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 …

Numerical approaches and comprehensive models for gasification process: A review

A Ramos, E Monteiro, A Rouboa - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nowadays, gasification is seen as a worldwide settled technique for sustainably generating
energy from residues. Its final product is a synthetic gas which may be used for several …

[HTML][HTML] Process optimization of biomass gasification with a Monte Carlo approach and random forest algorithm

Y Fang, L Ma, Z Yao, W Li, S You - Energy Conversion and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Gasification technologies have been extensively studied for their potential to convert
biomass feedstocks into syngas (a mixture of CH 4, H 2, and CO mainly) that can be further …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling approaches to waste biomass pyrolysis: a review

Z Kaczor, Z Buliński, S Werle - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The article presents a review of works on mathematical modelling of biomass pyrolysis
process. Models types, number of dimensions, captured phenomena, type and dimensions …

Surrogate reaction mechanism for waste incineration and pollutant formation

C Netzer, T Li, T Løvås - Energy & Fuels, 2021 - ACS Publications
The incineration of municipal solid waste (MSW) is an attractive technology to generate
thermal energy and reduce landfill waste volume. To optimize primary measures to ensure …

Dynamic Monte Carlo reactor modeling of calcium looping with sorbent purge and utilization decay

JY Kim, ZJ Li, N Ellis, CJ Lim, JR Grace - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
This work presents a new dynamic modelling approach for calcium looping systems that
allows explicit sorbent deactivation and purge/makeup. These are common in plant …

[HTML][HTML] Feedstock flexible numerical analysis of sewage sludge gasification

C Netzer, N Guo, IS Ertesvåg, T Løvås - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Sewage sludge properties vary with the origin and treatment method of the wastewater.
When converting the sewage sludge thermally for material and energy recovery, these …

Stochastic reactor-based fuel bed model for grate furnaces

C Netzer, T Li, L Seidel, F Mauß, T Løvås - Energy & Fuels, 2020 - ACS Publications
Biomass devolatilization and incineration in grate-fired plants are characterized by
heterogeneous fuel mixtures, often incompletely mixed, dynamical processes in the fuel bed …

[HTML][HTML] Predictions of NOx and SOx in MILD regime based on thermal conversion of solid sewage sludge surrogates

N Guo, MT Lewandowski, C Netzer - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermal treatment of sewage sludge using a combination of gasification and combustion of
the producer gas is an attractive option to produce sterilized high-notorious bio-char and …

Chemical model for thermal treatment of sewage sludge

C Netzer, T Løvås - ChemEngineering, 2022 - mdpi.com
Sewage sludge is here studied as a valuable source for processing or energy conversation
thanks to its high nutrition and energy content. However, various origins of the wastewater …