Arantza Rascón San Martin

Mrs. Arantza Rascón San Martin


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Academic Career Length

1Year (2026-Present)

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11 October 2026 in Bioengineering
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AMArantza Rascón San Martin
Arantza Rascón San Martin
JLJosé Linares
José Linares
AMAna Santos Montes
Ana Santos Montes
EPEva María Arenas Pinilla
Eva María Arenas Pinilla
Renewable methanol is commonly proposed either as biomethanol from biomass or biomethane reforming, or as e-methanol from CO2 hydrogenation using electrolytic hydrogen. This work proposes a third concept: CO2-self-sufficient biomethanol from biomethane, where biohydrogen and biogenic CO2 are internally produced through biomethane reforming with carbon capture and utilisation. Four process routes are assessed for Spain, combining conventional CO/H2 methanol synthesis and CO2/H2 hydrogenation. The proposed routes use biohydrogen rather than electrolytic hydrogen. In route 1 (baseline case), fossil methane and CO2 in conventional methanol production are replaced by renewable alternatives. Route 2 produces hydrogen and CO2 through steam biomethane reforming with carbon capture and utilisation, generating a CO2 surplus. Route 3 uses a fraction of biomethane to produce CO2 and biohydrogen, supplying the CO2 required by route 1 and yielding excess hydrogen. Finally, route 4 integrates routes 1 and 2, using the CO2 surplus from route 2 as feedstock for route 1. Routes 1 and 4 produce exclusively methanol and achieve the highest yields (108.6 t and 102.7 t per GWh-HHV of biomethane, respectively). All routes except route 1 are CO2 self-sufficient. A detailed techno-economic assessment of routes 1 and 4 gives methanol costs of 403–817 €/t and 496–933 €/t, respectively.