycle assessment of jet fuel production from sugar cane residue.

A techno-economic comparison of Fischer–Tropsch and fast pyrolysis as ways of utilizing sugar cane bagasse in transportation fuels production. (2017)
Journal Article
Michailos, S., Parker, D., & Webb, C. (2017). A techno-economic comparison of Fischer–Tropsch and fast pyrolysis as ways of utilizing sugar cane bagasse in transportation fuels production. Chemical engineering research & design : transactions of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, 118, 206-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2017.01.001

Due to limited biomass availability, the establishment of optimal route biofuel value chains (one conversion route for each feedstock) is a key prerequisite for a feasible bioenergy sector. This way, biorefineries can take advantage of the economies... Read More about A techno-economic comparison of Fischer–Tropsch and fast pyrolysis as ways of utilizing sugar cane bagasse in transportation fuels production..

Comparative Analysis of Synthetic Natural Gas versus Hydrogen Production from Bagasse (2016)
Journal Article
Michailos, S., Parker, D., & Webb, C. (2017). Comparative Analysis of Synthetic Natural Gas versus Hydrogen Production from Bagasse. Chemical Engineering & Technology, 40(3), 546-554. https://doi.org/10.1002/ceat.201600424

A rigorous and comparative evaluation of two biomass-to-gases (BtG) conversion routes was performed and, according to this outcome, it is suggested which of the options evaluated is most desirable. These options, the hydrogen and synthetic natural ga... Read More about Comparative Analysis of Synthetic Natural Gas versus Hydrogen Production from Bagasse.