[HTML][HTML] Waste to energy: Trends and perspectives

P Lisbona, S Pascual, V Pérez - Chemical Engineering Journal Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Global waste generation is expected to continue to grow due to economic development and
population growth. Therefore, sustainable waste management is mandatory if a sustainable …

Review of modelling of pyrolysis processes with CFD-DEM

DD Attanayake, F Sewerin, S Kulkarni… - Flow, Turbulence and …, 2023 - Springer
In a pyrolysis reactor, organic polymers from biomass or plastic waste are thermally
decomposed into volatile gases, condensable vapours (tar or bio-oil) and solid residues …

Prediction of instantaneous yield of bio-oil in fluidized biomass pyrolysis using long short-term memory network based on computational fluid dynamics data

H Zhong, Z Wei, Y Man, S Pan, J Zhang, B Niu… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is an effective tool to investigate biomass fast pyrolysis
in fluidized bed reactor for bio-oil production, while it requires huge computational time …

Multi-step kinetic mechanism coupled with CFD modeling of slow pyrolysis of biomass at different heating rates

D Sangare, M Moscosa-Santillan, S Bostyn… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study employed numerical modeling to investigate the reactivity and kinetics involved in
the slow pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass. The model integrates a biomass multi-step …

Numerical evaluation of multi-scale properties in biomass fast pyrolysis in fountain confined conical spouted bed

H Sun, S Yang, G Bao, J Hu, H Wang - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Biomass fast pyrolysis is one of the promising ways to convert cellulose and lignin into
available biochar, bio-oil and product gases. In the current work, the process of biomass fast …

Thermodynamic study of magnesium (Mg) production by the Pidgeon process: The distribution of MgO and axial thermal field

D Hou, L Liu, Y Ke, X Zhang, Q Yang, H Qiu… - Applied Thermal …, 2024 - Elsevier
The magnesium slag of the Pidgeon process is rich in MgO, which restricts their resource
utilization. In this paper, the MgO content in the magnesium slag at different positions of the …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of air separations on fast pyrolysis products for forest residue feedstocks

N Saha, J Klinger, T Bhattacharjee, Y **a, V Thompson… - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
This study investigates the intricate relationship between biomass preprocessing and
pyrolysis product yields, employing the air classification technique for the treatment of …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative analysis of pyrolysis models including SFOR, CRECK, and Bio-CPD to predict reaction kinetics and products from extracted biomass …

S Pielsticker, P Debiagi, F Cerciello, C Hasse, R Kneer - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
Biomass pyrolysis is typically modeled based on the three reference components cellulose,
hemicellulose, and lignin. Most models rely on an individual decomposition of the materials …

[HTML][HTML] CFD-DEM modelling of dense gas-solid reacting flow: Recent advances and challenges

S Wang, Y Shen - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2025 - Elsevier
Dense gas-solid reacting flow involves multiphase flow, heat and mass transfer, and
chemical reactions. The computational fluid dynamics-discrete element method (CFD-DEM) …

CFD modeling of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) waste fast pyrolysis in a fluidized bed-including experimental kinetics, validation, and remarks on the modeling …

Y Makkawi, B Mohamed - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The current estimate of worldwide date palm waste is∼ 3.8 million tons annually, with only
10% recycled and the rest discarded in landfills. This improper disposal leads to …