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 …

Energy production from steam gasification processes and parameters that contemplate in biomass gasifier–A review

SS Siwal, Q Zhang, C Sun, S Thakur, VK Gupta… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
The transformation of biomass using steam gasification is a chemical route to facilitate
changes in organic or residue supported carbonaceous substances addicted to carbon …

A review of torrefaction technology for upgrading lignocellulosic biomass to solid biofuels

TR Sarker, S Nanda, AK Dalai, V Meda - BioEnergy Research, 2021 - Springer
The utilization of lignocellulosic biomass is closely related to one of the renewable sources
of energy. However, a few inherent properties of lignocellulosic biomass such as high …

Recent development in numerical simulations and experimental studies of biomass thermochemical conversion

H Fatehi, W Weng, Z Li, XS Bai, M Alden - Energy & Fuels, 2021 - ACS Publications
Biomass, as a renewable energy source, is available worldwide, is carbon neutral, and can
be converted to various types of products depending on the market and on the specific …

[HTML][HTML] An integrated CCHP system based on biomass and natural gas co-firing: Exergetic and thermo-economic assessments in the framework of energy nexus

M Jalili, R Ghasempour, MH Ahmadi, A Chitsaz… - Energy Nexus, 2022 - Elsevier
Agriculture and energy are inextricably connected; many energy systems can be driven by
biomass supplied from agricultural waste products. In this study, a combined …

A review of biopower and mitigation potential of competing pyrolysis methods

CC Kung, CJ Fei, BA McCarl, X Fan - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pyrolysis can be used to produce renewable energy and offset greenhouse gas emissions.
While the biopower potential of pyrolysis has been widely analyzed, agronomic and …

Recent progress in the gasification reaction behavior of coal char under unconventional combustion modes

Z Zhang, Z Zhao, L Zhang - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Compared with conventional air combustion, the combustion mode and medium of
unconventional combustion technologies (oxy-fuel combustion, moderate or intense low …

Thermal treatment of biomass: A bibliometric analysis—The torrefaction case

A Knapczyk, S Francik, M Jewiarz, A Zawiślak… - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
The aim of the paper was to summarize and discuss current research trends in biomass
thermal treatment (torrefaction process). Quantitative analyses were carried out, in which the …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of Stefan flow on Nusselt number and drag coefficient of spherical particles in non-isothermal gas flow

TR Jayawickrama, NEL Haugen, MU Babler… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
A Stefan flow can be generated during a phase change or reactions of a particle immersed
in a fluid. This study investigates the effect of Stefan flow on the exchange of momentum …

Characteristics of particulate emissions from coal char combustion: Char fragmentation and ash coalescence behaviors

S Liu, G Zhu, Y Niu, L Wen, Y Lei, D Wang - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Air pollution from fossil fuel combustion motivated the extensive and in-depth investigation
on particulate matter (PM) to meet the stringent emission norms. The relationship between …