The efficient use of solid organic waste materials is an issue of particular importance for the
wine industry. This paper focuses on the valorization of grape marc, the major component of …

Abstract Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling is a powerful and cost-effective tool
for study and improves the performance of combustion systems. OpenFOAM is a powerful …

The biochemical conversion of residual biomass may give a significant contribution to the
flexible and programmable production of renewable electric and thermal power. In this …

The thermochemical conversion of biomass can be effective for flexible and programmable
production of electric and thermal power. Only a few models have been developed so far in …

Currently, the design of advanced moving grate (AMG) incinerators for solid waste is aided
by computational simulations. The simulation approach couples a waste bed model to …

Purpose Thermochemical conversion processes are one of the possible solutions for the
flexible production of electric and thermal power from biomass. The pyrolysis degradation …

Purpose Incineration has become increasingly important in many large cities around the
world because of fast urbanization and population growth. The benefits of energy production …

The thermochemical pyrolysis process is one of the key intermediate processes to flexibly
produce electric/thermal power output. In this paper, experimental results of a small …

Gas temperature distribution along the grate length in part load conditions is expected to be
non-uniform and vary significantly from the nominal. The objective of this work was to …

This paper is focused on the numerical analysis of a screw pyrolyzer with special attention
on kinetics, heat and mass transfer phenomena by means of a computational 1D tool. A …