The rising energy demand has started to overwhelm the existing power generating plants in
South Africa. Also, the conventional electricity generating plants are largely responsible for …

In the last decades the interest in the biomass gasification process has increased due to the
growing attention to the use of sustainable energy. Biomass is a renewable energy source …

Gasification is considered as a key technology for the use of biomass. In order to promote
this technology in the future, advanced, cost-effective, and highly efficient gasification …

Torrefaction processes of four kinds of biomass materials, including bamboo, willow,
coconut shell and wood (Ficus benjamina L.), were investigated using the thermogravimetric …

It has been widely accepted worldwide that global warming is by far the greatest threat and
challenge in the new millennium. In order to stop global warming and to promote …

Torrefied biomass has several benefits, such as higher energy density, good grindability,
higher flowability and uniformity. The process of torrefaction moves the chemical and …

Biomass gasification co-firing is a technology that can be implemented instantly in almost all
coal-fired power plants in a relatively short period to reduce the consumption of fossil fuel …

Co-firing of coal and biomass is a feasible pathway for low-or even negative-carbon
transformation of power sector in countries that rely on coal. There are two main kinds of …

Flameless combustion technology has proved to be flexible regarding the utilization of
conventional fuels. This flexibility is associated with the main characteristic of the …

The sustainable use of plant biomass (PB) to produce new valuable compounds helps
alleviate the world's excessive reliance on fossil fuels. Among the different processes …