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Renewable fuels: Modelling and Sustainability Assessment (TEA, LCA, sLCA, Criticality, Circularity)

Enric Prats-Salvado

Group leader at Institute for Future Fuels (Simulation & techno-economic evaluation) at Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)

Köln, Germany

About

The DLR Institute of Future Fuels (NRW, Germany) develops and evaluates sustainable energy carriers and conversion technologies for a climate-neutral future. We bring wide expertise across a broad range of technologies, with particular depth in processes using concentrated solar thermal (CST) energy.

Our sustainability assessment capabilities cover techno-economic analysis (TEA), environmental LCA, social LCA, and circularity and criticality analysis, enabling holistic evaluation of novel technologies and value chains from early development through scale-up.

On the process modelling side, we work at multiple scales: detailed unit-level simulations using Aspen Plus, Ebsilon, and Python, as well as higher-level system modelling through in-house Python frameworks. These system models are adaptable to real-world boundary conditions such as fluctuating energy prices or typical meteorological year (TMY) data, and can be used to identify optimal plant designs and operating strategies.

We are active in European research consortia and welcome collaboration across all CETP 2026 topics related to clean energy, sustainable fuels, carbon capture and utilization, and circular industrial processes.

Type

  • Technology Partner
  • R&D Partner
  • Consultant

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