Biomass utilization and production of biofuels from carbon neutral materials

RK Srivastava, NP Shetti, KR Reddy, EE Kwon… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The availability of organic matters in vast quantities from the agricultural/industrial practices
has long been a significant environmental challenge. These wastes have created global …

Statistical and analytical investigation of methanol applications, production technologies, value-chain and economy with a special focus on renewable methanol

SS Tabibian, M Sharifzadeh - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Methanol could be considered one of four important basic chemicals, and is produced at the
rate of more than 98 million tons yearly. About 30% of methanol is utilized in fuel …

From fossil to green chemicals: sustainable pathways and new carbon feedstocks for the global chemical industry

G Lopez, D Keiner, M Fasihi, T Koiranen… - Energy & Environmental …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Following current trends, the global chemical industry is set to become the largest consumer
of fossil fuels. Among energy intensive industries, the chemical industry is one of the most …

Sustainability footprints of a renewable carbon transition for the petrochemical sector within planetary boundaries

Á Galán-Martín, V Tulus, I Diaz, C Pozo… - One Earth, 2021 - cell.com
The petrochemical sector will play a crucial role in developing low-carbon transition
technologies, but the industry also contributes a significant proportion of greenhouse gas …

[HTML][HTML] Repurposing Fischer-Tropsch and natural gas as bridging technologies for the energy revolution

MP Jones, T Krexner, A Bismarck - Energy Conversion and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Immediate and widespread changes in energy generation and use are critical to safeguard
our future on this planet. However, while the necessity of renewable electricity generation is …

Techno-economic assessment of renewable methanol from biomass gasification and PEM electrolysis for decarbonization of the maritime sector in California

N de Fournas, M Wei - Energy Conversion and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
At scale, biomass-based fuels are seen as long-term alternatives to conventional shipping
fuels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the maritime sector. While the operational …

Comparative well-to-pump assessment of fueling pathways for zero-carbon transportation in China: Hydrogen economy or methanol economy?

J Li, X Zhu, N Djilali, Y Yang, D Ye, R Chen… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Decarbonization of the fuel sector is crucial to achieving a zero-carbon economy. Both
hydrogen and methanol are promising solutions to contribute to this goal. Herein, a …

Carbon-negative co-production of methanol and activated carbon from bagasse pyrolysis, physical activation, chemical looping, and methanol synthesis

G Su, NWM Zulkifli, L Liu, HC Ong, S Ibrahim… - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Methanol is regarded as an important chemical precursor in the chemical industry and has
huge potential to replace gasoline and diesel as vehicle fuel. Biomass to methanol is a …

Novel coal-to-methanol process with near-zero carbon emission: Pulverized coal gasification-integrated green hydrogen process

D Wang, W Meng, H Zhou, Y Yang, J Xie… - Journal of cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
The coal-to-methanol (CTM) is an important technical route for methanol production. The
process suffers from high CO 2 emission and low energy efficiency due to the mismatch of …

Assessing the prospect of bio-methanol fuel in China from a life cycle perspective

S Wang, C Li, Y Hu, H Wang, G Xu, G Zhao, S Wang - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
Along with rapid industrial development, China has become the world's largest energy
consumer and CO 2 emitter. In recent years, bio-methanol has been used as one of the low …