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2010

Co-production of decarbonized synfuels and electricity from coal + biomass with CO2 capture and storage: an Illinois case study

Eric D. Larson, Giulia Fiorese, Guangjian Liu, Robert H. Williams, Thomas G. Kreutz and Stefano Consonni


2009

Princeton Next Generation Jet Fuels Project (NGJFP) commentary

Frederick Dryer

Beneficial Biofuels—The Food, Energy, and Environment Trilemma

David Tilman, Robert Socolow, Jonathan A. Foley, Jason Hill, Eric Larson, Lee Lynd, Stephen Pacala, John Reilly, Tim Searchinger, Chris Somerville, Robert Williams

Co-production of decarbonized synfuels and electricity from coal + biomass with CO2 capture and storage: an Illinois case study

Eric D. Larson, Giulia Fiorese, Guangjian Liu, Robert H. Williams, Thomas G. Kreutz and Stafano Consonni

Performance and cost analysis of future, commercially mature gasifi cation-based electric power generation from switchgrass

Haiming Jin, Eric D. Larson, Fuat E. Celik

Comparative analysis of efficiency, environmental impact, and process economics for mature biomass refining scenarios

Mark Laser, Eric Larson, Bruce Dale, Michael Wang, Nathanael Greene, Lee R. Lynd

The role of biomass in America's energy future: framing the analysis

Lee R. Lynd, Eric Larson, Nathanael Greene, Mark Laser, John Sheehan, Bruce E. Dale, Samuel McLaughlin, Michael Wang

Fischer-Tropsch Fuels from Coal and Biomass: Strategic Advantages of Once-Through (“Polygeneration”) Configurations

Robert H. Williams, Eric D. Larson, Guangjian Liu, and Thomas G. Kreutz

Co-production of synfuels and electricity from coal + biomass with zero net carbon emissions: an Illinois case study

E.D. Larson, G. Fiorese, G. Liu, R.H. Williams, T.G. Kreutz, S.Consonni

Large-scale gasification-based coproduction of fuels and electricity from switchgrass

Eric D. Larson, Haiming Jin, Fuat E. Celik

SUPPORTING INFORMATION to Large-Scale Gasification Based Co-Production of Fuels and Electricity from Swtichgrass

Eric D. Larson, Haiming Jin, Fuat E. Celi

An assessment of gasification-based biorefining at kraft pulp and paper mills in United States, Part B: Results

Eric D. Larson, Stefano Consonni, Ryan E. Katofsky, Kristiina Iisa, and W. James Frederick, JR.


2008

An assessment of gasification-based biorefining at kraft pulp and paper mills in the United States, Part A: Background and assumptions

Eric D. Larson, Stefano Consonni, Ryan E. Katofsky, Kristiina Iisa, and W. James Frederick, JR.

Fischer-Tropsch Fuels from Coal and Biomass

Thomas G. Kreutz, Eric D. Larson, Guangjian Liu, Robert H. Williams

25th Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference

Compressed Air Energy Storage: Theory, Resources, and Applications for Wind Power

S. Succar, R. H. Williams

Princeton Environmental Institute

Biofuel production technologies: status, prospects and implications for trade and development

Eric D. Larson

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development


2007

Gasification-Based Biorefining at Kraft Pulp and Paper Mills in the United States

Larson, Consonni, Katofsky, Iisa, and Frederick

Preprint for the 2007 International Chemical Recovery Conference
29 May – 1 June 2007, Quebec City, Canada


2006

Fuels and electricity from biomass with CO2 capture and storage

Eric D. Larson, Robert H. Williams, Haiming Jin

8th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies

A review of life-cycle analysis studies on liquid biofuel systems for the transport sector

Eric D. Larson

Energy for Sustainable Development, Volume X, No. 2, June 2006

A Cost-Benefit Assessment of Gasification-Based Biorefining in the Kraft Pulp and Paper Industry

Larson, Consonni, Katofsky, Iisa, and Frederick

Final Report (4 volumes), December 2006

2005


Gasification-Based Fuels and Electricity Production from

Eric D. Larson, Haiming Jin, Fuat E. Celik

Biofuels, October 2005


2004

Transportation fuel from coal with low CO2 emissions

Fuat Celik, Eric D. Larson, Robert H. Williams

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies

Dimethyl ether (DME) from coal as a household cooking fuel in China

Eric D. Larson, Huiyan Yang

Energy for Sustainable Development, Volume VIII No. 3, September 2004

A global clean cooking fuel initiative

Goldemberg, Johansson, Reddy, Williams

Energy for Sustainable Development, Volume VIII No. 3, September 2004


2003

A Cost-Benefit Assessment of Biomass Gasification Power Generation in the Pulp and Paper Industry

E.D. Larson, S. Consonni, R.E. Katofsky

Final Report, October 8, 2003

Case-study of a coal gasification-based energy supply system for China

Zheng Hongtao, Li Zheng, Ni Weidou, Eric D. Larson, Ren Tingjin

Energy for Sustainable Development, VII(4), December 2003.

Transforming coal for sustainability: a strategy for China

Report by the Task Force on Energy Strategies and Technologies to the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development

Energy for Sustainable Development, VII(4), December 2003.

A comparison of direct and indirect liquefaction technologies for making fluid fuels from coal

Robert H. Williams and Eric D. Larson

Energy for Sustainable Development, VII(4), December 2003.

Synthetic fuel production by indirect coal liquefaction

Eric D. Larson and Ren Tingjin

Energy for Sustainable Development, VII(4), December 2003.

Modeling China's energy future

Pat DeLaquil, Chen Wenying, and Eric D. Larson

Energy for Sustainable Development, VII(4), December 2003.


2002

Exploring Implications to 2050 of Energy-Technology Options for China

E.D. Larson, P. DeLaquil, Z. Wu, W. Chen, and P. Gao

Prepared for 6th Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Conference, Kyoto, Japan, 30 Sept - 4 Oct, 2002.

Decarbonized Fossil Energy Carriers and Their Energy Technological Competitors

Robert H. Williams

Prepared for the IPCC Workshop on Carbon Capture and Storage, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, November 18-21, 2002.

Production of Hydrogen and Electricity From Coal with CO2 Capture

T.G. Kreutz, R.H. Williams, R.H. Socolow, P. Chiesa, and G. Lozza

Prepared for 6th Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Conference, Kyoto, Japan, 30 Sept - 4 Oct, 2002.

Modeling Infrastructure for a Fossil Hydrogen Energy System with CO2 Sequestration

Joan M. Ogden

Prepared for 6th Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Conference, Kyoto, Japan, 30 Sept - 4 Oct, 2002.


2001

Addressing challenges to sustainable development with innovative energy technologies in a competitive electric industry

R.H. Williams

Energy for Sustainable Development, V(2), June 2001.

Advanced energy supply technologies

R.H. Williams

Energy and the Challenge of Sustainability, Ch. 8:273-329, World Energy Assessment, United Nations Development Programme, New York, 2001

Biomass energy in China and its potential

J. Li, X. Zhuang, P. DeLaquil, and E.D. Larson

Energy for Sustainable Development, V(4):66-80, December 2001.

Future implications of China’s energy-technology choices: summary of a report to the Working Group on Energy Strategies and Technologies

Z. Wu, P. DeLaQuil, E.D. Larson, W. Chen, and P. Gao

Energy for Sustainable Development, V(4):19-31, December 2001.

Nuclear and Alternative Energy Supply Options for an Environmentally Constrained World, A Long-Term Perspective

R.H. Williams

Prepared for the Nuclear Control Institute’s 20th Anniversary Conference “Nuclear Power and the Spread of Nuclear Weapons: Can We Have One Without the Other?” 2001.

Review of Small Stationary Reformers for Hydrogen Production

by J.M. Ogden

J.M. Ogden, Report to the International Energy Agency, March 2001.

Toward a Hydrogen-Based Transportation System

J.M. Ogden, R.H. Williams, and E.D. Larson

May 2001

Accelerating residential PV expansion: supply analysis for competitive electricity markets

A. Payne, R. Duke, R.H. Williams

Energy Policy, 29:787-800, Elsevier Science Ltd., 2001.

Toward zero emissions from coal in China

R.H. Williams

Energy for Sustainable Development, V(4):39-65, December 2001.

Future Implications of China’s Energy-Technology Choices

Z. Wu, P. DeLaquil, E.D. Larson, W. Chen, and P. Gao

Prepared for the Working Group on Energy Strategies and Technologies (WGEST), China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED), July 2001.

A review of biomass integrated-gasifier/gas turbine combined cycle technology and its application in sugarcane industries, with an analysis for Cuba

E.D. Larson, R.H. Williams, M. Regis, and L.V. Leal

Energy for Sustainable Development, V(1):54-76, March 2001.


2000

Technical and Economic Assessment of Natural Gas-Fuelled PEMFC Cogeneration Systems for Residential Applications

T.G. Kreutz and J.M. Ogden

Fuel Cell Seminar 2000 Abstracts, November 2000.

Trigeneration in a northern Chinese village using crop residues

P. Henderick and R.H. Williams

Energy for Sustainable Development, IV(3):26-42, October 2000.

Bioenergy and land-use competition in Northeast Brazil

C. Azar and E.D. Larson

Energy for Sustainable Development, IV(3):64-71, October 2000.

Small-scale biomass fuel cell/gas turbine power systems for rural areas

S. Kartha, T.G. Kreutz, and R.H. Williams

Energy for Sustainable Development, V(1):85-89, June 2000.

Bioenergy Prime

S. Kartha, E. Larson

United Nations Development Programme, 2000

Expanding roles for modernized biomass energy

E.D. Larson and S. Kartha

Energy for Sustainable Development, IV(3):15-25, October 2000.


1999

A Preliminary Assessment of Biomass Conversion to Fischer-Tropsch Cooking Fuels for Rural China

E.D. Larson and H. Jin

Prepared for Proceedings of the 4th Biomass Conference of the Americas, Elsevier Science, Ltd., Oxford, UK, 1999.

Biomass Conversion to Fischer-Tropsch Liquids: Preliminary Energy Balances

E.D. Larson and H. Jin

Prepared for Proceedings of the 4th Biomass Conference of the Americas, Elsevier Science Ltd., Oxford, UK, 1999.

A comparison of hydrogen, methanol and gasoline as fuels for fuel cell vehicles: implications for vehicle design and infrastructure development

J.M. Ogden, M.M. Steinbugler, and T.G. Kreutz

Journal of Power Sources, 79:143-168, Elsevier Science Ltd., 1999.

Developing an infrastructure for hydrogen vehicles: a Southern California case study

J.M. Ogden

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 24:709-730, Elsevier Science Ltd., 1999.

Prospects for Building A Hydrogen Energy Infrastructure

J.M. Ogden

Annual Review of Energy & Environment, 24:227-79, Annual Reviews Inc., 1999.

Hydrogen Production from Coal and Coal Bed Methane, Using Byproduct CO2 for Enhanced Methane Recovery and Sequestering the CO2 in the Coal Bed

R.H. Williams

Reprinted from Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, B. Eliasson, P. Riemer, and A. Wokaun, eds., Pergamon, Amsterdam, 1999.

Hydrogen Production from Natural Gas, Sequestration of Recovered CO2 in Depleted Gas Wells and Enhanced Natural Gas Recovery

K. Blok, R.H. Williams, R.E. Katofsky, and C.A. Hendriks

Energy, 22(2/3):161-168, Elsevier Science Ltd., 1997.

Toward Zero Emissions for Coal: Roles for Inorganic Membranes

R.H. Williams

In the Symposium Proceedings of Towards Zero Emissions, The Challenge for Hydrocarbons, 212-242, EniTechnology, Rome, Italy, March 1999.


1998

Fuel decarbonization for fuel cell applications and sequestration of the separated CO-2

R..H. Williams

Chapter 6 (180-222) in Eco-restructuring: Implications for Sustainable Development, R.U. Ayres, ed., United Nations University Press, Tokyo, 1998.

Performance and Preliminary Economics of Black Liquor Gasification Combined Cycles for a Range of Kraft Pulp Mill Sizes

T.G. Kreutz, E.D. Larson, and S. Consonni

Prepared for the TAPPI International Chemical Recovery Conference, Tampa, Florida, June 1998.

Small-Scale Gasification-Based Biomass Power Generation

E.D. Larson

Prepared for the Biomass Workshop, Changchun, Jilin Province, China, January 1998.

Fuels for Fuel Cell Vehicles: Vehicle Design and Infrastructure Issues

J.M. Ogden, T.G. Kreutz, and M. Steinbugler

SAE International, Technical Paper Series 982500, International Fall Fuels and Lubricants Meeting and Exposition, San Francisco, California, October 1998.

A Technological Strategy for Making Fossil Fuels Environment- and Climate-Friendly

R.H.Williams

World Energy Council Journal, 59-67, July 1998.


1997

Biomass and Black Liquor Gasifier/Gas Turbine Cogeneration at Pulp and Paper Mills

E.D. Larson, T.G. Kreutz, and S. Consonni

Report on the Workshop on Commercialization of Black Liquor and Biomass Gasification for Gas Turbine Applications in the Pulp and Paper Industry

E.D. Larson and D. Raymond, organizers

Hosted by The Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 1997.

Commercializing Black Liquor and Biomass Gasifier/Gas Turbine Technology

E.D. Larson and D.R. Raymond

TAPPI Journal, 80(12):50-57, December 1997.

Performance of Black Liquor Gasifier/Gas Turbine Combined Cycle Cogeneration in the Kraft Pulp and Paper Industry

E.D. Larson and S. Consonni

In Proceedings of the 3rd Biomass Conference of the Americas, R.P. Overend and E. Chornet, eds., 2:1495-1512, Elsevier/Pergamon, 1997.

Infrastructure for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles: A Southern California Case Study

J.M. Ogden

Presented at the ’97 World Car Conference, Riverside, California, January 1997.

Hydrogen as a Fuel for Fuel Cell Vehicles: A Technical and Economic Comparison

J.M. Ogden, M. Steinbugler, and T. Kreutz

Presented at the National Hydrogen Association, 8th Annual Conference, Arlington, Virginia, March 1997.

The Industrial Ecology of Lead and Electric Vehicles

R. Socolow and V. Thomas

Journal of Industrial Ecology, 1(1):13-36, MIT Press, 1997.


1996

Clean fuels from municipal solid waste for fuel cell buses in metropolitan areas

E.D. Larson, E. Worrell, J. S. Chen

Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 17:273-298, Elsevier Science, 1996.

Case Study of Developing a Hydrogen Vehicle Refueling Infrastructure in Southern California

J.M. Ogden, A.D. Cox, J.W. White

Draft, October 1996.

Biomass Gasifier Gas Turbine Power Generating Technology

R.H. Williams and E.D. Larson.

Biomass and Bioenergy, 10(2-3):149-166, Elsevier Science Ltd., Great Britain, 1996.

Options for reducing CO2 emissions from the energy supply sector

T.B. Johansson, R.H. Williams, H. Ishitani, and J.A. Edmonds

Energy Policy, 24(10/11):985-1003, Elsevier Science Ltd., Great Britain, 1996.

The Need for Research on Modernised Biomass in the Global Energy Economy

R.H. Williams

Renewable Energy for Development, Stockholm Environment Institute Newsletter of the Energy, Environment & Development Programme, December 1996.

A Preliminary Analysis of the Biomass Energy Production Potential in Africa in 2025 Considering Projected Land Needs for Food Production

C.I. Marrison and E.D. Larson

Biomass and Bioenergy, 10(5/6):337-351, Elsevier Science Ltd., Great Britain, 1996.


1995

A Small Carbon Users’ Fee for Accelerating Energy Innovation

R.H. Williams and J. Goldemberg

Review Draft, March 1995.

Biomass Plantation Energy Systems and Sustainable Development

E.D. Larson and R.H. Williams

In Energy as an Instrument for Socio-Economic Development, J. Goldemberg and T.B. Johansson, eds., 91-106, 1995.

Variants of a Low CO2-Emitting Energy Supply System (LESS) for the World

R.H. Williams

Prepared for the IPCC Second Assessment Report, Working Group IIa, Energy Supply Mitigation Options, Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Richland, Washington, October 1995.

The Prospects for Affordable Renewable Energy

R.H. Williams

Siemens Review, R&D Special, 15-19, Fall 1995.

Methanol and hydrogen from biomass for transportation

R.H. Williams, E.D. Larson, R.E. Katofsky, and J. Chen

Energy for Sustainable Development, I(5):18-34, January 1995.

CO2 Mitigation Potential of Biomass Energy Plantations in Developing Regions

E.D. Larson, C.I. Marrison, and R.H. Williams

PU/CEES Working Paper No. 138, April 1995.

Cost versus Scale for Advanced Plantation-Based Biomass Energy Systems in the U.S.A. and Brazil

C.I. Marrison and E.D. Larson

In Proceedings of the Second Biomass Conference of the Americas: Energy, Environment, Agriculture, and Industry, 1272-1290, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, August 1995.

Cost versus Scale for Advanced Plantation-Based Biomass Energy Systems in the U.S.A.

C.I. Marrison and E.D. Larson

1995 U.S. EPA Symposium on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Mitigation Research Washington, DC, 27-29 June 1995.


1994

Farm Forestry in Brazil

E.D.Larson, L.C.E. Rodriguez, and T.R. de Azevedo, Draft

Prepared for BioResources ’94 Biomass Resources: a means to sustainable development, Bangalore, India, October 1994.

Summary Report on Visit to Cuba

E.D. Larson, June 1994.

Notes on the meeting: “The Fuel Cell for the Next Generation Vehicle

J. Ogden and M. Steinbugler

Vice President Gore’s Automotive Technology Symposium #2, White House Conference Center, Washington, DC, July 1994.

Roles for Biomass Energy in Sustainable Development

R. Williams

Chapter 14 in Industrial Ecology and Global Change, R. Socolow, C. Andrews, F. Berkhout, and V. Thomas, eds., 199-225, 1994.

Energy efficiency from the perspective of developing countries

J. Goldemberg, T.B. Johansson, A.K.N. Reddy, and R.H. Williams

Energy for Sustainable Development, 1(2):28-34, July 1994.

The technology menu for efficient energy use in India

E.D. Larson and A. Subbiah

Energy for Sustainable Development, 1(1):36-38, May 1994.


Before 1994

Future Biomass-Based Electricity Supply in Northeast Brazil

A.E. Carpentieri, E.D. Larson, and J. Woods

Biomass and Bioenergy, 4(3):149-173, Elsevier/Pergamon, Great Britain, 1993.

Technology for Electricity and Fuels from Biomass

E.D. Larson

Annual Review of Energy & Environment, 18:567-630, Annual Reviews Inc., 1993.

Renewable Hydrogen Energy System Studies

J.M. Ogden

Submitted to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, 1993.

Powering the Future

R.H. Williams

EPA Journal, Post-Rio: The Challenge at Home, 18(4):15-18, United States Environmental Protection Agency, September/October 1992.

The Potential for Reducing CO2 Emissions with Modern Energy Technology: An Illustrative Scenario for the Power Sector in China

R.H. Williams

Science & Global Security, 3:1-42, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers S.A., United States of America, 1992.

Comments on “The Potential for Reducing CO2 Emissions in China with Modern Technology

F. Zhou

Science & Global Security, 3:43-47, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers S.A., United States of America, 1992.

Producing Fuel and Electricity from Coal with Low Carbon Dioxide Emissions

K. Blok, C.A. Hendriks, W.C. Turkenburg, and R.H. Williams

June 1991.

Assesment of New Technologies for Co-Production of Alcohol, Sugar and Electricity from Sugar Cane

Joan M. Ogden, Mark Fulmer

PU/CEES Report No. 250, April 1990

Steam Economy and Cogeneration in Sugar Cane Factories

J.M. Ogden, S. Hochgreb and M. Hylton

International Sugar Journal, 1990

Electricity-Ethanol Co-Production From Sugar Cane: A Technical and Economic Assessment

Mark E. Fulmer

PU/CEES Report No. 258

Biomass-Gasifier Steam-Injected Gas Turbine Cogeneration for the Cane Sugar Industry

E.D. Larson, R.H. Williams, J.M. Ogden, and M.G. Hylton

In Energy from Biomass and Wastes XIV, D.L. Klass, ed., Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1991.

Trends in the Consumption of Energy-Intensive Basic Materials in Industrialized Countries and Implications for Developing Regions

E.D. Larson

Prepared for ESETT ’9: The International Symposium on Environmentally Sound Energy Technologies and their Transfer to Developing Countries and European Economies in Transition, Milan, Italy, October 1991.

Cost and performance sensitivity studies for solar photovoltaic/electrolytic hydrogen systems

J.M. Ogden

Solar Cells, 30:515-523, Elsevier Sequoia, The Netherlands, 1991.

Cooling the greenhouse with bioenergy

D.O. Hall, H.E. Mynick, and R.H. Williams

Nature, 353:2 pages, September 1991.

Cogeneration Applications of Biomass gasifier/Gas Turbine Technologies in the Cane Sugar and Alcohol Industries

J. M. Ogden, R. H. Williams, and M. E. Fulmer

Prepared for the session on Industrial Processes and Materials Manufacture at the Conference on Energy and Environment in the 21st Century, MIT Cambridge March 1990

Electrolytic Hydrogen from Thin-Film Solar Cells

J.M. Ogden and R.H. Williams

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 15(3):155-169, Pergamon Press, 1990.

Aeroderivative Turbines for Stationary Power

R.H. Williams and E.D. Larson

Annual Review of Energy & Environment, 13:429-89, Annual Reviews Inc., 1988.

Process Energy Efficiency and Cogeneration in Cane Sugar Factories

J.M. Ogden, S. Hochgreb and M. Hylton

Proceedings of the Twentieth Congress of the International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 12-21, 1989.

Steam Economy and Cogeneration in Cane Sugar Factories

Joan M. Ogden, Simone Hochgreb, Michael Hylton

Proceeding/Memorias Vol. 1

Inter-American Sugar Cane Seminars

Materials, Affluence, and Industrial Energy Use

R.H. Williams, E.D. Larson, and M.H. Ross

Annual Review of Energy, 12:99-144, Annual Reviews Inc., 1987.

Basic Needs and Much More With One Kilowatt Per Capita

J. Goldemberg, T.B. Johansson, A.K.N. Reddy, and R.H. Williams

Ambio, 14(4-5):190-200, 1985.