[HTML][HTML] Progress in biomass torrefaction: Principles, applications and challenges

WH Chen, BJ Lin, YY Lin, YS Chu, AT Ubando… - Progress in Energy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of biofuels has been considered as an important countermeasure to abate
anthropogenic CO 2 emissions, suppress deteriorated atmospheric greenhouse effect, and …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances and viability in biofuel production

SJ Malode, KK Prabhu, RJ Mascarenhas… - Energy Conversion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The fossil fuel issues due to toxic carbon dioxide emissions and climate change have a
direct link with the particulate matter that has caused severe threat to the environment. The …

Biomass torrefaction: properties, applications, challenges, and economy

Y Niu, Y Lv, Y Lei, S Liu, Y Liang, D Wang - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2019 - Elsevier
Biomass accounts for the largest renewable energy in the world, whereas its inherent
drawbacks, such as low energy and mass density, hydrophilicity, poor grindability and …

Biomass torrefaction: An overview on process parameters, economic and environmental aspects and recent advancements

MN Cahyanti, TRKC Doddapaneni, T Kikas - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Torrefaction is one of the pretreatment processes used to overcome the disadvantages of
using biomass as a fuel such as low energy density, high moisture, and oxygen contents …

Torrefied biomass fuels as a renewable alternative to coal in co-firing for power generation

F Sher, A Yaqoob, F Saeed, S Zhang, Z Jahan… - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
This study aims to assess the torrefaction of biomass as alternative renewable energy fuel to
coal during co-firing. It was evaluated that torrefaction improves biomass grindability to such …

Torrefaction of woody biomass (Acacia nilotica): Investigation of fuel and flow properties to study its suitability as a good quality solid fuel

S Singh, JP Chakraborty, MK Mondal - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Torrefaction of Acacia nilotica was carried out in a quartz fixed-bed reactor. Temperature
and residence time varied from 220 to 280° C and 20–60 min. The fuel (volatile ignitability …

Extraction techniques in sustainable biofuel production: A concise review

P Li, K Sakuragi, H Makino - Fuel Processing Technology, 2019 - Elsevier
The concerns of fossil fuel depletion and environmental issues have increased general
interest in studies on the development of sustainable biofuel. In the biofuel production …

Effect of torrefaction on properties of pellets produced from woody biomass

L Wang, L Riva, Ø Skreiberg, R Khalil, P Bartocci… - Energy & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Torrefaction has been recognized as a promising strategy to improve handling and storage
properties of wood-based pellets, thus producing a uniform-quality commodity with high …

Sustainable thermosets and composites based on the epoxides of norbornylized seed oils and biomass fillers

J Thomas, RF Bouscher, J Nwosu… - ACS Sustainable …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Thermosets and composites were fabricated from the epoxides of norbornane seed oils
(linseed oil, soybean oil, high-oleic soybean oil, and non-modified seed oils). The epoxides …

Understanding the impact of lignocellulosic biomass variability on the size reduction process: a review

O Oyedeji, P Gitman, J Qu, E Webb - ACS sustainable chemistry & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The importance of size reduction to the commercial deployment of biomass utilization
technologies cannot be overemphasized. Size reduction is necessary to create good …