Biomass is a versatile energy resource that could be used as a sustainable energy resource
in solid, liquid and gaseous form of energy sources. Torrefaction is an emerging thermal …

A complete study of torrefaction process to sugarcane bagasse under different thermal
conditions was developed. After torrefaction process, chars were burned in an oxidizing …

Thermal treatment is an essential modification method for agroforestry biomass, and it
causes the most intuitive change in agroforestry biomass, a color change. But there is still a …

Torrefaction is a promising method of treatment with a prospect toward Physco-chemical
improvement and thermal upgrading of biomass. In the present study, the torrefaction of …

Wood from tropical plantation forests has lower physical and mechanical properties than
mature wood. Furfuryl alcohol (FA) impregnation into the wood could help to enhance …

Highlights•Wood/ZnO hybrid composites were prepared by a facile process.•ZnO
nanoflowers with nanosheets were formed in wood cell walls.•ZnO nanoparticles endowed …

The aim of this paper was to analyze selected properties of beech wood (Fagus sylvatica L.)
treated by one-sided surface charring. Specimens were one-side charred with a hot plate …

To improve the permeability of wood, three chemical reagents were used to pretreat
Chinese fir, white oak, and poplar. Through a factorial experiment with the mass change rate …

Torrefaction process is a thermal treatment that can improve quality of lignocellulosic
biomass into a carbon-rich and hydrophobic feedstock which is applicable as fuel and …

Advances in the concrete design have given rise to new structural and architectonic
applications that add to the traditional ones. Among them, the color addition to concrete and …