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Batacchi, Tommaso (author)Embracing the innate human desire to explore and expand our horizons, Mars presents an unparalleled opportunity to secure the future of our species and inspire generations to come. Aiming to facilitate a sustainable human presence on Mars, this master thesis focuses on the design and modeling of an in-situ rocket propellant production plant to...master thesis 2023
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Beragnoli, Matteo (author)The intensification of human and industrial activities since the Industrial Revolution has led to a significant increase in global greenhouse gas emissions, posing a threat to life on our planet. As the transportation sector contributes to 23% of global CO2 emissions, it is imperative to reduce its carbon footprint. Developing a worldwide...master thesis 2023
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van der Arend, Jelle (author)The increasing awareness and urgency of climate change have led to an increase in investments and research into power sources not reliant on fossil fuels. Proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells are a promising technology for automotive, maritime, and auxiliary power applications converting chemical energy into electricity. In order for this...master thesis 2023
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Bias, Nikos (author)Regulations and investments in new technologies for biofuel production as an alternative to fossil fuels have boosted in the last years due to concerns about climate change and anthropogenic CO2 emissions. A valuable supply chain of biomass for biofuel production is one the most significant factors, in order to support the market’s demand. A...master thesis 2023
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Milisav, Andrej (author)The transport sector remains one of the largest CO2 emitting sectors globally. Decarbonizing the transport sector is an important aspect in the energy transition. The word transition is key, since it will take several decades or more to transition to a fully sustainable world. During this transition mainly heavy-duty vehicles and probably most...master thesis 2023
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Vlierboom, Alexander (author)Ammonia (NH3) is a bulk commodity chemical known for its large production volumes and application in the global fertiliser industry, and is more recently being explored for its role as a sustainable energy vector. The industry standard ammonia production method is the century-old Haber-Bosch (HB) process, which is power by fossil fuels, and is...master thesis 2023
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van der Loos, Luke (author)Improving circularity and reducing greenhouse gas emissions can be achieved by utilizing secondary streams like Fischer-Tropsch biosludge, which is typically disposed of in landfills. Biochar, which has accumulated increased interest recently, has significant potential for decreasing carbon emissions and can be created from biosludge. This...master thesis 2023
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Kroes, Matthijs (author)<br/>The rise of CO2 concentration in the atmosphere is a leading cause of global warming. Utilizing CO2 ob- tained from point sources, such as chemical industries, as a feedstock to produce high energy density fuels and chemicals could mitigate the emission of CO2 as well as provide various economic bene- fits. One promising technology is the...master thesis 2023
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Veraart, Siebren (author)According to International Energy Agency (IEA), the demand for high value chemicals (HVC) will increase by 60% to a total of 400 Mt/year by 2050, leading to an increase of 30% in direct CO2 emissions. However, the Paris agreement forces the sector to reduce its emissions by 90-100% in 2050 compared to 1990. This induces the need for a more...master thesis 2023
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de Jong, Alex (author)In the effort against climate change the company ZEF has as its target to make methanol (CH3OH) out of atmospheric CO2; a process which can be seen as power-to-fuel and/or power-to-x. In light of the developmental cycle within ZEF a new reactor with an increased size and enhanced mass manufacturability is required. The...master thesis 2022
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Grolleman, Sven (author)At the moment, Tata Steel emits 12.6 Mt CO2 per year while producing 7.2 Mt steel per year. To reduce these emissions, Tata Steel has decided to replace the blast furnaces with direct reduced iron (DRI) plants in combination with reducing electrical furnaces. The DRI plants will first operate with a 100% natural gas feed. Whenever green hydrogen...master thesis 2022
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Misar, Sarvesh (author)The olive industries, especially in the Mediterranean countries are known to produce a significant amount of residues such as crude olive pomace (COP) and olive tree pruning waste (OTPW) which can lead to various environmental and societal issues if not treated or further utilized (Garcìa Martìn et al., 2020). Considering the fact that not all...master thesis 2022
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Movva, Kavya (author)To produce an alternative fuel like Methanol from scratch, on a miniature scale- the reactants CO2 and H2O are sourced locally. Zero Emission Fuels B.V. (ZEF) does this by collecting carbon dioxide from the air, via carbon capture techniques and compressing it to high pressure of 55bars. As a consequence of humidity inside the captured CO2,...master thesis 2022
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Versteeg, Kyle (author)This report explored the feasibility of dechlorination of mixed plastic waste systems using a low-temperature pyrolysis process. Decomposition of plastics into chlorides is of interest due to the damage these can pose to both the process system, products, and the environment. Therefore, dechlorination of mixed plastics waste streams is essential...master thesis 2022
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Boons, Bart (author)To anticipate for future demand of sustainable liquid fuels, Zero Emission Fuels B.V. develops a solar powered micro plant which produces methanol from water and carbon dioxide captured from outside air. An intermediate step in this process is the electrolysis of water to create hydrogen which reacts with carbon dioxide to methanol. This study...master thesis 2022
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El Tawil Hamade, Yara (author), Tran, Minh Tâm Kevin (author), Visschers, Cas (author)This report provides a design for a new process to make the ammonia-producing Haber-Bosch process more sustainable by reducing its CO2 emissions. It presents different elements of a process design with most importantly; process diagrams, mass and energy balances and a techno-economic analysis. The most important differences in this process is...bachelor thesis 2022
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van Til, Yannick (author)The swift reduction of human’s carbon footprint is essential to prevent irreversible damage to the climate and to meet climate policy targets. Designing flexible and reliable future energy systems is a big contributor to meeting these goals. While energy system models have improved in the last few decades, they remain vulnerable against...master thesis 2021
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Sridar Sandeep, Sridar Sandeep (author)The last decade has seen an increase in the world wide energy demand, it was recorded as the highest spike encountered in the energy demand over a decade. On analyzing the main sources which were able to satisfy this overwhelming demand it was found that the majority was still from non-renewable sources or fossil fuels such as coal, oil and...master thesis 2021
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Sharma, Nishant (author)Increasing CO<sub>2</sub> concentration in the atmosphere has caused significant concern, paving the way to research and develop technologies like capture carbon and storage (CCS) and carbon capture and utilization (CCU). This thesis focuses on extracting CO<sub>2</sub> from Chimney stacks and regenerating the solvent using electrochemistry....master thesis 2021