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Mihailescu, Georgiana (author)Given the enduring issues of human-induced climate change, the appeal of strategies aimed at reducing greenhouse gases has never been greater. CO2 is the most concerning greenhouse gas due to the large quantity already emitted into the atmosphere and the ongoing excessive emissions from anthropogenic activities. The transportation sector...master thesis 2024
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Ravishankara, Amogh (author)The aviation industry is one of the most challenging sectors to decarbonise. There is an urgent need to reduce emissions in order to meet its committed goal of achieving net-zero flying by 2050. Along with the existing and proposed decarbonization options such as electric aircraft, hydrogen fuel, and operational<br/>improvements, a hard-to-abate...master thesis 2023
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Bender, Jamie (author)In this thesis, the first part will be a review of the literature that includes as much of the commercially available information on carbon capture and mainly, Direct Air Capture (DAC). What are the difficulties surrounding capturing CO2 from gas mixtures and what are the possible solutions that have been investigated? What type of negative...master thesis 2023
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González Aponte, Blas (author)The unprecedented rise in CO2 concentration in the atmosphere, and the accompanying rise in global temperature, has created the need for the development of environmentally friendly sources of energy. A very promising line of research focuses in the development of Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) technologies; through which carbon-neutral...master thesis 2022
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Vidyarthi, Kunal (author)CO2 concentration in the atmosphere has soared since the industrial era owing to the rapid and unabated increase in fossil fuel consumption globally. This has resulted in an increase in global average temperature by ≈ 1.1 C in this period; and has sparked the concern of climate disaster events across the globe. In order to tackle the issue of...master thesis 2022
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van Bodegraven, Martijn (author)The capture of carbon dioxide before or after it is emitted has been regarded as a crucial mitigation pathway to prevent the rapidly increasing accumulation of CO2 in the atmosphere. The valorisation of the captured CO2 into value added products such as methanol provides an additional economic incentive to continue developing these technologies....master thesis 2021
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Rijs, Maurice (author)Replacing conventional kerosene has gained interest in an effort to make aviation more sustainable. In 2018 a total of 895 million tonnes of CO2 was emitted, equivalent to 2% of global CO2 emissions. For normal passenger and cargo planes synthetic kerosene is most feasible to replace conventional kerosene, hydrogen powered or electricity driven...master thesis 2021
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Mulder, Gijs (author)With the influx of the industrial revolution of the past centuries, the global energy demand has grown proportional to the global economical growth. Consequently, an enormous rise in greenhouse gas emissions has been observed, where the major contribution to global warming comes from the rising concentration of CO2. Therefore, the concept of...master thesis 2021
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den Haan, samir (author)When experimenting with the compression of a gas similar to the output of a CO2 Direct Air Captureunit using an off-the-shelf lubricated compressor, Zero Emission Fuels B.V.(ZEF) encountered severecondensation, damaging the compressor. This explorative study aims to identify the cause of thisproblem, create a concept solution, and test this...master thesis 2021
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van de Poll, Nelson (author)Capturing CO2 directly from the air has gained wide attention as it is one of the possible solutions to mitigate the risks of climate change. Zero Emission Fuels (ZEF) is a start-up in Delft that develops a small-scale plant to produce methanol from sunlight and air only. CO2 and H2O are captured from the air by a direct air capture unit that...master thesis 2021
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de Matteis, Andrea (author)Increase in global energy demand has brought to a massive rise in greenhouse gases emissions. In particular, the continuously increasing atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide is a major concern among the scientific community. This paved the way for an intense research of CO2 emissions mitigating technologies. Those ones including carbon...master thesis 2020
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Dowling, Rebecca (author)Capturing CO2 directly from the atmosphere and subsequently using it to produce hydrocarbon fuels could help decrease mankind's reliance on fossil fuels and mitigate the risks of climate change. Zero Emission Fuels (ZEF) is developing a small-scale methanol plant, which utilizes atmospheric CO2 and H2O vapor as feedstocks for renewable methanol...master thesis 2020
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Caskie, Alexander (author)Direct air capture (DAC) can remove CO2 directly from the atmosphere and therefore can be used to reduce atmospheric concentrations of CO2. Despite this, there is little research which carries out a detailed comparison of these systems. This is also true for research which analyses the effect policies regarding climate change are having on DAC...master thesis 2020
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Sinha, Mrigank (author)Rising concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere has become a significant concern, paving the way for worldwide research on mitigation techniques like carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon capture and utilization (CCU). Zero Emission Fuel (ZEF), an aspiring startup based in the Netherlands, aims to develop a micro plant that produces methanol...master thesis 2019
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Borisová, Stanislava (author)This thesis examines the production of an alternative liquid hydrocarbon fuel, namely CO2-methanol, produced utilising DAC, CO2 electrolysis, H2O electrolysis and thermo-catalytic synthesis. The reason for such research lies in a persistent growth in global energy demand, a significant share of which comes from liquid fuels, in the present...master thesis 2019
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Blankert, Olivier (author)Liquid fuels are projected to account for 88% of total energy use in the transportation sector in 2040. Low cost of renewable energy poses a new opportunity for decarbonisation of the transport sector. As a liquid en- ergy carrier, methanol offers a promising solution for alternative fuels in aviation, shipping and long-distance trucking. Zero...master thesis 2019
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Serrano Barthe, Nuria (author)CO2 concentration in the atmosphere is increasing leading to global warming and thus, climate change. Moreover, current renewable technologies such as wind or solar energy only cover the electricity market. A big part of the global energy market is still based on fossil fuels and difficult to electrify. Hence, there is an urgent need to produce...master thesis 2019
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Carels, Ivo (author)Zero Emission Fuels B.V. develops a standalone System that produces renewable methanol from air and sunlight. In this thesis the steady-state model of this System is replaced with a Simulation Tool that can predict its behaviour for every minute of a year. The goal is to verify how technical design parameters influence methanol production and to...master thesis 2018
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van den Berg, Rens Willem (author)This master thesis analyses and proposes a design for a direct air capture (DAC) unit as part of a small scale, solar powered methanol synthesis plant. This project analyses the existing process and design by ZEF BV and explores solutions for mass manufacturing a direct air capture unit. As a result a concept design solution is found and...master thesis 2018
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De Flart, S. (author)Direct Air Capture processes capture carbon dioxide directly from the air and aim to utilize the captured carbon dioxide; this would allow CO2 capture independent of source and location and can therefore address all CO2 emissions. Although already quite some processes and materials exist that are capable of this, it is still not yet widely...master thesis 2016