Torrefaction of biomass: Production of enhanced solid biofuel from municipal solid waste and other types of biomass

KA Abdulyekeen, AA Umar, MFA Patah… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The rapid increase in population has been identified as one of the main reasons for the
abundance generation of municipal solid waste (MSW), which could be advantageous when …

A comprehensive review on the similarity and disparity of torrefied biomass and coal properties

AA Adeleke, PP Ikubanni, SS Emmanuel… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
The use of coal for energy generation is facing serious scrutiny because of environmental
concerns. As a result, there is a growing global interest in biomass, a renewable and readily …

Advances in solid biofuels production through torrefaction: Potential biomass, types of torrefaction and reactors, influencing process parameters and future …

DG Gizaw, S Periyasamy, H Baylie… - Process Safety and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Biomass is a versatile, renewable, sustainable feedstock that could be used to produce
solid, liquid, and gaseous energy sources. Most feedstocks are subjected to suitable …

Effect of oxidative torrefaction on fuel and pelletizing properties of agricultural biomass in comparison with non-oxidative torrefaction

H Sui, J Chen, W Cheng, Y Zhu, W Zhang, J Hu… - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Torrefaction is regarded as a promising way to improve the fuel properties of biomass. In this
work, a typical agricultural biomass of cotton stalk with high supply availability was …

Rice husk and rice straw torrefaction: Properties and pyrolysis kinetics of raw and torrefied biomass

C Chen, B Qu, W Wang, W Wang, G Ji, A Li - Environmental Technology & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Torrefaction is an effective pretreatment process of biomass to enhance energy density and
reduce moisture and oxygen contents. The kinetics analysis is important to estimate the …

Pyrolysis of torrefied biomass: Optimization of process parameters using response surface methodology, characterization, and comparison of properties of pyrolysis oil …

S Singh, JP Chakraborty, MK Mondal - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
Pyrolysis of torrefied Acacia nilotica was investigated in a tubular fixed-bed reactor under
nitrogen environment. The process was optimized using response surface methodology …

[HTML][HTML] Overview of municipal solid wastes-derived refuse-derived fuels for cement co-processing

GL Tihin, KH Mo, CC Onn, HC Ong… - Alexandria Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The global municipal solid waste (MSW) generation rate is 2.01 billion metric tonnes
annually with an average of 0.74 kg waste/person/day. Approximately 92% of the MSW …

Effect of oxidative torrefaction on particulate matter emission from agricultural biomass pellet combustion in comparison with non-oxidative torrefaction

W Cheng, Y Zhu, W Zhang, H Jiang, J Hu, X Zhang… - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Torrefaction could improve the fuel properties and reduce the operating costs. However, the
particulate matter (PM) emission behavior during the torrefied pellet combustion remains …

Investigation on the fuel quality and hydrophobicity of upgraded rice husk derived from various inert and oxidative torrefaction conditions

Z Zhao, S Feng, Y Zhao, Z Wang, J Ma, L Xu, J Yang… - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Torrefaction is a promising approach which could optimize the behavior of biomass
effectively. In this research, a typical and abundant agricultural by-product rice husk was …

Adsorption potential of biochar obtained from pyrolysis of raw and torrefied Acacia nilotica towards removal of methylene blue dye from synthetic wastewater

S Singh, AK Prajapati, JP Chakraborty… - Biomass Conversion and …, 2023 - Springer
Torrefaction, as a pretreatment of biomass coupled with pyrolysis process, has gathered
significant attention in recent years to obtain higher quality bio-oil. Being an energy …