Shifting from fossil-based economy to bio-based economy: Status quo, challenges, and prospects

L Yang, XC Wang, M Dai, B Chen, Y Qiao, H Deng… - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The growing environmental concerns and the prospect of irreversible climate change
highlight the necessity for the rapid transformation from fossil-based economy to the modern …

[HTML][HTML] A review of the mechanism of bonding in densified biomass pellets

A Anukam, J Berghel, G Henrikson, S Frodeson… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The production of durable biomass pellets have always been challenged by several factors
including the lack of understanding of the mechanism involved in how particles combine to …

Evaluating the quality of wood waste pellets and environmental impact mitigation for decentralized energy recovery in the Amazon

IA Sá, LA Macedo, BSA Chaves, LGO Galvão, AT Vale… - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
This study explores the integration of legal timber harvesting and conservation efforts in the
Amazon, repurposing wood processing waste into biofuel through pelletization to meet …

Production and utilization of the Chlorella vulgaris microalgae biochar as the fuel pellets combined with mixed biomass

H Lu, Y Liu, A Chinnathambi, HS Almoallim… - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
The current study focuses on the capability of microalgae biochar as fuel pellets.
Additionally, the study aims to investigate the treatment of synthetic saline wastewater …

Improvement of hydrochar/biochar pellets prepared from cotton stalk by hydrothermal pretreatment process

S Lang, S Zhang, Z Cao, J Yang, Y Zhou, S Liu… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrothermal (HT) pretreatment can change the internal components of biomass to
efficiently improve the comprehensive utilization value of the resource. In this paper, cotton …

Spent coffee ground as renewable energy source: Evaluation of the drying processes

MM Tun, H Raclavská, D Juchelková… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Spent coffee ground (SCG) is an environmental nuisance material, but, if appropriately
processed it can be converted into pellets, and thus, used as an energy source. The …

Effect of feedstock particle size distribution and feedstock moisture content on pellet production efficiency, pellet quality, transport and combustion emissions

R Labbé, S Paczkowski, V Knappe, M Russ, M Wöhler… - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
This study evaluates the possibility of reducing drying costs by screening large particles
prior to drying and pelletizing them with the dried medium size and fine particles. Four …

Experimental and numerical analysis of the effect of compaction conditions on briquette properties

D Wilczyński, M Berdychowski, K Talaśka… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper determines the effect of compaction process parameters such as compressive
stress, process temperature and biomass moisture content on the density of the resulting …

Impact and effectiveness of Bio-Coke conversion from biomass waste as alternative source of coal coke in Southeast Asia

NS Kamal Baharin, S Cherdkeattikul, N Kanada… - Journal of Material …, 2023 - Springer
Growing concern over fossil fuel depletion and the environmental impact of greenhouse
gases have driven the demand for solid biofuel energy as an alternative source of coal coke …

Toward new value-added products made from anaerobic digestate: part 1—study on the effect of moisture content on the densification of solid digestate

G Łysiak, R Kulig, JK Al Aridhee - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is widely used for the sustainable treatment of biological wastes
and the production of biogas. Its byproduct, digestate, is a valuable organic waste and …