Hélène Pilorgé

Research topics:
Hydrogen Production & Storage
Carbon Capture, Utilization, & Storage
Mineral Carbonization
Ammonia Production
Trace Metal Capture
Life Cycle Analysis
Techno-economic Assessment

Hélène Pilorgé

Research topics:
Hydrogen Production & Storage
Carbon Capture, Utilization, & Storage
Mineral Carbonization
Ammonia Production
Trace Metal Capture
Life Cycle Analysis
Techno-economic Assessment

Hélène Pilorgé

Research Associate

About Hélène

Hélène Pilorgé is a research associate at the University of Pennsylvania. She was previously a postdoctoral fellow at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute and holds a PhD in geology from the University of Lyon (France).

Hélène studies carbon management strategies for mitigating climate change. She focuses mainly on carbon accounting of various carbon management solutions and on mapping and spatial analyses for responsible deployment of carbon management, with minimal social and environmental impacts. Her work outlines best opportunities for carbon capture (from industrial point sources or from the air), CO2 storage (underground and ex-situ using waste sources of alkalinity), and low-carbon energy sources (geothermal, solar, wind, biomass) to power climate infrastructures. She optimizes systems by looking into the co-location of the steps of carbon management systems. When co-location is not possible, she is developing a multimodal transport model. More recently, Hélène is including environmental justice and social justice components in her studies, to aim towards an equitable transition towards a decarbonized economy.

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Publications

  • Pilorgé H., Stosich C., Sheldon J., Cohen B., Ho A., Giannopoulos D., Lee I., Pisciotta M., Psarras P. (2023) Chapter 5: CO2 and biomass transport. Roads to removal: options for carbon dioxide removal in the United States; LLNL-TR-852901.2023.12.07. Livermore, California: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.2172/2301853
  • Pilorgé H., Layding S., Magdolen C., Psarras P. (2022) Strategies for Achieving Net-Zero Emissions in Nevada. The Nature Conservancy in Nevada. The Kleinman Center for Energy Policy. https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/NZNV_v2.0_full_report_final.pdf
  • Pilorgé H., Kolosz B., Wu G.C., Freeman J. (2021) “Global Mapping of CDR Opportunities” CDR Primer, edited by Wilcox J., Kolosz B., Freeman J. https://cdrprimer.org/read/chapter-3
  • Pilorgé H., McQueen N., Maynard D., Psarras P., He J., Rufael T., Wilcox J. (2020) Cost Analysis of Carbon Capture and Sequestration of Process Emissions from the US Industrial Sector. Environmental Science &Technology, 54 (12), 7524-7532. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b07930
  • Pilorgé H., Reynard B., Remusat L., Le Floch S., Montagnac G., Cardon H. (2017) D/H diffusion in serpentine. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 211, 355-372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2017.05.022
  • Psarras P., Pisciotta M., Pilorgé H. (2024) Advancing the Social License for Carbon Management in Achieving Net-Zero GHG Emissions. Kleinman Center for Energy Policy. https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/research/publications/advancing-the-social-license-for-carbon-management-in-achieving-net-zero-ghg-emissions/
  • Ho A., Giannopoulos D., Pilorgé H., Psarras P. (2024) Opportunities for rail in the transport of carbon dioxide in the United States. Frontiers in Energy Research 11:1343085. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2023.1343085
  • Pisciotta M., Pilorgé H., Davids J., Psarras P., (2023) Opportunities for cement decarbonization. Cleaner Engineering and Technology 15, 100677. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clet.2023.100667
  • Young J., McQueen N., Charalambous C., Foteinis S., Hawrot O., Ojeda M., Pilorgé H., Andresen J., Psarras P., Renforth P., Garcia S., van der Spek M. (2023) The cost of direct air capture and storage can be reduced via strategic deployment but is unlikely to fall below stated cost targets. One Earth, 6(7), 899-917. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.06.004
  • Lebling K., Leslie-Bole H., Psarras P., Bridgwater E., Byrum Z., Pilorgé H. (2022) Direct Air Capture: Assessing Impacts to Enable Responsible Scaling. World Resources Institute. https://doi.org/10.46830/wriwp.21.00058
  • Pisciotta M., Pilorgé H., Feldmann J., Jacobson R., Davids J., Swett S., Sasso Z., Wilcox J. (2022) Current State of Industrial Heating and Opportunities for Decarbonization. Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 100982.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecs.2021.100982
  • Byrum Z., Pilorgé H., Wilcox J. (2021) Technological Pathways for Decarbonizing Petroleum refining. World Resources Institute. https://doi.org/10.46830/wriwp.21.00004
  • Alatiq A., Aljedani W., Abussaud A., Algarni O., Pilorgé H., Wilcox J. (2021) Assessment of the Carbon Abatement and Removal Opportunities of the Arabian Gulf Countries, Clean Energy 5 (2), 340-353. https://doi.org/10.1093/ce/zkab015
  • Kian K., Liguori S., Pilorgé H., Crawford J.M., Carreon M.A., Martin J.L., Grimm R.L., Wilcox J. (2021) Prospects of CO2 capture via 13X for low-carbon hydrogen production using a Pd-based metallic membrane reactor. Chemical Engineering Journal 407, 127224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2020.127224
  • McQueen N., Psarras P., Pilorgé H., Liguori S., He J., Yuan M., Woodall C.M., Kian K., Pierpoint L., Jurewicz J., Lucas J.M., Jacobson R., Deich N., Wilcox J. (2020) Cost Analysis of Direct Air Capture and Sequestration Coupled to Low-Carbon Thermal Energy in the United States Environmental Science & Technology 54(12), 7542-7551. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c00476
  • Psarras P., He J., Pilorgé H., McQueen N., Jensen-Fellows A., Kian K., and Wilcox J. (2020) Cost Analysis of Carbon Capture and Sequestration from US Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants. Environmental Science & Technology 54 (10), 6272-6280. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b06147
  • Baker S.E. et al. (2019) Getting to neutral: options for negative carbon emissions in California. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States). https://doi.org/10.2172/1597217
  • Woodall C., McQueen N., Pilorgé H., and Wilcox J. (2019) Utilization of Mineral Carbonation Products: Current State and Potential. Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ghg.1940
  • Kelemen P., Benson S., Pilorgé H., Psarras P., Wilcox J. (2019) An overview of the status and challenges of CO2 storage in minerals and geological formations. Frontiers in Climate 1, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2019.00009
  • Ganzhorn A.-C., Pilorgé H., and Reynard B. (2019) Porosity of metamorphic rocks and fluid migration within subduction interfaces. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 522, 107-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2019.06.030
  • Ganzhorn A.-C., Pilorgé H., Le Floch S.,Montagnac G., Cardon H., and Reynard B. (2018) Deuterium-hydrogen inter-diffusion in chlorite. Chemical Geology 493, 518 524. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.07.010

Presentations

  • Pilorgé H. (2024) For a just deployment of direct air capture. In panel: Design and the Energy Transition. Talk and panel discussion, Energy week at Penn, March 11-15, 2024.
  • Pilorgé H. (2024) Direct air capture, CO2 transport, and CO2 storage. Workshop, National Academies: Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, March 5, 2024. Washington, DC, USA.
  • Pisciotta M., Pilorgé H., Psarras P., Moan J. (2024) Gerlach community meeting. Community meeting. Gerlach, NV, USA.
  • Moan J., Psarras P., Pilorgé H., Pisciotta M. (2024) Renewable energy, climate infrastructure and carbon management in Nevada. Tribal cultural resource management group meeting. Tonopah, NV, USA.
  • Pilorgé H., Stosich C., Sheldon J., Cohen B., Ho A., Giannopoulos D., Lee I., Psarras P. (2023) Strategies for the deployment of responsible CO2 transport. Poster, AGU 2023 Fall meeting.
  • Pilorgé H., Magdolen C., Stosich C., Sheldon J., Pisciotta M., Gomes K., Nothaft D., Psarras P. (2022) Strategies for Deploying Direct Air Capture Using Geothermal Energy and Carbon Mineralization. Talk, AGU 2022 Fall meeting.
  • Pilorgé H., Layding S., Magdolen C., Psarras P. (2022) A Strategy for Achieving Net-Zero Emissions in Nevada. Poster, Gordon Research Conference: Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage.
  • Pilorgé H., Layding S., Magdolen C., Psarras P. (2022) Net Zero Nevada: From Pledge to Action Webinar. Kleinman Center for Energy Policy. https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/events/net-zero-nevada-from-pledge-to-action-webinar/
  • Pilorgé H., McQueen N., Psarras P., Woodall C.M., Wilcox J. (2020) DAC paired with industrial waste heat as a path towards carbon neutrality for the U.S. industrial sector. Talk, Applied Energy Symposium MIT A+B. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbLvouX20Ow
  • Pilorgé H., Psarras P., He J., and Wilcox J. (2019) Combining geothermal potential and direct air capture for negative emissions power generation in California. Talk, GRC transactions, Vol 43. https://publications.mygeoenergynow.org/grc/1034141.pdf
  • Pilorgé H., Psarras P., He J., and Wilcox J. (2019) A path to mitigate climate change: opportunities for direct air capture of CO2 and geological storage. Poster, New England Research Forum.
  • Pilorgé H., Reynard B., Remusat L., Le Floch S., Montagnac G., and Cardon H. (2017). D/H diffusion in serpentine. Talk, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, Vol 19, p 7422.
  • Pilorgé H., Ganzhorn A.-C., and Reynard B. (2017) Water-serpentine interactions and deformation in subduction zones. Poster, Goldschmidt 2017.
  • Pilorgé H., Ganzhorn A.-C., Montagnac G., Cardon H., Le Floch S., and Reynard B., (2017) Water-serpentine interactions and deformation in subduction zones. Poster, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, Vol 19, p7549.
  • Pilorgé H., Reynard B., Montagnac G., Cardon H., and Le Floch S. (2015) Serpentinite-fluid interactions in subduction zones. Poster, abstract n° 2493, Goldschmidt 2015.   

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