From lignocellulosic biomass to levulinic acid: A review on acid-catalyzed hydrolysis

S Kang, J Fu, G Zhang - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Catalytic conversion of renewable biomass to “green” chemicals and fuel additives has been
extensively investigated in the past few decades. Interests on two top platform intermediates …

Energetic valorisation of olive biomass: Olive-tree pruning, olive stones and pomaces

JF García Martín, M Cuevas, CH Feng… - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Olive oil industry is one of the most important industries in the world. Currently, the land
devoted to olive-tree cultivation around the world is ca. 11× 106 ha, which produces more …

Predicting and optimizing syngas production from fluidized bed biomass gasifiers: A machine learning approach

JY Kim, D Kim, ZJ Li, C Dariva, Y Cao, N Ellis - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Biomass gasification is one of the primary thermal conversion processes where fluidized
bed reactors are often used to produce syngas with low heating values. However, there has …

Olive oil industry: a review of waste stream composition, environmental impacts, and energy valorization paths

A Dahdouh, I Khay, Y Le Brech, A El Maakoul… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
The olive oil production is a key economic sector for the producing countries, mainly in the
Mediterranean region. However, the worldwide increasing oil production led to the …

Combustion of olive tree pruning pellets versus sunflower husk pellets at industrial boiler. Monitoring of emissions and combustion efficiency

MA Kougioumtzis, IP Kanaveli, E Karampinis… - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The aim of the present paper is to compare the combustion results of two solid biofuels
suitable for industrial applications: olive tree pruning (OTP) pellets and sunflower husk (SH) …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental investigation of poultry litter gasification and co-gasification with beech wood in a bubbling fluidised bed reactor–Effect of equivalence ratio on …

G Katsaros, DS Pandey, A Horvat, GA Almansa… - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
The effect of equivalence ratio on gasification of poultry litter, blend of poultry litter with
beech wood and beech wood alone, was experimentally studied in a lab-scale fluidised bed …

Valorisation of olive tree prunings for the production of particleboards. Evaluation of the particleboard properties at different substitution levels

MA Kougioumtzis, S Tsiantzi, E Athanassiadou… - Industrial Crops and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Olive prunings are, in the majority of cases, treated as agricultural residues and burned in
open fires or mulched into soil. However, they can be exploited in various ways and offer …

Investigation of biomass gasification and fluidization behaviour for pilot double tapered bubbling fluidized bed reactor

G Gopan, L Hauchhum, S Pattanayak… - … Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
The present investigation discusses syngas production through gasification from six different
bamboo biomass species available in India's northeast region (Mizoram). The …

Comparative analysis of aspen plus simulation strategies for woody biomass air gasification processes

UK Jadoon, I Díaz, M Rodríguez - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2025 - Elsevier
Biomass gasification is gaining attention because of its role in transition to a low-carbon
chemical industry, providing a cleaner alternative to fossil fuels in energy and chemical …

[HTML][HTML] Gasification of olive tree pruning in a rotary kiln reactor integrated with radio frequency plasma torch

E Catizzone, C Freda, A Villone, A Romanelli… - Fuel, 2025 - Elsevier
Olive tree pruning pellets are gasified by air in a bench-scale rotary kiln gasifier integrated
with a radio frequency plasm torch. For the first time the technical suitability of the proposed …