In a recent report, the International Energy Agency emphasized that technological advances for decarbonizing energy services in buildings, transport, and heavy industry are critical for reaching net-zero carbon emissions by mid-century. Inspired by this need, the sustainable energy transistions (SET) group is interested in technology conceptualization, analysis and optimization for serving a range of final energy uses in a low-carbon and cost-effective manner.
Relevant Past Projects
- Synthesis of carbon-efficient biofuel production routes using supplemental solar energy
- High efficiency approaches for converting solar thermal energy to hydrogen and electricity
- Design and Analysis carbon-based energy storage cycles
- Power Plant CO2 capture integrated with lime-based direct air capture
Relevant Ongoing Projects (as of June 2022)
- Center for Decarbonizing Chemical Manufacturing Using Sustainable Electrification
- Atoms-to-enterprise analysis for decarbonization of chemical manufacturing – case study of ethylene
- Comparative Analysis of Electricity Generation using Co-firing of Ammonia with reduced fossil fuels, versus Other Low Carbon Generation Types
- Systematic assessment of nuclear-based integrated electricity and H2 production under low-carbon scenarios in the U.S. context
Select Publications
- Bose, A., Lazouski, N., Gala, M.L., Manthiram, K., and Mallapragada, D.S. 2022. Spatial Variation in Cost of Electricity-Driven Continuous Ammonia Production in the United States. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. (link)
- Isaacs, S.A., Staples, M.D., Allroggen, F., Mallapragada, D.S., Falter, C.P. and Barrett, S.R., 2021. Environmental and Economic Performance of Hybrid Power-to-Liquid and Biomass-to-Liquid Fuel Production in the United States. Environmental Science & Technology. 55(12), 8247-8257. (link)
- Gençer, E., Mallapragada, D.S., Maréchal, F., Tawarmalani, M. and Agrawal, R., 2015. Round-the-clock power supply and a sustainable economy via synergistic integration of solar thermal power and hydrogen processes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(52), pp.15821-15826. (link)
- Mallapragada, D.S., Tawarmalani, M. and Agrawal, R., 2014. Synthesis of augmented biofuel processes using solar energy. AIChE Journal, 60(7), pp.2533-2545. (link)
- Al-Musleh, E.I., Mallapragada, D.S. and Agrawal, R., 2014. Continuous power supply from a baseload renewable power plant. Applied energy, 122, pp.83-93. (link)