Advances in biomass torrefaction: Parameters, models, reactors, applications, deployment, and market

SK Thengane, KS Kung, A Gomez-Barea… - Progress in Energy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Recovery processes of sustainable energy using different biomass and wastes

SS Siwal, Q Zhang, N Devi, AK Saini, V Saini… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The biomass 'waste-to-energy theory transforms low-value biomass within value-added
outputs which include high financial potential has drawn awareness from both academicians …

A state-of-the-art review on thermochemical conversion of biomass for biofuel production: A TG-FTIR approach

HC Ong, WH Chen, Y Singh, YY Gan, CY Chen… - Energy Conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Effective methods of biomass characterization are needed for energy production due to the
increase in biomass to bioenergy conversion capacity and the availability of various …

Thermochemical conversion of large-size woody biomass for carbon neutrality: Principles, applications, and issues

A Saravanakumar, P Vijayakumar, AT Hoang… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
Large-size woody biomass is a valuable renewable resource to replace fossil fuels in
biorefinery processes. The preprocessing of wood chips and briquettes is challenging to …

Wood-based biochar for the removal of potentially toxic elements in water and wastewater: a critical review

SM Shaheen, NK Niazi, NEE Hassan… - International …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Recently, biochar has received significant attention, especially for the removal of potentially
toxic elements (PTEs) from water and wastewater. No review has been focused on the …

Biomass torrefaction: properties, applications, challenges, and economy

Y Niu, Y Lv, Y Lei, S Liu, Y Liang, D Wang - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2019 - Elsevier
Biomass accounts for the largest renewable energy in the world, whereas its inherent
drawbacks, such as low energy and mass density, hydrophilicity, poor grindability and …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation of biomass torrefaction based on three major components: Hemicellulose, cellulose, and lignin

D Chen, A Gao, K Cen, J Zhang, X Cao, Z Ma - Energy conversion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, torrefaction of hemicellulose, cellulose, and lignin were studied at a series of
torrefaction temperatures (210, 240, 270, and 300° C) based on the properties of their three …

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 …

Energy trilemma based prioritization of waste-to-energy technologies: implications for post-COVID-19 green economic recovery in Pakistan

SAA Shah, C Longsheng, YA Solangi, M Ahmad… - Journal of cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
As lockdown eases, economic activities resume in Pakistan. If the country continues to follow
business-as-usual (BAU) then it is anticipated that carbon output could surge past pre …

Biomass torrefaction: An overview on process parameters, economic and environmental aspects and recent advancements

MN Cahyanti, TRKC Doddapaneni, T Kikas - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Torrefaction is one of the pretreatment processes used to overcome the disadvantages of
using biomass as a fuel such as low energy density, high moisture, and oxygen contents …