Ash contents and ash-forming elements of biomass and their significance for solid biofuel combustion

SV Vassilev, CG Vassileva, YC Song, WY Li, J Feng - Fuel, 2017 - Elsevier
Inorganic matter and some ash-forming elements of biomass may cause numerous
technological and environmental problems during biomass processing. Therefore, an …

[HTML][HTML] Content, modes of occurrence, and significance of phosphorous in biomass and biomass ash

SV Vassilev, CG Vassileva, J Bai - Journal of the Energy Institute, 2023 - Elsevier
The global scarcity, demand, prices and quality of rock phosphate seem to be ones of the
greatest challenges in future related to food and feed security, as well as manufacture of …

[PDF][PDF] Technical proposals for selected new fertilising materials under the Fertilising Products Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2019/1009)

D Huygens, H Saveyn, D Tonini, P Eder… - FeHPO …, 2019 - researchgate.net
Abstract The European Commission has recently revised the EU legislation on fertilisers,
expanding its scope to secondary-raw-material-based fertilising products, and resulting in …

Trace element concentrations and associations in some biomass ashes

SV Vassilev, CG Vassileva, D Baxter - Fuel, 2014 - Elsevier
The phase-mineral and chemical composition of biomass ashes (BAs) produced from 8
biomass varieties, namely beech wood chips, corn cobs, marine macroalgae, plum pits, rice …

Ash properties and environmental impact of various biomass and coal fuels and their blends

D Vamvuka, E Kakaras - Fuel Processing Technology, 2011 - Elsevier
Aiming at investigating the influence of minerals in co-firing applications in existing and
developing systems, as well as their environmental impact upon recycling to soils, we used …

Water-soluble fractions of biomass and biomass ash and their significance for biofuel application

SV Vassilev, CG Vassileva - Energy & Fuels, 2019 - ACS Publications
An overview of the water-soluble fractions of biomass and biomass ash (BA) and their
significance for solid biofuel application was conducted based on reference peer-reviewed …

Pyrolysis and combustion behaviour of coal–MBM blends

G Skodras, P Grammelis, P Basinas - Bioresource Technology, 2007 - Elsevier
In the present work, thermogravimetric analysis was employed in order to investigate the
behaviour of MBM and their blends with Greek brown coal, under pyrolysis and combustion …

Energy and emission characteristics of biowaste from the corn grain drying process

G Maj, J Szyszlak-Bargłowicz, G Zając, T Słowik… - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
This paper presents the results of the evaluation of the energy potential of waste from the
process of drying corn grain in the form of corn cobs, damaged grains, corn grain husks, and …

Characterization and evaluation of fly and bottom ashes from combustion of residues from vineyards and processing industry

D Vamvuka, M Trikouvertis, D Pentari… - Journal of the Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
In view of the abundance of residues from vineyards and processing industry in
Mediterranean countries and their importance for local energy production, fly and bottom …

Comparative fixed/fluidized bed experiments for the thermal behaviour and environmental impact of olive kernel ash

D Vamvuka - Renewable Energy, 2009 - Elsevier
Olive kernel can play an important role as a fuel for heat and power production in the island
of Crete, substituting a large part of conventional fuels. However, combustion of this biofuel …