Developments in waste tyre thermochemical conversion processes: gasification, pyrolysis and liquefaction

N Nkosi, E Muzenda, J Gorimbo, M Belaid - RSC advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Fossil fuels, particularly crude oil, have proven to be a source of energy to households,
transportation and power industries over the past decades. This natural reserve is …

Current strategies and prospects in algae for remediation and biofuels: An overview

S Kandasamy, M Narayanan, Z He, G Liu… - Biocatalysis and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Phycoremediation is an environmentally sustainable method that utilizes macro and
microalgae to remediate polluted land and water. Phycoremediation consists of two …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental and kinetic modeling studies of methanol synthesis from CO2 hydrogenation using In2O3 catalyst

S Ghosh, J Sebastian, L Olsson, D Creaser - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Catalytic hydrogenation of CO 2 to methanol has gained considerable interest for its
significant role in CO 2 utilization using heterogeneous catalysts. This study is the first to …

Particle-scale evaluation of the pyrolysis process of biomass material in a reactive gas-solid spouted reactor

S Yang, S Wang, H Wang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Biomass pyrolysis is numerically studied in a spouted bed reactor. Thermophysical
processes with complex reactions are considered for gas and solid phases under Eulerian …

Rapid pyrolysis of Cu2+-polluted eggshell membrane into a functional Cu2+-Cu+/biochar for ultrasensitive electrochemical detection of nitrite in water

L Cao, ZW Kang, Q Ding, X Zhang, H Lin, M Lin… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Bioremediation is one of efficient methods to solve the issues of water or soil contaminated
by metal ions. However, the harvested biowaste is often troublesome to handle owing to the …

Biomass fast pyrolysis in an innovative gas-solid vortex reactor: Experimental proof of concept

MN Manzano, AG Quiroga, P Perreault… - Journal of analytical and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biomass fast pyrolysis has been considered one of the best alternatives for the thermal
conversion of biomass into bio-oil. This work introduces a new reactor technology for …

Pyrolysis of pruning residues from various types of orchards and pretreatment for energetic use of biochar

P Kazimierski, P Hercel, T Suchocki, J Smoliński… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
The routine pruning and cutting of fruit trees provides a considerable amount of biowaste
each year. This lignocellulosic biomass, mainly in the form of branches, trunks, rootstocks …

[HTML][HTML] Syngas production by bio-oil steam gasification in a fountain confined conical spouted bed reactor

M Cortazar, J Alvarez, G Lopez, M Amutio, M Artetxe… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
The combination of delocalized units for the fast pyrolysis of biomass to produce bio-oil
followed by centralized units for the gasification of bio-oil appears as an economically …

Numerical investigation of the reactive gas–solid characteristics in biomass fast pyrolysis of conical spouted reactor equipped with draft tube

H Sun, G Bao, S Yang, J Hu, H Wang - AIChE Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biomass fast pyrolysis is a promising technology to produce available char and high‐value
gas due to its green and sustainable ability. In the current work, the biomass fast pyrolysis in …

CFD modeling and experimental validation of biomass fast pyrolysis in a conical spouted bed reactor

B Hooshdaran, M Haghshenasfard, SH Hosseini… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract A 2D Euler-Euler multiphase computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model in
conjunction with the kinetic theory of granular flow (KTGF) was applied to describe the …