Publication Overview

2ndGenerationBiogas – New Pathways to Efficient Use of Biomass for Power and Transportation

• Gassner M., «Process design methodology for thermochemical production of fuels from biomass. Application to the production of Synthetic Natural Gas from lignocellulosic resources». Ph.D. thesis, EPFL, 2010.
• Schubert M., Regler J. W., Vogel F., «Continuous salt precipitation and separation from supercritical water. Part 1: Type 1 salts». J. Supercritical Fluids 52 (1), 99–112, 2010.
• Schubert M., Regler J. W., Vogel F., «Continuous salt precipitation and separation from supercritical water. Part 2: Type 2 salts and mixtures of two salts». J. Supercritical Fluids 52 (1), 113–124, 2010.
• Rabe S., Nachtegaal M., Ulrich T., Vogel F., «Towards Understanding Catalytic Reforming of Biomass in Supercritical Water». Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (submitted), 2010.
• Luterbacher J.S., Fröling M., Vogel F., Maréchal F., Tester J. W., «Hydrothermal gasification of waste biomass: Process design and life cycle assessment». Environ. Sci. Technol. 43 (5), 1578–1583, 2009.
• Peterson A.A., Vontobel P., Vogel F., Tester J.W., «Normal-phase dynamic imaging of supercritical-water salt precipitation using neutron radiography». J. Supercritical Fluids, 49 (1), 71–78, 2009.
• Rouff A.A., Rabe S., Nachtegaal M., Vogel F., «X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Study of the Effect of Protonation on Disorder and Multiple Scattering in Phosphate Solutions and Solids». J. Phys. Chem. A, 113 (25), 6895–6903, 2009.
• Schubert M., Regler J.W., Vogel F., «Continuous salt precipitation and separation from supercritical water. Part 1: Type 1 salts». J. Supercritical Fluids (in press), doi: 10.1016/j.supflu.2009.10.002, 2009.
• Schubert M., Regler J.W., Vogel F., «Continuous salt precipitation and separation from supercritical water. Part 2: Type 2 salts and mixtures of two salts». J. Supercritical Fluids (in press), doi: 10.1016/j.supflu.2009.10.003, 2009.
• Gassner M., Maréchal F., «Thermo-economic process model for thermochemical production of Synthetic Natural Gas (SNG) from lignocellulosic biomass». Biomass and Bioenergy 33, 1587–1604, 2009.
• Gassner M., Maréchal F., «Methodology for the optimal thermo-economic, multi-objective design of thermochemical fuel production from biomass». Computers and Chemical Engineering 33, 769–781, 2009.
• Gassner M., Maréchal F., «Thermodynamic comparison of the FICFB and Viking gasification concepts». Energy 34, 1744–1753, 2009.
• Gerber L., Gassner M., Maréchal F., «Integration of LCA in the optimal design of energy conversion systems: the example of SNG production from lignocellulosic biomass». Submitted to Computers and Chemical Engineering, 2009 and previously presented at ESCAPE19, 2009.
• Gassner M., Baciocchi R., Maréchal F., Mazzotti M., «Integrated design of a gas separation system for the upgrade of crude SNG with membranes». Chemical Engineering and Processing, 48, 1391–1404, 2009.
• Tock L., Gassner M., Maréchal F., «Thermo-economic process model for thermochemical production of liquid fuels from lignocellulosic biomass». Submitted to Biomass and Bioenergy, 2009.
• Zhang S., Maréchal F., Gassner M., Périn-Levasseur Z., Ren Z., Yan Y., Favrat D., «Process modeling and integration of fuel ethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass based on double acid hydrolysis». Energy and Fuels 23, 1759–1765, 2009.
• Vogel F., «Catalytic conversion of high-moisture biomass to synthetic natural gas in supercritical water». In: Handbook of Green Chemistry, Paul Anastas (Series Editor), Volume 2, Heterogeneous Catalysis, Robert Crabtree (Volume Editor), Wiley-VCH: Weinheim, chapter 12, 281–324, ISBN 978-3-527-32497-2, 2009.
• Gassner M., Maréchal F., «Thermo-economic optimization of the integration of electrolysis in SNG production from wood. Energy 33, pp 189–198, 2008, (previous work before official kick-off of the project).
• Luterbacher J.S., Fröling M., Vogel F., Maréchal F., Tester J.W., «Hydrothermal gasification of waste biomass – Sustainable process development using life cycle assessment». Environ. Sci. Technol. (accepted), 2008.
• Gassner M., Maréchal F., «Thermo-economic optimization of the integration of electrolysis in SNG production from wood». Energy 33, pp. 189–198, 2008.
• Gassner M., Maréchal F., «Methodology for the optimal thermo-economic, multi-objective design of thermochemical fuel production from biomass». Accepted for publication in Computers and Chemical Engineering, 2008.
• «Methodology for the optimal thermo-economic, multi-objective design of thermochemical fuel production from biomass». Presented at ESCAPE17, Bucharest, 2007 and submitted in extended form to Computers and chemical engineering, 2007.
• Darbellay N., «Modélisation thermo-économique de la production thermochimique de carburant liquide à partir de la biomasse». Master Diploma thesis, 2007.
• Luterbacher J., «Process development and environmental systems analysis of a catalytic hydrothermal methane production process». Master Diploma Thesis, 2007.