Conversion of biomass to biofuels and life cycle assessment: a review

AI Osman, N Mehta, AM Elgarahy, A Al-Hinai… - Environmental chemistry …, 2021 - Springer
The global energy demand is projected to rise by almost 28% by 2040 compared to current
levels. Biomass is a promising energy source for producing either solid or liquid fuels …

[HTML][HTML] Progress in biomass torrefaction: Principles, applications and challenges

WH Chen, BJ Lin, YY Lin, YS Chu, AT Ubando… - Progress in Energy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of biofuels has been considered as an important countermeasure to abate
anthropogenic CO 2 emissions, suppress deteriorated atmospheric greenhouse effect, and …

Functional carbon from nature: biomass‐derived carbon materials and the recent progress of their applications

H He, R Zhang, P Zhang, P Wang, N Chen… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biomass is considered as a promising source to fabricate functional carbon materials for its
sustainability, low cost, and high carbon content. Biomass‐derived‐carbon materials (BCMs) …

Lignocellulose biomass pyrolysis for bio-oil production: A review of biomass pre-treatment methods for production of drop-in fuels

R Kumar, V Strezov, H Weldekidan, J He… - … and sustainable energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Bio-oil upgrading can be achieved mainly via three types of methods that are biomass pre-
treatment, catalytic upgrading and downstream bio-oil upgrading. The article aim is to review …

The influence of key reactions during hydrothermal carbonization of sewage sludge on aqueous phase properties: A review

ZX Xu, XQ Ma, J Zhou, PG Duan, WY Zhou… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) emerges as a promising technology to reduce the
volume of activated sewage sludge (SS) and generate solid products as fuels. During HTC …

Insight into the recent advances of microwave pretreatment technologies for the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into sustainable biofuel

AT Hoang, S Nižetić, HC Ong, M Mofijur, SF Ahmed… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
The utilization of renewable lignocellulosic biomasses for bioenergy synthesis is believed to
facilitate competitive commercialization and realize affordable clean energy sources in the …

Hydrothermal carbonization of renewable waste biomass for solid biofuel production: A discussion on process mechanism, the influence of process parameters …

HB Sharma, AK Sarmah, B Dubey - Renewable and sustainable energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
The energy demand of the world is expected to reach 739 quadrillions BTU in 2040, which
therefore demand for exploring more alternative source of renewable energy. Waste …

Hydrothermal carbonization for energy-efficient processing of sewage sludge: A review

L Wang, Y Chang, A Li - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Hydrothermal carbonization is an important thermochemical conversion process that can be
used as an energy-efficient alternative to enhance the dewaterability of sewage sludge and …

Towards negative emissions: Hydrothermal carbonization of biomass for sustainable carbon materials

S Yu, J He, Z Zhang, Z Sun, M Xie, Y Xu… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The contemporary production of carbon materials heavily relies on fossil fuels, contributing
significantly to the greenhouse effect. Biomass is a carbon‐neutral resource whose organic …

A review of the current knowledge and challenges of hydrothermal carbonization for biomass conversion

M Heidari, A Dutta, B Acharya, S Mahmud - Journal of the Energy Institute, 2019 - Elsevier
Greenhouse gases emitted from the excessive use of fossil fuels are threatening the
environment, and thus alternative resources like biomass are being considered as a …