A critical review on biomass pyrolysis: Reaction mechanisms, process modeling and potential challenges

AK Vuppaladadiyam, SSV Vuppaladadiyam… - Journal of the Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pyrolysis is a versatile technology for exploiting diversified feedstocks to produce a wide
range of products, including biochar, bio-oil, and syngas with high potential in diverse …

Reaction engineering and kinetics of algae conversion to biofuels and chemicals via pyrolysis and hydrothermal liquefaction

R Gautam, R Vinu - Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Algae are becoming increasingly popular as feedstocks for various fine chemicals and fuel
intermediates. Cultivation of algae can be environment-friendly as they can fix high amounts …

Co-pyrolysis of municipal sewage sludge and microalgae Chlorella Vulgaris: Products' optimization; thermo-kinetic study, and ANN modeling

MS Khodaparasti, MR Shirazvatan, O Tavakoli… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Co-pyrolysis of microalgae Chlorella vulgaris (MCV) and municipal sewage sludge (MSS)
was performed in a fixed-bed reactor to explore the influence of temperature (400–600° C) …

Synergistic effects of catalytic co-pyrolysis Chlorella vulgaris and polyethylene mixtures using artificial neuron network: Thermodynamic and empirical kinetic analyses

TL Yap, ACM Loy, BLF Chin, JY Lim, H Alhamzi… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The catalytic pyrolysis of Chlorella vulgaris, high-density polyethylene (Pure HDPE) and,
their binary mixtures were conducted to analyse the kinetic and thermodynamic …

Comparative investigation on the pyrolysis of crop, woody, and herbaceous biomass: Pyrolytic products, structural characteristics, and CO2 gasification

L Mu, R Wang, P Xie, Y Li, X Huang, H Yin, M Dong - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Pyrolysis and gasification are efficient clean energy conversion technologies used in energy
research. Clean utilization of biomass energy can effectively alleviate severe energy …

Bioenergy potential of the residual microalgal biomass produced in city wastewater assessed through pyrolysis, kinetics and thermodynamics study to design algal …

A Shahid, M Ishfaq, MS Ahmad, S Malik, M Farooq… - Bioresource …, 2019 - Elsevier
The suitability of integrating biological and thermal transformation of microalgal biomass to
design a biorefinery was studied. The mixed cultivation of Chlorella sp. and Bracteacoccus …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of mixed cattle manure: Kinetics and thermodynamic comparison of pyrolysis and combustion processes

M Ashraf, N Ramzan, RU Khan, AK Durrani - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
The study investigates the non-isothermal thermogravimetric analysis of cattle manure at
varied heating rates to compare the kinetic and thermodynamic behaviors of cattle manure …

[HTML][HTML] A circular economy approach for phosphorus removal using algae biochar

E Antunes, AK Vuppaladadiyam, R Kumar… - Cleaner and Circular …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, a potential circular economy approach for macroalgae (Ulva ohnoi) was
investigated considering the crucial stages of biorefinery. Important stages, such as drying of …

Holistic approach for sequential transesterification and pyrolysis of microalgal biomass: Kinetic and thermodynamic analysis of pyrolysis using model-free and model …

B Bharti, S Kandpal, AN Sawarkar, DS Patle - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to the renewability and sustainability, biofuels derived from algae are considered as
competitive substitutes for fossil fuels. Present study investigated a holistic approach for …

Temperature-and heating rate-dependent pyrolysis mechanisms and emissions of Chinese medicine residues and numerical reconstruction and optimization of their …

Z Chen, H Chen, X Wu, J Zhang, DE Evrendilek, J Liu… - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The study bases on the pyrolysis characteristic, kinetic, and thermodynamic parameters and
evolved gas analysis to quantity Chinese medicine residues (CMR) and uses artificial neural …