Kinetics, thermodynamics, and physical characterization of corn stover (Zea mays) for solar biomass pyrolysis potential analysis

AH Rony, L Kong, W Lu, M Dejam, H Adidharma… - Bioresource …, 2019 - Elsevier
Solar pyrolysis of agricultural waste has huge potential for sustainable production of fuel and
chemical feedstock. In this paper, the kinetics, thermodynamics, and physical …

Region-specific sourcing of lignocellulose residues as renewable feedstocks for a net-zero chemical industry

J Huo, Z Wang, P Lauri… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Biobased chemicals, crucial for the net-zero chemical industry, rely on lignocellulose
residues as a major feedstock. However, its availability and environmental impacts vary …

Carbon-negative biofuel production

S Kim, X Zhang, AD Reddy, BE Dale… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Achievement of the 1.5° C limit for global temperature increase relies on the large-scale
deployment of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies. In this article, we explore two …

Soil organic carbon change can reduce the climate benefits of biofuel produced from forest residues

K Lan, B Zhang, T Lee, Y Yao - Joule, 2024 - cell.com
Because biomass residues do not cause land-use change, soil carbon changes are
commonly not considered in life cycle assessments (LCAs) of biofuel derived from forest …

Life cycle and economic assessment of corn production practices in the western US Corn Belt

S Li, M Thompson, S Moussavi, B Dvorak - Sustainable Production and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Environmental impacts of corn production practices have been studied using life cycle
assessment (LCA) across different regions across the world. Yet, most LCA on corn …

Integration in a depot‐based decentralized biorefinery system: Corn stover‐based cellulosic biofuel

S Kim, BE Dale, M **, KD Thelen, X Zhang… - GCB …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The current or “conventional” paradigm for producing process energy in a biorefinery
processing cellulosic biomass is on‐site energy recovery through combustion of residual …

Sustainable feedstock for bioethanol production: impact of spatial resolution on the design of a sustainable biomass supply-chain

MA Sharara, K Sahoo, AD Reddy, S Kim, X Zhang… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study assesses the role of spatial-resolution and spatial-variations in environmental
impacts estimation and decision-making for corn-stover harvesting to produce biofuels …

Fermentation with continuous ball milling: Effectiveness at enhancing solubilization for several cellulosic feedstocks and comparative tolerance of several …

ML Balch, MB Chamberlain, RS Worthen… - Biomass and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mechanical disruption of lignocellulose during fermentation, cotreatment, is a nascent
approach to increase biologically-mediated carbohydrate solubilization without exposure to …

Renewable rubber and jet fuel from biomass: evaluation of greenhouse gas emissions and land use trade-offs in energy and material markets

B Riazi, M Karanjikar, S Spatari - ACS sustainable chemistry & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Biomass holds great promise for producing fuels, chemicals, and polymeric materials to
address climate change and energy security. Polyisoprene, the raw material used to …

Comparative life cycle assessment of corn stover conversion by decentralized biomass pyrolysis-electrocatalytic hydrogenation versus ethanol fermentation

S Das, JE Anderson, R De Kleine… - Sustainable Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Quantification of environmental impacts through life cycle assessment is essential when
evaluating bioenergy systems as potential replacements for fossil-based energy systems …