Comparison of lignin extraction processes: Economic and environmental assessment

JC Carvajal, Á Gómez, CA Cardona - Bioresource technology, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper presents the technical–economic and environmental assessment of four lignin
extraction processes from two different raw materials (sugarcane bagasse and rice husks) …

Comparison of the biochemical and thermochemical routes for bioenergy production: A techno-economic (TEA), energetic and environmental assessment

CA García-Velásquez, CA Cardona - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper addresses the techno-economic, energetic and environmental assessment of the
indirect and direct production of bioenergy using Pinus patula (PP) as raw material. Ethanol …

Fermentation, thermochemical and catalytic processes in the transformation of biomass through efficient biorefineries

CAC Alzate, JCS Toro, ÁG Peña - Catalysis today, 2018 - Elsevier
The use of crude oil as energy source and raw material to produce chemicals has
deteriorated the environment. For this reason, biomass is a representative renewable …

Energetic and environmental assessment of thermochemical and biochemical ways for producing energy from agricultural solid residues: Coffee Cut-Stems case

CA García, Á Peña, R Betancourt… - Journal of Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Forest residues are an important source of biomass. Among these, Coffee Cut-Stems (CCS)
are an abundant wood waste in Colombia obtained from coffee crops renovation. However …

Techno-economic and energetic assessment of hydrogen production through gasification in the Colombian context: Coffee Cut-Stems case

CA García, J Moncada, V Aristizábal… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
The use of agricultural residues for bioenergy production is gaining importance at a global
scenario. There are multiple options to convert these residues into bioenergy carriers such …

On the Nonideality of CO2 Solutions in Ionic Liquids and Other Low Volatile Solvents

PJ Carvalho, JAP Coutinho - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2010 - ACS Publications
The nonideality of CO2 solutions in ionic liquids and other low volatile solvents, with which
CO2 is known to form electron donor− acceptor (EDA) complexes, is here investigated. It is …

Agricultural waste management through energy producing biorefineries: The Colombian case

LV Daza Serna, JC Solarte Toro… - Waste and biomass …, 2016 - Springer
The energy demand is increasing dramatically during last years. Due to this, biomass has
been considered as an interesting alternative for renewable energy production. The …

Evaluation of the CO2 behavior in binary mixtures with alkanes, alcohols, acids and esters using the Cubic-Plus-Association Equation of State

MB Oliveira, AJ Queimada, GM Kontogeorgis… - The Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Knowledge regarding the high pressure phase behavior of CO2 mixtures is of primary
importance for designing, operating and optimizing many industrial processes, such as …

Stand-alone and biorefinery pathways to produce hydrogen through gasification and dark fermentation using Pinus Patula

CA García, R Betancourt, CA Cardona - Journal of environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
New efforts in the search of alternative clean and renewable energy to replace the current
energy precursors have been assessed in order to reduce emissions to the environment …

Energy efficiency of biorefinery schemes using sugarcane bagasse as raw material

DL Restrepo-Serna, JA Martínez-Ruano… - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
The use of biomass to obtain value-added products has been a good alternative for
reducing their environmental impacts. For this purpose, different studies have been carried …