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Phongprueksathat, N. (author)Since the industrial revolution in the 1760s, the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere has been rising incessantly driving global warming closer to the point of no return. The world requires urgent actions to not only reduce CO2 emissions but also capture the CO2 for utilization to mitigate the future environmental crisis. CO2 hydrogenation to...doctoral thesis 2023
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Sopar, Luca (author)With the increasing concerns of the emission of greenhouse gases and other pollutants and the push towards sustainable and greener means of transportation, there is a need for new drive systems running on alternative fuels. One fuel that holds significant potential as a marine fuel for the future is methanol. When produced utilising carbon...master thesis 2023
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Minderhoud, Max (author)The maritime industry faces a lot of uncertainty, and the energy transition has only increased this uncertainty. Ships will probably have to be converted to an alternative fuel during their lifetime and methanol seems to be the fuel with the most potential for offshore ships. By preparing for this, Design-for-Conversion to methanol, the costs of...master thesis 2023
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Hirs Alvarez, Aldo (author)Currently, the energy transition is a topic for discussion and many organizations are taking measures to reduce the effects of climate change. Armed forces are exempt of these new regulations on the grounds of national security, but some have already started taking steps to reduce the amount of harmful emissions. Due to the high efficiency and...master thesis 2023
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Liu, C. (author), Uslamin, E. (author), Pidko, E.A. (author), Kapteijn, F. (author)Monitoring complex catalytic pathways under industrially-relevant conditions is one of the key challenges in catalysis chemistry and technology. Herewith we describe a direct technique called ‘fast scanning-pulse analysis’ (FASPA) that allows the direct characterization and detailed kinetic analysis of intimately interweaved catalytic...journal article 2023
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Pothaar, Maarten (author)Progressing targets on GHG emission reduction urge the the Netherlands Ministry of Defense (NL MoD) to reduce the use of fossil fuels, as they announced to contribute to the Paris agreement by reducing its dependency on fossil fuels by at least 70% by the year 2050. However, without sacrificing striking power, because future naval combatants...master thesis 2022
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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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Peeten, Vino (author)The offshore wind market is growing rapidly, and new offshore wind projects are being launched more than ever. To keep up with demand, parts for these wind turbines are being produced all over the world. To get all the parts needed to their destination on time, they must be transported on heavy transport vessels (HTVs).<br/><br/>Today, business...master thesis 2022
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van Iersel, Coen (author)The maritime sector faces major challenges to reduce its impact on global warming. The use of methanol as a fuel alternative is considered one of the more promising options to be implemented in a relatively short to medium time frame; based on the potential availability, emission reduction, energy density, potential to be synthetically produced,...master thesis 2022
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Zuidgeest, Sven (author)The current global fleet is still dependent on conventional fuels as energy source to transport goods to various places in the world. These conventional fuels, such as MGO or HFO, emit large amounts of greenhouse gasses and other pollutant emissions. Regulation concerning these emissions becomes stricter every day, therefore institutions and...master thesis 2022
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Juncker, Jesse (author)The maritime sector plays an important role in energy transition because offshore vessels are used for building offshore renewables but also have high emissions. The European Union (EU) has determined that from 2025 the maritime sector must pay per ton of CO2 emission. Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) is an essential player in the maritime...master thesis 2022
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Kortenhorst, Rembert (author)To reduce the climate change impact of shipping and retain compliance with increasingly strict emission regulations, alternative fuels are required. Methanol is expected to be one of the renewable alternatives. However, it evaporates easily compared to for example Diesel and its vapours are toxic and flammable. Regulations prescribe the use of...master thesis 2022
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Iakovou, Iakovos (author)New vessels need to remain fuel flexible in order to handle the uncertainties of the future regarding the available alternative fuels aiming to lower their environmental impact. On the other hand, it is even more challenging for existing vessels that are not fuel flexible to successfully improve their carbon impact. The current study examines...master thesis 2022
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Suy, Xander (author)Urgent action is needed to decrease maritime emissions. The renewable wind energy sector must also decrease its life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Total GHG emissions from offshore wind turbines are approximately 120% more compared to onshore wind turbines. Moreover, it is estimated that Walk to Work (W2W) vessels are responsible for 3.3...master thesis 2022
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Pluijlaar, Dion (author)This research was performed with the goal of giving insight if the Rijksrederij is able to operate part of their fleet on renewable methanol and fuel cells, in order to work towards their goal of operating with net zero CO2 emissions by 2030. This prompted a research question that focussed on both the renewable methanol supply and the technical...master thesis 2022
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Hoff, Yannick (author)The characteristics of a metal supported solid oxide fuel cell on methanol is analysed in as the power generator in a balance of plant consisting out of a reformer, combuster, heaters, pumps, turbines and tubes. The system is reviewed on performance regarding efficiency, power density, fuel utilization and viability for marine applications.master thesis 2022
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Pothaar, M.R.J. (author), Geertsma, R.D. (author), Reurings, J.W. (author)Progressing targets on Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission reduction urge the Netherlands Ministry of Defense (NL MoD) to reduce GHG emissions, without sacrificing striking power. The Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) is investigating the replacement of the Air Defense and Command Frigate (LCF) between 2030 and 2040 by a Large Surface Combatant. As it...journal article 2022
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Pluijlaar, D. (author), van Biert, L. (author)This paper gives an overview of research that was carried out with the purpose of gaining insight whether renewable methanol, fuel cells and on-board carbon capture can be used to reduce the CO2 emissions of part of a fleet consisting of various (governmental) work ships, using methanol produced from waste biomass, excess wind energy and...journal article 2022
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Wang, J. (author), Meeprasert, J. (author), Han, Z. (author), Wang, H. (author), Feng, Z. (author), Tang, C. (author), Sha, F. (author), Tang, S. (author), Pidko, E.A. (author)The conversion of CO2 with high activity and high selectivity to methanol remains challenging because of both the kinetics and thermodynamics difficulties associated with the chemical reactivity of CO2. Herein, we report a new catalyst of Cd/TiO2 enabling 81% methanol selectivity at 15.8% CO2 conversion with the CH4 selectivity below 0.7%. The...journal article 2022
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Gartland, Nicolas (author), Pruyn, J.F.J. (author)The design and preliminary estimations of biomass supply chains are essential in matching energy supply to energy demand. This is especially true of novel/future fuels and technologies in large industries. In this paper, a Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) model was formulated to represent biofuel supply chains across Europe for the...journal article 2022