Achieving carbon credits through biomass torrefaction and hydrothermal carbonization: A review

WH Chen, PP Biswas, C Zhang, EE Kwon… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2025 - Elsevier
Different additives can capture carbon dioxide (CO 2) during biomass torrefaction. Biochar
and hydrochar can potentially sequester CO 2. A comparative review of CO 2 sequestration …

[HTML][HTML] Wood pellet quality depending on dendromass species

MJ Stolarski, P Stachowicz, P Dudziec - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Pellet consumption and the number of pellet-fired boilers have been growing steadily in
Europe, which is a consequence of their compactness, the automated fuel feeding process …

Superheated steam as carrier gas and the sole heat source to enhance biomass torrefaction

D Zhang, X Chen, Z Qi, H Wang, R Yang, W Lin… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
Superheated steam (SHS) has been used as a carrier gas for pressurized steam
torrefaction, steam explosion or pyrolysis, but is barely used as a heat source. However …

Short rotation woody crops and forest biomass sawdust mixture pellet quality

P Stachowicz, MJ Stolarski - Industrial Crops and Products, 2023 - Elsevier
Global pellet production has been growing steadily, and it was higher in 2021 by
approximately 6.8% compared with 2020, with EU production increasing by 9%. In …

Characterization and kinetics of iron oxide reduction by corn straw biochar prepared by pyrolysis using superheated steam atmosphere and hydrothermal processes

C Han, G Wei, R Zhu, Y Cheng, R Wang, W Wu… - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Current research on using biochar as foaming agents in electric arc furnace (EAF)
steelmaking is limited to pyrolysis biochar treated with nitrogen. Therefore, this study used …

Improving energy density and grindability of wood pellets by dry torrefaction

S Yu, J Park, M Kim, H Kim, C Ryu, Y Lee… - Energy & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
In dedicated wood pellet combustion and cofiring with coal in large pulverized fuel furnaces,
poor grindability and low bulk density of biomass are important issues for lowering the …

Improvement of pelletability of woody biomass by torrefaction under pressurized steam

S Kudo, J Okada, S Ikeda, T Yoshida, S Asano… - Energy & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The combination of torrefaction and pelletization offers the potential to produce fuels with
high energy densities on both mass and volume bases as well as excellent storage and …

[HTML][HTML] Waste-to-Energy Conversion of Rubberwood Residues for Enhanced Biomass Fuels: Process Optimization and Eco-Efficiency Evaluation

J Kasawapat, A Khamwichit, W Dechapanya - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
Torrefaction was applied to enhance the fuel properties of sawdust (SD) and bark wood
(BW), biomass wastes from the rubberwood processing industry. Design Expert (DE) …

Downstream torrefaction of wood pellets in a rotary kiln reactor—Impact on solid biofuel properties and torr-gas quality

Ö Mutlu, P Roy, T Zeng - Processes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Solid biofuels produced from torrefaction have improved coal-like properties in comparison
to raw biofuels, yet ensuring uniform product quality is still a challenge. In this study …

The evaluation of torrefied wood using a cone calorimeter

P Rantuch, J Martinka, A Ház - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
This study focuses on the energy potential and combustion process of torrefied wood.
Samples were prepared through the torrefaction of five types of wood: Ash, beech, oak, pine …