Challenges and opportunities in microwave-assisted catalytic pyrolysis of biomass: A review

X Ren, MS Ghazani, H Zhu, W Ao, H Zhang… - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Microwave-assisted catalytic pyrolysis (MACP) is one of the emerging technologies for
efficiently converting the solid biomass residues to valuable products, including liquid bio-oil …

Microwaves and heterogeneous catalysis: A review on selected catalytic processes

V Palma, D Barba, M Cortese, M Martino, S Renda… - Catalysts, 2020 - mdpi.com
Since the late 1980s, the scientific community has been attracted to microwave energy as an
alternative method of heating, due to the advantages that this technology offers over …

Valorization of biomass waste to engineered activated biochar by microwave pyrolysis: Progress, challenges, and future directions

SY Foong, RK Liew, Y Yang, YW Cheng… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biomass waste represents the promising surrogate of fossil fuels for energy recovery and
valorization into value-added products. Among thermochemical conversion techniques of …

Advantages and limitations of microwave reactors: from chemical synthesis to the catalytic valorization of biobased chemicals

P Priecel, JA Lopez-Sanchez - ACS Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
This critical review examines recent scientific and patent literature in the application of
microwave reactors for catalytic transformation of biomass and biomass-derived molecules …

Progress in waste oil to sustainable energy, with emphasis on pyrolysis techniques

SS Lam, RK Liew, A Jusoh, CT Chong, FN Ani… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper begins with a review on the current techniques used for the treatment and
recovery of waste oil, which is then followed by an extensive review of the recent …

Microwave chemistry for inorganic nanomaterials synthesis

I Bilecka, M Niederberger - Nanoscale, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
This Feature Article gives an overview of microwave-assisted liquid phase routes to
inorganic nanomaterials. Whereas microwave chemistry is a well-established technique in …

Microwave heating processes involving carbon materials

JA Menéndez, A Arenillas, B Fidalgo… - Fuel Processing …, 2010 - Elsevier
Carbon materials are, in general, very good absorbents of microwaves, ie, they are easily
heated by microwave radiation. This characteristic allows them to be transformed by …

Synthesis and modification of carbon nanomaterials utilizing microwave heating

AM Schwenke, S Hoeppener… - Advanced Materials, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Microwave‐assisted synthesis and processing represents a growing field in materials
research and successfully entered the field of carbon nanomaterials during the last decade …

A review on waste to energy processes using microwave pyrolysis

SS Lam, HA Chase - Energies, 2012 - mdpi.com
This paper presents an extensive review of the scientific literature associated with various
microwave pyrolysis applications in waste to energy engineering. It was established that …

Microwave irradiation: A sustainable way for sludge treatment and resource recovery

VK Tyagi, SL Lo - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
In recent years, microwave (MW) irradiation has gained widespread popularity as an
effective thermal method for sludge treatment, mainly due to its rapid and selective heating …