Kumar, Amit

Publications, Activities, and Awards

• A decarbonization assessment of Canada’s electricity generation sector.
• An integrated assessment framework for the decarbonization of the electricity generation sector
• Assessing the cost competitiveness of electrolytic hydrogen production from small modular nuclear power plants.
• Assessment of greenhouse gas mitigation options for the iron, gold, and potash mining sectors
• Investigating the mechanics of agricultural residue biomass-water mixtures flows while hydro-transporting in vertical pipes
• Life cycle analysis of bitumen transportation to refineries by rail and pipeline
• Water-use implications of low-carbon pathways in the oil sands.
• . Techno-economic assessment of wet and dry torrefaction of biomass feedstock
• A comparative analysis of hydrogen production from the thermochemical conversion of algal biomass
• A comparative techno-economic analysis of algal thermochemical conversion technologies for diluent production
• A comparative techno-economic assessment of fast pyrolysis, hydrothermal liquefaction, and intermediate pyrolysis of municipal solid waste for liquid transportation fuels production
• A consequential life cycle assessment of biofuel production on transportation sector
• A decarbonization assessment of Canada's electricity generation sector.
• A framework to assess the sustainability of technologies under future energy system
• A framework to identify marginal electricity production technologies for consequential life cycle assessment: A case study of the electricity sector
• A GIS-based optimization model for multi-feedstock biomass supply chain for multi-product generation through integrated biorefineries.
• A look into Canada’s future electricity grid greenhouse gas emissions factors
• A novel technology-explicit framework for predicting the efficiency of industrial device retrofits in stock turnover models for the pulp and paper sector
• A parametric study through the modeling of hydrothermal gasification for hydrogen production from algal biomass
• A review and analysis of the models used to assess the market penetration of energy technologies with a focus on quantity-based models
• A review of Canadian wood conversion technologies for the production of fuels and chemicals
• A review of how life cycle assessment has been used to assess the environmental impacts of hydropower energy
• A Review of Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Biomass for Biofuels Production with a Special Focus on the Effect of Process Parameters, Co-Solvents, and Extraction Solvents
• A review of the process model and parametric study for the hydrothermal gasification of algal biomass
• A review of the value-added chemicals and materials from bio-based lignin feedstocks.
• A survey of how practitioners implement sensitivity and uncertainty analysis in life cycle assessments
• A techno-economic assessment of renewable diesel and gasoline production from aspen hardwood
• A techno-economic comparison of centralized and distributed mobile pyrolysis systems for the production of bio-oil from hardwood
• Achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in Canada by 2050 what does it mean?
• Achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in Canada by 2050 – what does it mean?
• Alan Wharmby Memorial Graduate Scholarship in Mechanical Engineering
• Ammonia production from black liquor gasification and co-gasification with pulp and waste sludges: A techno-economic assessment
• An assessment of opportunities for cogenerating electricity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the oil sands
• An Integrated GIS-based framework for optimal siting of biorefineries
• Analysis of Canada’s water use: Tracing water flow from source to end use
• Analyzing the techno-economic aspects of co-processing fast pyrolysis bio-oil with conventional vacuum gas oil for the production of liquid fuels.
• Application of artificial intelligence to estimate life cycle GHG emissions in the production of transportation fuels from bitumen
• Application of high-frequency impedancemetry approach in measuring the critical velocities of biomass and sand slurry flows in pipelines
• Artificial neural network model for predicting pressure drop in pipeline hydro transportation of agricultural residues.
• Assessing decarbonization of the electricity supply sector through comprehensive integrated scenario analysis.
• Assessing present and future water flows in Canada with a focus on the energy supply sectors
• Assessing the cost competitiveness of electrolytic hydrogen production from small modular nuclear reactor-based power plants: a price-following perspective
• Assessing the impacts and costs of using low carbon energy technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the oil sands
• Assessing the potential impact and cost of using low carbon energy technologies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the oil sands
• Assessing the potential to generate heat and electricity from the wastes produced in Alberta industrial heartlands
• Assessing the potential to generate heat and electricity in an integrated waste-to-value added facility in Alberta
• Assessing the value of electrolytic hydrogen in power sectors for reversible gas-to-power conversion and emissions reduction
• Assessing the value of electrolytic hydrogen in power sectors for reversible gas-to-power conversion and emissions reduction.
• Assessment of bio-jet fuel production from alcohols
• Assessment of bio-jet fuel production from alcohols
• Assessment of biomass resource in China and Canada and the potential for bilateral biomass trade for co-firing
• Assessment of decarbonizing the road transportation sector using low carbon fuels
• Assessment of energy demand-based greenhouse gas mitigation options for Canada’s oil sands
• Assessment of energy storage technologies: a literature review; formerly Techno-economic and life cycle assessments of electrical energy storage technologies: a literature review
• Assessment of environmental and economic footprints of energy storage systems.
• Assessment of environmental and energy footprints of utility-scale flywheel energy storage systems.
• Assessment of greenhouse gas abatement scenarios for the pulp and paper sector
• Assessment of greenhouse gas reduction options for Canada’s iron, gold, and potash mining sectors.
• Assessment of life cycle GHG emissions for sustainable municipal solid waste management
• Assessment of long-term energy efficiency improvement and greenhouse gas emissions mitigation options for the cement industry
• Assessment of natural gas supply chains from Canada to Europe
• Assessment of options for reduction of energy and GHG emissions for pulp and paper sector.
• Assessment of renewable aviation fuel production potential for Alberta.
• Assessment of renewable energy transition pathways for a fossil fuel-dependent electricity-producing jurisdiction
• Assessment of technologies developed under Future Energy Systems
• Assessment of the effective solvent extraction incorporating electromagnetic heating technology through techno-economic modeling
• Assessment of the greenhouse gas emission footprint of a biorefinery over its life cycle
• Assessment of the impacts of process-level energy efficiency improvement on greenhouse gas mitigation potential in the petroleum refining sector
• Assessment of the solvent-electromagnetic heating-based bitumen extraction technology through techno-economic modelling
• Assessments of Technologies Developed Under Future Energy Systems
• Assessments of technologies developed under future energy systems
• Award for Research Excellence
• Biobattery concept: Decentralized production of fuel from forest biomass, agriculture residue and municipal solid waste
• Biomass and waste feedstock inventory for Canada
• Blending blue hydrogen with natural gas for direct consumption: Examining the effect of hydrogen concentration on transportation and well-to-combustion greenhouse gas emissions
• Blending blue hydrogen with natural gas for direct consumption: Examining the effect of hydrogen concentration on transportation and well-to-combustion greenhouse gas emissions
• Can low-carbon hydrogen from Canada be competitive in international markets?
• Can we marry pipeline transportation with hydrothermal processing?
• Chapter 12: The environmental performance of hydrogen production pathways based on renewable sources
• Co-processing of bio-oil and crude oil in a conventional refinery: Cost and bio-carbon content assessments for different pathways
• Comparative assessment of blue hydrogen from steam methane reforming, autothermal reforming, and natural gas decomposition technologies for natural gas-producing regions
• Comparative assessment of pipeline hydro-transport of biomass feedstock – an overview of 8 years experimental and techno-economic studies
• Comparative cost and greenhouse gas emission assessment of land-based hydrogen transportation systems.
• Comparative energy and techno-economic analyses of two different configurations for hydrothermal carbonization of yard waste
• Comparative life cycle assessment of an battery electric vehicle and a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle
• Comparative life cycle energy and greenhouse gas footprints of dry and wet torrefaction processes of various biomass feedstocks
• Comparative techno-economic analysis of bio-coal production through dry and wet torrefaction of biomass feedstocks
• Comparative techno-economic assessment of producing pure CO2 from flue gases produced from fossil fuel plants using amine and ammonia separation
• Comparative techno-economic assessment of renewable natural gas (RNG) production pathways from various biomass feedstocks
• Comparison of maize stover and wheat straw slurry flow in vertical pipes
• Comparison of vertical hydro-transport of lignocellulosic biomass with conventional solids
• Conversion of biomass and municipal solid waste into renewable jet fuel
• Current availability assessment of biomass resource in China and Canada and the potential for bilateral biomass trade to develop biomass co-firing in Chinese coal power plants
• Decarbonization of the electricity supply sector through development of energy systems model.
• Decentralized production of fuel from forest and agricultural waste
• Decentralized use of forest biomass, agricultural residue, and municipal solid waste through the biobattery concept
• Developing a framework for natural gas transmission GHG life cycle assessments
• Developing a framework to assess the long-term adoption of renewable energy technologies in the electric power sector: the effects of carbon price and economic incentives
• Developing a framework to assess the long-term adoption of renewable energy technologies in the electric power sector: the effects of carbon price and economic incentives
• Developing a framework to assess the long-term environmental consequences of the transition to cleaner electricity generation: the case of Alberta
• Developing a framework to evaluate the life cycle energy and greenhouse gas emissions of space heating systems using zeolite 13X as an adsorbent material
• Developing a greenhouse gas life cycle assessment framework for natural gas transmission pipelines
• Developing a techno-economic model to evaluate the cost performance of a zeolite 13X-based space heating system
• Development and application of GCAM-Canada model for future scenario analysis
• Development and application of GCAM-Canada model for future scenario analysis
• Development of a bottom-up framework to determine energy efficiency contribution potential of more than 100 measures for meeting national net-zero GHG emissions.
• Development of a framework for forecasting residential and non-residential solid waste generation, disposal and diversion using machine learning approaches.
• Development of a framework for the assessment of the market penetration of novel in situ bitumen extraction technologies
• Development of a techno-economic model for assessment of an integrated pyrolysis and fermentation plants for production of bio-oil and ethanol.
• Development of a techno-economic model for the assessment of chemical looping combustion to produce hydrogen
• Development of a techno-economic model for the assessment of cost of bitumen using steam-solvent extraction technology.
• Development of a techno-economic model for the assessment of the enhanced solvent extraction incorporating electromagnetic heating technology
• Development of a techno-economically optimized framework for assessment of decentralized production of bio-oil
• Development of a valorization framework for biogenic CO2 emissions from kraft pulp mills.
• Development of an economy-wide decarbonization assessment framework for an emission intensive and a net energy exporting jurisdiction.
• Development of Biomass Feedstock Inventory for Canada
• Development of biomass feedstock inventory for Canadian provinces.
• Development of disaggregated energy use and greenhouse gas emission footprints in Canada's iron, gold, and potash mining sectors
• Development of energy efficiency cost curves: pulp & paper and iron & steel sectors
• Development of LEAP-WEAP integrated model for assessment of water and GHG footprints for power generation sector
• Development of long-term GHG mitigation options for the Canadian oil sands
• Development of optimal location of biorefinery through integration of GIS and techno-economic models
• Development of rigorous refining model simulation models to determine the greenhouse gas emission impact of Canadian crude oil blends in a refinery
• Development of techno-economic and greenhouse gas emissions models for the assessment of valuable metals recovery from the oil sands
• Development of techno-economic model for assessment of bio-hubs.
• Development of techno-economic models for assessment of heavy metal production from by-products produced in bitumen value chain
• Development of techno-economic models for assessment of solvent-based bitumen extraction technology
• Development of techno-economic models for assessment of solvent-based bitumen extraction technology
• Development of techno-economic models for the assessment of utility-scale electro-chemical energy storage technologies
• Development of technology-explicit energy saving bandwidths: a case study for the pulp and paper sector
• Discussion on Potential Collaborative Project - 1st Joint CFREF Workshop UALberta - UCalgary
• Economic and environmental impact assessments of Alberta’s oil sands with the Global Change Assessment Model
• Energy and environmental footprints of flywheels for utility-scale energy storage applications
• Energy efficiency as a critical resource to achieve carbon neutrality in pulp and paper sector
• Energy efficiency improvement opportunities and associated greenhouse gas abatement costs for the residential sector
• Enhanced biomethane recovery from fat, oil, and grease through co-digestion with food waste and addition of conductive materials
• Estimation of life cycle GHG emissions of asphaltene-based carbon fibers derived from oil sands bitumen
• EU-Canada cooperation on climate change
• Evaluating energy and greenhouse gas emission footprints of thermal energy storage systems for concentrated solar power applications
• Evaluating long-term greenhouse gas mitigation opportunities through carbon capture, utilization, and storage in the oil sands
• Evaluation of energy and GHG emissions’ footprints of bitumen extraction using Enhanced Solvent Extraction Incorporating Electromagnetic heating technology
• Evaluation of energy and greenhouse gas emissions of bitumen-derived fuels from toe-to-heel air injection extraction technology
• Evaluation of particle size, shape and specific energy consumption during hammer milling of wheat straw and softwood residues.
• Experimental investigation of agricultural residue biomass-water slurry flows in inclined and vertical pipelines
• Experimental investigation of terminal settling velocity of biomass particles in Newtonian fluid.
• Extending sensitivity analysis using regression to effectively disseminate life cycle assessment results
• Frictional behaviour of wheat straw-water suspensions in vertical upward flows
• Future Energy system overview
• Green hydrogen production in Canada for export to Europe – An assessment of technical potential.
• Greenhouse gas emission abatement potential and associated costs of integrating renewable and low carbon energy technologies into the Canadian oil sands
• Greenhouse gas emission implications of blending blue hydrogen in natural gas pipelines for large-scale utilization
• Greenhouse gas emissions and cost footprints of asphaltene-based carbon fibers derived from oil sands bitumen
• Greenhouse gas emissions from Canadian oil sands supply chains to China
• Greenhouse gas intensity and share of low-carbon technology vehicles in 2050.
• How effective is hydrogen-natural gas blending at reducing greenhouse gas emissions?
• How to assess the life cycle sustainability of technologies for future energy system?
• How to model a complex national energy system? Developing an integrated energy systems framework for long-term energy and emissions analysis
• How will Canada’s GHG emissions change by 2050? A disaggregated analysis of past and future GHG emissions using bottom-up energy modelling and Sankey diagrams
• Hydro-transport of lignocellulosic biomass through inclined pipelines.
• Hydrogen for decarbonization of aviation sector.
• Hydrothermal liquefaction of lignocellulosic biomass feedstock to produce biofuels: parametric study and products characterization
• Hydrothermal liquefaction of pipelined biomass for fuel production
• Hydrothermal Torrefaction of High Moisture Content Biomass
• Hydrothermal torrefaction of high moisture content biomass
• Hydrothermal treatment of biomass to produce biofuels
• Identification of best energy efficiency opportunities in Alberta’s petroleum refining sector
• Integrated assessment of environmental footprints for energy scenarios
• Integrated assessment of environmental footprints for energy scenarios. Second annual progress report submitted to Future Energy Systems
• Integrated Assessment of Environmental Footprints for Energy Scenarios: Assessment of Future Energy Systems
• Integration of large-scale biomass supply through pipeline for scale-up of biomass processing
• Integration of pipeline hydro-transport and hydrothermal conversion technologies to produce biofuels
• Integration of scale and optimal location for development of commercial scale biorefinery.
• Intermediate Pyrolysis of Boreal Forest Residues for Production of Biofuels.
• Interview on the biobattery
• Investigating the mechanics of agricultural residue biomass-water mixtures flows while hydro-transporting in vertical pipes
• Investigating the techno-economic and environmental performance of chemical looping technology for hydrogen production
• Investigating the techno-economic performance of chemical looping technology for hydrogen production
• Is there a value for low carbon hydrogen exports from Alberta, Canada in international markets?
• Key factors affecting greenhouse gas emissions in Canada’s industrial sector: A decomposition analysis
• Kumar M, Oyedun AO, Kumar A. A review on the current status of various hydrothermal technologies on biomass feedstock, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018, 81 (2): 1742-1770.
• Large scale hydrogen production from alternative sources: a comprehensive assessment
• Large scale pipeline hydrotransport of biomass feedstock to bio-based energy facilities
• Large-scale hydrogen production from alternative sources for hydrogen economy.
• Large-scale, long-distance land-based hydrogen transportation systems: a comparative techno-economic and greenhouse gas emission assessment
• LCA/TEA of biomass with carbon removal and storage (BiCRS)
• LEAP Canada: Pulp and paper energy and GHG analysis
• Life cycle assessment of a battery electric vehicle and a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle: The impact of driving pattern and climatic conditions on environmental performance
• Life cycle assessment of an electric vehicle: the impact of driving pattern and climatic conditions on the environmental performance.
• Life cycle assessment of earth-abundant photocatalysts for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production
• Life cycle assessment of energy system transitions
• Life cycle assessment of energy system transitions
• Life cycle assessment of energy system transitions: the case of solar energy in Alberta
• Life cycle assessment of energy systems transition
• Life cycle assessment of energy systems transition
• Life cycle assessment of energy transitions
• Life cycle assessment of greenhouse gas emissions of upgrading and refining bitumen from the solvent extraction process
• Life cycle assessment of high-performance mono-crystalline titanium dioxide nanorod based perovskite solar cells
• Life cycle assessment of high-performance monocrystalline titanium dioxide nanorod-based perovskite solar cells
• Life cycle assessment of mono-crystalline TiO2 nanorod array based halide perovskite solar cells
• Life Cycle Assessment of Monocrystalline TiO2 Nanorod Array Based Halide Perovskite Solar Cells
• Life cycle assessment to evaluate environmental performance of thermochemical processing of biomass
• Life cycle environmental and techno-economic assessment of perovskite solar cells.
• Life cycle GHG emissions assessment of vanadium recovery from spent catalysts from bitumen upgraders.
• Life cycle GHG footprints of MSW-based intermediate for production of renewable liquid fuels and its comparison with conventional utilization pathways
• Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions and energy footprints of utility-scale solar energy systems
• Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions assessments of an integrated biorefinery producing bio-oil, ethanol, and hydrogen
• Lignin biorefinery products, challenges and environmental impacts: A comprehensive review
• Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning System - Application to Canada.
• Long-term energy efficiency improvement and greenhouse gas emissions mitigation in the cement industry: A case study of Canada
• Long-term energy transition in road transportation by 2050: a system-wide cost, market share, and greenhouse gas emission comparison of conventional, battery electric and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles.
• Long-term evaluation of carbon capture and low-carbon energy technologies in the oil sands
• Long-term integrated assessment of water and GHG impacts of a transition to low-carbon unconventional oil extraction.
• Mapping Canadian energy flow from primary fuel to end use
• Market penetration modeling of bitumen extraction technologies into Alberta's oil sands industry
• Market penetration models for energy technologies: a new approach based on a review
• Maurya J*, Gemechu E, Kumar A. The techno-economic assessment of alternative materials for hydrogen production via photocatalytic water splitting.
• Measuring agricultural residue and woodchips biomass slurry flows critical velocity in pipelines using high-frequency impedancemetry approach
• Net-zero pathways for cement sector
• NSERC/Cenovus/Alberta Innovates Associate Industrial Chair Program in Energy and Environmental Systems Engineering.
• Oil’s cost on water: bottom up modelling of Canada’s oil and gas sector water use and the effect of commodity price
• Optimal siting of municipal solid waste to energy conversion facilities through a GIS-based framework
• Optimal siting of municipal solid waste-to-energy conversion facilities using a GIS-based framework.
• Options for conversion of by-products of pulp and paper mills in Western Canada
• Parametric study of hydrothermal treatment of biomass to produce biofuels
• Pipeline hydro transport of wheat straw biomass in vertical pipes
• Potential for energy efficiency improvement and greenhouse gas mitigation from Canada’s iron and steel industry
• Predicting the biomass conversion performance in a fluidized bed reactor using an isoconversional model-free method
• Prediction of the frictional behaviour for pipeline hydro transportation of agricultural residue using a neural network model
• Presentation delivered to the Future Energy Systems theme leaders meeting
• Production of renewable diesel from woody biomass and agricultural residue: a techno-economic analysis comparative study
• Projections of cost of ownership; GHG intensity; and market share of vehicles in the passenger and freight transportation sectors.
• Prospects of renewable natural gas in North America: A review of feedstock availability, conversion technology, economic viability and emissions reduction potential.
• Quantifying uncertainty in life cycle assessments of transportation fuels
• Quantitative Assessment of GHG and Water Footprints for Energy Scenarios.
• Raw biomass slurry flow in an inclined pipeline for its transport over a long distance to a biorefinery
• Renewable natural gas (RNG) production through various production processes
• Renewable-Energy-Driven Future: Technologies, Applications, Sustainability and Policies
• Retrofitting coal-fired power plants with biomass co-firing and CCS for net zero carbon emission: A plant-by-plant assessment based on GIS-LCA framework
• Rheology of fiber suspension flows in pipeline hydro-transport of biomass feedstock
• Sadler Graduate Scholarship in Mechanical Engineering
• Scale up of pipeline hydro-transportation of agricultural and forestry residues.
• Scale up study on pipeline hydro-transportation of agricultural and forestry residues
• Spatial distribution of usable biomass feedstock and technical bioenergy potential
• Synergistic effect of water and co-solvents on the hydrothermal liquefaction of agricultural biomass to produce heavy oil
• Technical potential of hydrogen and GHG emission in its transportation through natural gas pipelines
• Techno-economic analysis of ammonia production from black liquor gasification and co-gasification with pulp and waste sludges
• Techno-economic analysis of carbon capture of flue gases from coal and natural gas using amine separation
• Techno-economic and life cycle assessments of the natural gas supply chain from production sites in Canada to north and southwest Europe
• Techno-economic assessment of a biomass-MSW integrated waste-to-value-added facility
• Techno-economic assessment of an integrated biorefinery producing bio-oil, ethanol, and hydrogen
• Techno-economic assessment of bio-coal production through wet and dry torrefaction processes of different biomass feedstocks
• Techno-economic assessment of co-processing of fast pyrolysis bio-oil with fossil fuel derived vacuum gas oil
• Techno-economic assessment of introducing intermediate pyrolysis in small community landfills across Alberta
• Techno-economic assessment of low-carbon hydrogen export from Western Canada to Eastern Canada, the USA, the Asia-Pacific, and Europe
• Techno-economic assessment of pipeline hydro-transport vs. truck delivery of forest residue biomass to a bio-based energy facility based on experimental measurements
• Techno-economic assessment of pipeline hydro-transport vs. truck delivery of forest residue biomass to a bio-based energy facility based on experimental measurements
• Techno-economic Assessment of renewable natural gas (RNG) production from various thermo-chemical and biological conversion processes using biomass feedstocks.
• Techno-economic assessment of titanium dioxide nanorod-based perovskite solar cells: from lab-scale to large-scale manufacturing
• Techno-economic assessment of vanadium recovery from bitumen spent catalyst
• Techno-economic assessment of Vanadium recovery from spent catalysts from the upgrading and refining of bitumen
• The ConocoPhillips Canada Limited Graduate Scholarship in Hydrocarbon Development
• The development of a cost model for two supply chain networks of the decentralized pyrolysis system to produce bio-oil
• The development of a framework for the assessment of energy demand-based greenhouse gas mitigation options and cost curves for the mining sector
• The development of a framework for the assessment of energy demand-based greenhouse gas mitigation options for the agriculture sector
• The development of a framework through the integration of a geographical information system and the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process for the selection of optimal sites for the location of municipal solid waste-to-value-added facilities
• The development of a framework to assess long-term water supply and demand projections for integrated assessment of environment impacts for the energy sector
• The development of a GIS-based framework for determining optimal locations for biorefineries in Canada.
• The development of a GIS-based framework to assess the technical hydrogen production potential from wind and solar energy
• The development of a GIS-based framework to locate biomass and municipal solid waste collection points for an optimal waste conversion facility
• The development of a novel framework based on a review of market penetration models for energy technologies,
• The development of a process simulation model for energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions of a vapor solvent-based oil sands extraction and recovery process
• The development of a techno-economic model for assessment of vanadium recovery from bitumen upgrading spent catalyst
• The development of a techno-economic model for the assessment of the cost of flywheel energy storage systems for utility-scale stationary applications
• The development of a techno-economic model for the extraction, transportation, upgrading, and shipping of Canadian oil sands products to the Asia-Pacific region
• The development of an integrated GIS-based MINLP model with economies of scale for electricity generation from waste-to-energy facilities in Western Canada.
• The development of an integrated GIS-based mixed-integer non-linear programming model for waste-to-energy systems in Western Canada. The 36th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management.
• The development of an integrated model for the assessment of water and GHG footprints for the power generation sector
• The development of data-intensive models for the estimation of GHG intensity, cost and market shares of vehicles in the passenger and freight transportation sectors by 2050
• The development of data-intensive techno-economic models for the comparison of 5 biomass conversion pathways for the production of renewable natural gas.
• The development of data-intensive techno-economic models for the comparison of renewable natural gas production from six different biomass feedstocks for the decarbonization of energy demand sectors
• The development of empirical correlations to understand the frictional behavior of aqueous biomass slurry flows in vertical pipes
• The Development of Empirical Correlations to Understand the Frictional Behavior of Aqueous Biomass Slurry Flows in Vertical Pipes
• The development of framework for the assessment of long-term energy efficiency options and associated greenhouse gas emissions mitigation in the chemical sector
• The development of life cycle greenhouse gas emission assessment footprints of novel pathways for the solvent-assisted and solvent-electromagnetic heating oil sands extraction processes
• The development of net energy ratio and life cycle assessment of large-scale energy storage systems
• The development of process models to evaluate the performance of N-solv, eseieh, and sagd oil sands
• The development of techno-economic assessment models for hydrogen production via photocatalytic water splitting
• The development of techno-economic model for the assessment of biorefinery for the production of bio-oil, ethanol, and hydrogen
• The development of techno-economic models for assessment of cost of energy storage for vehicle-to-grid applications in a cold climate
• The development of techno-economic models for the assessment of low-carbon hydrogen export from Western Canada to Eastern Canada, the USA, the Asia-Pacific, and Europe
• The development of techno-economic models for the assessment of utility-scale electro-chemical battery storage systems
• The effect of particle size and concentration on the frictional behavior of vertical upward flows of wheat straw aqueous slurries
• The environmental performances of alternative materials for hydrogen production via photocatalytic water splitting
• The greenhouse gas emissions’ footprint and net energy ratio of utility-scale electro-chemical energy storage systems
• The greenhouse gas reduction potential and cost-effectiveness of economy-wide hydrogen-natural gas blending for energy end uses
• The life cycle energy and environmental footprints of high-performance monocrystalline titanium dioxide nanorod-base perovskite solar cells
• The life cycle greenhouse gas emission benefits from alternative uses of biofuel coproducts
• The technical and economic potential for improving energy efficiency in the Canadian pulp and paper sector.
• The techno-economic assessment of alternative materials for hydrogen production via photocatalytic water splitting.
• The Upgrading of Bio-Oil via Hydrodeoxygenation
• Thermo-catalytic reforming of Alberta-based biomass feedstock to produce biofuels
• Thermo-catalytic reforming of Canadian agricultural residues to produce biofuels
• Transition to cleaner grid for fossil fuel dominant jurisdictions: Development of a consequential lifecycle assessment approach.
• Two-phase (solid-liquid) flows of agricultural residue biomass in inclined pipes.
• Uncertainty in life cycle GHG emissions of biofuels due to coproduct utilization
• Unleasing Canada’s Biomass Energy Potential
• Using proxy models and adaptive sampling to integrate complex engineering models into life cycle assessments of energy systems
• Water-use implications of low carbon pathways in the oil and gas sector
• Water-use implications of low carbon pathways in the oil and gas sector
• Water-use implications of low-carbon pathways in the oil and gas sector
• Well-to-tank (WTT) energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the vapor solvent oil sands extraction process
• What is the production cost of renewable diesel from woody biomass and agricultural residue based on experimentation? A comparative assessment
• Which crudes have the lowest GHG emission intensity? A discussion on perspective