Techno-Economic Analysis and Reverse Engineering

Category

Modeling/Simulation

Laboratory

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Capability Expert(s)

Hanna Breunig ([email protected]), Kriston Brooks ([email protected])

Description

Techno-economic analysis (TEA) is a methodology framework to systematically evaluate the technical and economic performance of a process. As such, it is essential for guiding research and development of hydrogen carriers as it can be used to determine and compare their commercial viability.

Once key system-level technical targets for end-use applications of hydrogen carriers are identified and modeled through TEA, reverse engineering can be applied to translate these targets into material property performance metrics to identify candidate structures with impact.

Status

Currently available for use in collaboration with HyMARC.

Figures

In this schematic, experimental data from a MOF-5 is input into an adsorption tube model and supply chain model.

Example TEA for evaluating the technology status and cost of metal-organic frameworks for hydrogen delivery.

References

  1. A. Anastasopoulou, H. Furukawa, B. Barnett, H. Jiang, J. Long, and H. Breunig, “Technoeconomic analysis of metal-organic frameworks for bulk hydrogen transportation,” submitted (2020).