The multi-scale challenges of biomass fast pyrolysis and bio-oil upgrading: Review of the state of art and future research directions

M Sharifzadeh, M Sadeqzadeh, M Guo… - Progress in Energy and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Biomass fast pyrolysis is potentially one of the cheapest routes toward renewable liquid
fuels. Its commercialization, however, poses a multi-scale challenge, which starts with the …

Multiscale studies on ionic liquids

K Dong, X Liu, H Dong, X Zhang, S Zhang - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Ionic liquids (ILs) offer a wide range of promising applications because of their much
enhanced properties. However, further development of such materials depends on the …

Waste polypropylene plastic recycling toward climate change mitigation and circular economy: energy, environmental, and technoeconomic perspectives

RR Bora, R Wang, F You - ACS Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Chemical recycling has the potential to reduce the environmental impacts from waste
plastics, mitigate climate change, and contribute to circular economy. This study compares …

Opportunities and challenges in sustainable supply chain: An operations research perspective

AP Barbosa-Póvoa, C da Silva, A Carvalho - European journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Sustainable Supply Chain have become a cornerstone to any company that seeks
to achieve sustainable goals. A company's image is no longer related to the old paradigm of …

Process development status of fast pyrolysis technologies for the manufacture of renewable transport fuels from biomass

G Perkins, T Bhaskar, M Konarova - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Fast pyrolysis is a promising thermochemical method of producing renewable fuels and
chemicals from biomass and waste feedstocks. There is much interest in optimising the …

Sustainable biorefineries, an analysis of practices for incorporating sustainability in biorefinery design

MP Parada, P Osseweijer, JAP Duque - Industrial Crops and Products, 2017 - Elsevier
The incorporation of sustainability in the design of biorefineries is central for the
development of the biobased economy. In this paper sustainability methods and metrics in …

Stackelberg-game-based modeling and optimization for supply chain design and operations: A mixed integer bilevel programming framework

D Yue, F You - Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
While Stackelberg leader–follower games and bilevel programming have become
increasingly prevalent in game-theoretic modeling and optimization of decentralized supply …

Resource recovery and waste-to-energy from wastewater sludge via thermochemical conversion technologies in support of circular economy: a comprehensive review

RR Bora, RE Richardson, F You - BMC Chemical Engineering, 2020 - Springer
With the rapid rise in global population over the past decades, there has been a
corresponding surge in demand for resources such as food and energy. As a consequence …

Global optimization for sustainable design and synthesis of algae processing network for CO2 mitigation and biofuel production using life cycle optimization

J Gong, F You - AIChE Journal, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Global optimization for sustainable design and synthesis of a large‐scale algae processing
network under economic and environmental criteria is addressed. An algae processing …

Sustainable design and synthesis of energy systems

J Gong, F You - Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•State-of-the-art review of sustainable design and synthesis of energy
systems.•Research challenges of the superstructure optimization approach.•Incorporating …