Biomass is a potential renewable energy source as it is abundantly available and does not
cost much. However, some property characteristics, such as high moisture content, low …

The growing health and environmental concerns associated with the consumption of fossil
energy sources catalyze the production of biofuels as renewable energy carriers for heat …

There is a growing interest in developing “circular economy” with the major goal of
eliminating waste by appropriate planning. Biochar has recently gained popularity in the …

Biomass torrefaction has gained widespread attention due to its benefits as a standalone
process to improve biomass properties to be at par or similar to those for coal in electricity …

As an established bioenergy industry, the global wood pellet sector is ideally positioned to
adopt biomass torrefaction technologies. In this review, potential benefits and challenges of …

Throughout the history, the whole world have been concerned with the supply of energy and
fuel. Today, technological advancements and the depletion of fossil fuel reserves have …

Torrefaction is an effective way to upgrade biomass for producing fuels. The experimental
results of torrefaction for three materials, oak wood, mixed wood mainly from deciduous …

Torrefaction is a thermal pretreatment method to increase the energy density and to
decrease the grinding energy of biomass. In this study, the torrefaction of two types of …

We investigated the techno-economic analysis of two integrated torrefaction and
pelletization systems:(1) Torrefaction befOre Pelletization and (2) Torrefaction After …

A torrefaction pre-treatment could enhance the fast pyrolysis process to produce bio-oil by
decreasing the required energy for grinding biomass particles and by improving bio-oil …