Geothermal energy, alongside other low-carbon and renewable energies, is set to play a
key role in decarbonising the power generation industry to meet the Paris Agreement goal …

The production of bio-based asphalt utilizing lignin from amongst others local biorefineries is
currently under development in the Netherlands. In this study, life cycle assessment (LCA) …

Effective management of cooling tower systems requires thorough water quality control.
While traditional chemical water treatment methods are currently the most prominent …

Biobutanol stands out as an advanced renewable biofuel, yet its production through
fermentation yields a low butanol concentration, necessitating expensive and energy …

Cooling towers remove economically or technically unusable heat using considerable
amounts of electricity and, in many cases, water. Several approaches, which vary in …

The electricity required for air conditioning is soaring worldwide. Absorption chillers
represent an alternative to classical vapor compression systems, using heat instead of …

Energy and climate targets necessitate efficiency indicators to reflect resource-saving
potentials. Prevailing indicators for cooling towers, however, often omit the effect of outside …

The life-cycle environmental impacts of geothermal power generation are highly variable
and depend on many site-specific conditions. The objective of this work is the identification …

Improving the environmental performance and energy efficiency of cooling towers requires
systematic evaluation. However, methodological challenges emerge when applying typical …

Due to its active operational state for many years, the efficiency of a heat exchanger
eventually deteriorates and its operational costs also increase. Therefore, life cycle …