Power-to-fuel; Energy integration; Process modelling
Abstract :
[en] In the context of the Energy Transition, electricity storage
ranging from seconds to seasons is needed to increase the
integration of variable renewables sources. The power-tofuel
process uses a liquid energy vector with high energy
density for long-term energy storage. In the present work, we
simulate the power-to-methanol process in Aspen Plus.
Then, we use heat integration to increase the conversion
efficiency from 40.1 to 53.0 %, evidencing large improvement
potential thanks to process integration. Further work
includes experimental design and development of control
strategies.
Disciplines :
Chemical engineering
Author, co-author :
Léonard, Grégoire ; Université de Liège > Department of Chemical Engineering > Intensif.des procéd. de l'indust.chim.basée sur l'anal.syst.
Giulini, Davide; Université de Liège - ULiège / University of Genova (It) > Chemical Engineering
Villarreal-Singer, Diego; Columbia University > Earth and Environmental Engineering
Language :
English
Title :
Design and evaluation of a high-density energy storage route with CO2 re-use, water electrolysis and methanol synthesis
Publication date :
June 2016
Event name :
ESCAPE 26 - 26th European Symposium on Computers Aided Process Engineering