Simulation and experimental investigation for CO₂ catalytic conversion to various sustainable energy carriers / Mohamed Kamal Ouda ; Supervised Mahmoud Alrifai , Reem Etony , Dirk Dahlhaus

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Engineering - Department of Mechanical Power Engineering

With a rapidly growing global energy demand leading to harvesting most of the fossil fuels reserves, the world is facing a severe energetic and environmental challenge. Renewable energies represent a promising energy supply alternative with resources potentials exceeds the global projected energy demand. However, renewable energy resources are characterized by intermittent behavior hindering large scale utilization without high energy capacity and long discharge time energy storage solutions. On the other hand, CO2 emission reduction became a global challenge to avoid the dramatic consequences of global warming. Tackling the problem from the roots, in this work a merit process for conversion of carbon dioxide to sustainable energy carriers using renewable energy generated hydrogen was investigated. Mandating CHEMCAD® software for process simulation, methanol synthesis process with recycle loop was optimized

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