Country-specific cost projections for renewable hydrogen production through off-grid electricity systems

Renewable hydrogen is increasingly recognized as one of the key decarbonisation options compatible with the EU’s climate neutrality goal. We quantify possible cost reductions for renewable hydrogen production until 2050 through electrolysis with off-grid renewable electricity generation systems. We focus on the use of solar PV and on- and...

Integrated assessment projections for the impact of innovation on CCS deployment in Europe

CCS is expected to play a sizeable role over the next several decades to drastically abate greenhouse gas emissions in the energy system by 2050. With the integrated assessment model TIAM-ECN we project how large its contribution could be in Europe in the power sector and industry, and analyze how this contribution may be affected by cost...

Surfing the microwave oven learning curve

The microwave oven has penetrated into many kitchens throughout the world and has substituted old polluting forms of cooking with new cleaner ways. Its exponential market uptake in the residential sector has been realized thanks to substantial cost reductions during its deployment phase, which started more than 70 years ago. Today, the annual...

Is Cylinder pressure-based control required to Meet Future HD Legislation?

Inspection and maintenance optimization for OWT’s using Bayesian networks

For offshore wind turbines (OWT’s) environmental and accessibility conditions make inspection and maintenance costly. Hence the potential of cost reduction when the planning of these actions can be optimized. Taking uncertainties into account, a risk based concept is adopted in which probabilities of failure and its consequences are balanced...

Heat-integrated liquid-desorption exchanger (HILDE) for CO2 desorption

A novel type of separating heat exchanger, called a heat-integrated liquid-desorption exchanger (HILDE), applied to a typical CO2 desorption process, has been investigated both numerically and experimentally. Process simulations, hydrodynamic and mass transfer experiments, and a preliminary cost evaluation have been used to compare HILDE to the...

Developments in the safety science domain in the fields of general and safety management between 1970 and 1979 the year of the near disaster on Three Mile Island a literature review

Objective: What influence has research conducted by general management schools and safety research had upon the causes of accidents and disasters in relation to the managing of safety between 1970 and 1979? Method: The study was confined to original articles and documents, written in English or Dutch from the period under consideration. For the...

Economic assessment of novel amine based CO2 capture technologies integrated in power plants based on European Benchmarking Task Force methodology

The objective of this paper is to assess the economic advantages of an innovative solvent for CO2 capture on state-of-the-art solvents. The CESAR-1 solvent, which is an aqueous solution of 2-amino-2-methyl-propanol (AMP) and piperazine (PZ), is applied both to advanced supercritical pulverised (ASC) coal and natural gas combined cycle (NGCC)...

Routes to increasing efficiency and reducing the cost of thin-film solar panels

Most development work in the laboratory is dedicated to efficiency enhancements at the cell level; improvements in efficiency can lead to higher cost-competitiveness of PV. However, the cost of panel manufacturing is an important aspect as well. For CIGS panels the deposition of the active layer is an important part of the cost, and decreasing...

OCTAVIUS: A FP7 project demonstrating CO2 capture technologies

The OCTAVIUS project (Optimisation of CO2 Capture Technology Allowing Verification and Implementation at Utility Scale) has started on March 1st 2012 for a period of 5 years, as part of the 7th Framework Programme of the European Commission. Gathering 15 European and 2 South African partners, OCTAVIUS was conceived as contributing to...

OCTAVIUS: A new FP7 project demonstrating CO2 capture technologies

The OCTAVIUS project (Optimisation of CO2 Capture Technology Allowing Verification and Implementation at Utility Scale) has started on March 1st 2012 for a period of 5 years, as part of the 7th Framework Programme of the European Commission. Gathering 15 European and 2 South African partners, OCTAVIUS was conceived as contributing to...

Guidelines for process development and future cost reduction of CO 2 post-combustion capture

In this work, a perspective is given on the development lines for CO 2 post-combustion capture technology. Guidelines for cost reductions and suggestions for future research on solvent and process development are presented. By analyzing the post-combustion capture process in this work, it is evident that to achieve significant reduction of the...

On the achievable performance using variable geometry active secondary suspension systems in commercial vehicles

There is a need to further improve driver comfort in commercial vehicles. The variable geometry active suspension offers an interesting option to achieve this in an energy efficient way. However, the optimal control strategy and the overal performance potential remains unclear. The aim of this paper is to quantify the level of performance...

The organizational benefits of investing in workplace health

Purpose - A healthy and vital workforce is an asset to any organization. Workplace health management and health promotion are therefore increasingly relevant for organizations. This paper aims to identify the organizational benefits companies strive for, and analyzes the ways companies use and manage data in order to monitor, evaluate and...

Changing from batch to flow assembly in the production of emergency lighting devices

Current assembly enterprises are under a lot of pressure, as they are faced with increasing volume demands and product variations, needs for shorter delivery times and cost reduction. This pressure is likely to increase the pressure on individual workers. In many small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), we observe that traditional assembly...