Thermochemical conversion of sewage sludge: A critical review

N Gao, K Kamran, C Quan, PT Williams - Progress in Energy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The increasing levels of sewage sludge production demands research and development to
introduce more commercially feasible options for reducing socio-economic and …

Thermochemical processing of sewage sludge to energy and fuel: Fundamentals, challenges and considerations

SSA Syed-Hassan, Y Wang, S Hu, S Su… - … and sustainable energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Sewage sludge, the inevitable by-product of municipal wastewater treatment plant
operation, is a key issue in many countries due to its increasing volume and the impacts …

A review of sludge-to-energy recovery methods

J Oladejo, K Shi, X Luo, G Yang, T Wu - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
The increasing volume of sewage sludge from wastewater treatment facilities is becoming a
prominent concern globally. The disposal of this sludge is particularly challenging and …

Hydrogen-rich syngas production and tar removal from biomass gasification using sacrificial tyre pyrolysis char

AS Al-Rahbi, PT Williams - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Carbonaceous materials have been proven to have a high catalytic activity for tar removal
from the syngas produced from biomass gasification. The simultaneous reforming and …

Catalysts and their role in biomass gasification and tar abetment: a review

SL Narnaware, NL Panwar - Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2021 - Springer
Biomass gasification is a promising technology for the transformation of biomass into a
gaseous product. However, it suffers from a major drawback of tar generation which affects …

Hydrogen production from steam gasification of polyethylene using a two-stage gasifier and active carbon

YS Jeong, KB Park, JS Kim - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Steam gasification of polyethylene was conducted using a two-stage gasifier consisting of a
fluidized bed gasifier and a tar-cracking reactor filled with active carbon. The main aim of the …

Catalytic reforming of pyrolysis tar over metallic nickel nanoparticles embedded in pyrochar

Y Shen, M Chen, T Sun, J Jia - Fuel, 2015 - Elsevier
Metallic nickel (Ni 0) nanoparticles could be in situ generated in the carbon matrix of rice
husk char (RHC) via a facile one-step pyrolysis. The synthesized RHC Ni has a …

Technical feasibility of biomass and paper-mill sludge co-gasification for renewable fuel production using Aspen Plus

P Rosha, H Ibrahim - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
This work reports an innovative simulation method for effectively utilizing paper-mill sludge
based on the co-gasification approach for energy-enriched renewable fuel production. An …

[HTML][HTML] Combined heat and power production based on sewage sludge gasification: An energy-efficient solution for wastewater treatment plants

P Brachi, S Di Fraia, N Massarotti, L Vanoli - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The main operating costs of wastewater treatment plants are related to the energy
consumption and the disposal of by-products. Energy recovery from sewage sludge may be …

A multi-stage co-gasification system of biomass and municipal solid waste (MSW) for high quality syngas production

Y Hu, K Pang, L Cai, Z Liu - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Air and air-steam co-gasification of switchgrass (SG) and municipal solid waste (MSW) was
simulated using Aspen Plus software. The proposed model is composed of four main parts …