The thermal treatment of limestone (mainly CaCO 3) to produce lime (CaO) is a major
contributor to CO 2 emissions and the literature on decarbonising the lime industry is scarce …

In 2015, industrial sector installations included in the European emission trading system (EU
ETS) emitted 574 Mt CO 2-equivalent Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Among them are …

This paper provides a review of pyrolysis technologies, focusing on reactor designs and
companies commercializing these technologies. The renewed interest in pyrolysis is driven …

The pursuit of sustainable hydrocarbon alternatives to fossil fuels has prompted an
acceleration in the development of new technologies for biomass processing. Microwave …

The heat and mass transport occurring through a rotary kiln has many industrial
applications, such as organic or mineral materials manufacturing. The originality of this …

One promising technology in the field of residue valorization is the pyrolytic conversion of
biomass to biochar. There are a lot of proven technologies for this task, with many of them …

Digitalizing cement production plants to improve operation parameters' control might reduce
energy consumption and increase process sustainabilities. Cement production plants are …

The results of new experimental and theoretical investigations of puffing and micro-
explosion of rapeseed oil/water droplets placed in ethanol and propane/butane mixture …

A first principles model of a cement kiln is used to control and optimize the burning of clinker
in the cement production process. The model considers heat transfer between a gas and a …

The goal of this work is to investigate the potentiality of energetic recovery by sewage sludge
gasification. Experimental gasification tests were carried out in a bench scale rotary kiln …