Biomass is a promising renewable source that can reduce fossil fuel consumption and
associated greenhouse gas emissions, but some of its characteristics make it difficult to use …

The development of biofuels has been considered as an important countermeasure to abate
anthropogenic CO 2 emissions, suppress deteriorated atmospheric greenhouse effect, and …

Torrefaction is a mild pyrolysis, which has been explored for the pretreatment of biomass to
increase the heating value and hydrophobicity. Due to its potential applications for making …

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 …

The utilization of lignocellulosic biomass is closely related to one of the renewable sources
of energy. However, a few inherent properties of lignocellulosic biomass such as high …

Weight loss has been suggested as an important indicator of torrefaction severity for
describing the performance of this thermal pretreatment process. The present study …

Biochars made by hydrothermal carbonization and torrefaction of sawdust and peat in a
wide temperature range have been studied. A comparative evaluation of the properties of …

Torrefaction is a promising bioenergy pre-treatment technology, with potential to make a
major contribution to the commodification of biomass. However, there is limited scientific …

As China ramped-up coal power capacities rapidly while CO2 emissions need to decline,
these capacities would turn into stranded assets. To deal with this risk, a promising option is …

This work contrasted gaseous emissions of carbon, sulfur and nitrogen oxides from
combustion of several types of biomass including woody, herbaceous and crop-derived …