A review on the current status of various hydrothermal technologies on biomass feedstock

M Kumar, AO Oyedun, A Kumar - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Hydrothermal processing, a thermochemical approach, is an excellent method of converting
energy-rich biomass into useful products. This approach offers the advantage of handling …

[HTML][HTML] Current status and future perspectives for energy production from solid biomass in the European industry

I Malico, RN Pereira, AC Gonçalves… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Industrial heat is important in Europe's energy consumption and dominated by fossil fuels.
Therefore, promoting renewables in this sector is vital to move Europe towards a low-carbon …

Aviation CO2 emissions reductions from the use of alternative jet fuels

MD Staples, R Malina, P Suresh, JI Hileman… - Energy Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Although a relatively small contributor to annual anthropogenic CO 2 emissions (~ 2.6%),
commercial aviation activity is growing at~ 5% per annum. As a result, alternative jet fuel …

The limits of bioenergy for mitigating global life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels

MD Staples, R Malina, SRH Barrett - Nature Energy, 2017 - nature.com
The size of the global bioenergy resource has been studied extensively; however, the
corresponding life-cycle greenhouse gas benefit of bioenergy remains largely unexplored at …

Technology options and policy design to facilitate decarbonization of chemical manufacturing

CM Woodall, Z Fan, Y Lou, A Bhardwaj, A Khatri… - Joule, 2022 - cell.com
This paper reviews technology options to decarbonize the production of ammonia,
methanol, and ethylene, which together are responsible for about half of all greenhouse gas …

Environmental implications of the use of agro‐industrial residues for biorefineries: Application of a deterministic model for indirect land‐use changes

D Tonini, L Hamelin, TF Astrup - Gcb Bioenergy, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Biorefining agro‐industrial biomass residues for bioenergy production represents an
opportunity for both sustainable energy supply and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions …

Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of renewable gas technologies: A comparative review

S Kolb, T Plankenbühler, K Hofmann… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Natural gas is an energy carrier of predominant significance for today's electricity and
heating sectors. However, science heavily discusses the actual environmental burden of …

European framework for the diffusion of biogas uses: emerging technologies, acceptance, incentive strategies, and institutional-regulatory support

AG Capodaglio, A Callegari, MV Lopez - Sustainability, 2016 - mdpi.com
Biogas will constitute a significant fraction of future power supply, since it is expected to
contribute a large share of the EU renewable energy targets. Biogas, once produced, can be …

LCA-based optimization of wood utilization under special consideration of a cascading use of wood

K Höglmeier, B Steubing, G Weber-Blaschke… - Journal of environmental …, 2015 - Elsevier
Cascading, the use of the same unit of a resource in multiple successional applications, is
considered as a viable means to improve the efficiency of resource utilization and to …

A techno-economic optimization model of a biomass-based CCHP/heat pump system under evolving climate conditions

M Wegener, A Malmquist, A Isalgue, A Martin… - Energy conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
An innovative modelling approach for the design of biomass-based, solar-assisted
combined cooling, heating, and power (CCHP) and heat pump (HP) systems for various …