Biomass pre-treatment techniques for the production of biofuels using thermal conversion methods–a review

A Ramos, E Monteiro, A Rouboa - Energy Conversion and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
This review aims to compile and discuss the pre-processing procedures utilized previously
to biomass thermal conversion techniques, in order to promote the sustainable production of …

Exergetic sustainability analysis of municipal solid waste treatment systems: A systematic critical review

S Soltanian, SA Kalogirou, M Ranjbari, H Amiri… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The growing volume of municipal solid waste (MSW) generated worldwide often undergoes
open dum**, landfilling, or uncontrolled burning, releasing massive pollutants and …

Recent advances in the gasification of waste plastics. A critical overview

G Lopez, M Artetxe, M Amutio, J Alvarez… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
The current review provides an assessment of the main waste plastics valorization routes to
produce syngas and H 2, thus covering different gasification strategies and other novel …

Glycerol from biodiesel production: Technological paths for sustainability

MR Monteiro, CL Kugelmeier, RS Pinheiro… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Increases in biodiesel production have led to a surplus of crude glycerol, which represents a
major bottleneck in the biodiesel production chain and has created new challenges to its …

A review on gasification and pyrolysis of waste plastics

HH Shah, M Amin, A Iqbal, I Nadeem, M Kalin… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Gasification and pyrolysis are thermal processes for converting carbonaceous substances
into tar, ash, coke, char, and gas. Pyrolysis produces products such as char, tar, and gas …

Co-gasification and recent developments on waste-to-energy conversion: A review

A Ramos, E Monteiro, V Silva, A Rouboa - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2018 - Elsevier
Biomass is currently seen as a promising renewable energy source, which can be
sustainably utilized in the production of fuels and electric energy adding no carbon dioxide …

Simulation of biomass-plastic co-gasification in a fluidized bed reactor using Aspen plus

M Singh, SA Salaudeen, BH Gilroyed, A Dutta - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
A detailed process model was developed for co-gasification of biomass and plastics in a
fluidized bed reactor using Aspen Plus with kinetic-based reactors. Governing kinetic …

[HTML][HTML] Thermodynamic simulation of the co-gasification of biomass and plastic waste for hydrogen-rich syngas production

MN Kaydouh, N El Hassan - Results in Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Co-gasification of biomass and plastics is a waste-to-energy conversion that reduces waste
volume and enhances product quality, thus improving overall process efficiency …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive artificial neural network model for gasification process prediction

S Ascher, W Sloan, I Watson, S You - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The viability and the relative merits of competing biomass and waste gasification schemes
depends on a complex mix of interacting factors. Conventional analytical methods that are …

Sustainable energy: a review of gasification technologies

EG Pereira, JN Da Silva, JL De Oliveira… - … and sustainable energy …, 2012 - Elsevier
Biomass has been widely recognized as a clean and renewable energy source, with
increasing potential to replace conventional fossil fuels in the energy market. The …