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Global energy demand is expected to increase from 12.4 gigatons oil equivalent (Gtoe) in 2010 to 16.7 Gtoe by 2035. Energy systems will need to be redesigned or rethought to achieve the high efficiencies required to meet such energy demands. Energy systems that take advantage of the favorable thermo-physical properties of supercritical fluids can help raise efficiency and this chapter introduces several applications of energy systems that use supercritical fluids. These include (i) transcritical cycles for heating (ii) cryogenic exergy recovery for liquefied natural gas transport, (iii) geothermal and waste heat energy, (iv) refrigeration, (v) ultra-supercritical steam generators, (vi) biofuel synthesis, (vii) hydrothermal conversion of biomass and (viii) solvo-thermal processing of biomass with ionic liquids. Supercritical fluids offer unique technological advantages in their use for energy systems and increase cycle efficiencies and simplify chemical processing.

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  1. Research Center of Supercritical Fluid Technology, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

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  1. Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

    Yasumitsu Tanaka

  2. Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

    Michael Norton

  3. Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

    Yu-You Li

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Smith, R. (2015). Energy and Supercritical Fluids. In: Tanaka, Y., Norton, M., Li, YY. (eds) Topical Themes in Energy and Resources. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55309-0_5

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