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47 Synhelion: development of sustainable solar fuels • Synhelion uses solar heat to convert CO2 and water into synthetic fuels that are compatible with conventional IC engines and aircraft turbines. • To perform this conversion, mirrors reflect the sunlight and concentrate it directly onto a solar receiver where a heat-transfer fluid is heated to temperatures up to 1,500 degrees Celsius. This solar heat is then used to drive the thermochemical reactor that produces sustainable fuel. • "Ansys' CFD and FEA simulation allows us to develop, test, and validate extremely complex technology to create sustainable solar fuels. Particularly, in developing our solar receiver, we needed sophisticated and predictively accurate software and Ansys delivered. Thanks to Ansys' software, we could reduce prototyping time and build our first industrial receiver more quickly." • The resulting solar fuel solves various challenges, including being cleaner, more economic, easier to transport, and able to be stored indefinitely. • Synhelion is also using solar heat to produce cleaner cement, working in partnership with CEMEX Synhelion uses a mirror field to generate high-temperature solar heat that drives the thermochemical processes for the production of ready-to-use fuels for automotive and aerospace transportation.