A critical review on livestock manure biorefinery technologies: Sustainability, challenges, and future perspectives

B Khoshnevisan, N Duan, P Tsapekos… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
An ever increasing demand for animal protein products has posed serious challenges for
managing the increasing quantities of livestock manure. The choice of treatment …

Cellulosic and hemicellulosic fractions of sugarcane bagasse: Potential, challenges and future perspective

A Kumar, V Kumar, B Singh - International Journal of Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Sugarcane bagasse is a rich source of cellulose (32–45%), hemicellulose (20–32%) and
lignin (17–32%), 1.0–9.0% ash and some extractives. Huge amount of the generation of …

[HTML][HTML] Pre-processing of sugarcane bagasse for gasification in a downdraft biomass gasifier system: A comprehensive review

A Anukam, S Mamphweli, P Reddy, E Meyer… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
The processing of sugarcane bagasse as a potential feedstock for efficient energy
production has attracted a great deal of attention in the sugarcane industry, which has …

Biomass gasification in a downdraft fixed-bed gasifier: Optimization of operating conditions

R Jahromi, M Rezaei, SH Samadi, H Jahromi - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the present study, a CFD model was developed for the biomass gasification process in a
downdraft fixed-bed gasifier. Sugarcane bagasse was used as feedstock in gasification …

Incorporating biowaste into circular bioeconomy: A critical review of current trend and scaling up feasibility

SY Cheng, X Tan, PL Show, K Rambabu… - … Technology & Innovation, 2020 - Elsevier
Valorisation of biowaste is a topic of closer scrutiny for its role in transition of fossil-based
economy to bioeconomy. Increasing waste generation and climate change are among the …

Modeling and performance analysis of CCHP (combined cooling, heating and power) system based on co-firing of natural gas and biomass gasification gas

J Wang, T Mao, J Sui, H Jin - Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
Co-firing biomass and fossil energy is a cost-effective and reliable way to use renewable
energy and offer advantages in flexibility, conversion efficiency and commercial possibility …

Development of an equilibrium-based model of gasification of biomass by Aspen Plus

A Gagliano, F Nocera, M Bruno, G Cardillo - Energy Procedia, 2017 - Elsevier
Agricultural and forestry residues are usually processed as wastes; otherwise, they can be
recovered to produce electrical and thermal energy through processes of thermochemical …

Studies on characterization of corn cob for application in a gasification process for energy production

AI Anukam, BP Goso, OO Okoh… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Quintessential characteristics of corn cob were investigated in this study in order to
determine its gasification potential. Results were interpreted in relation to gasification with …

Biomass to syngas: modified non-stoichiometric thermodynamic models for the downdraft biomass gasification

HMU Ayub, SJ Park, M Binns - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
Biomass gasification is the most reliable thermochemical conversion technology for the
conversion of biomass into gaseous fuels such as H2, CO, and CH4. The performance of a …

Thermodynamic equilibrium model based on stoichiometric method for biomass gasification: A review of model modifications

IP Silva, RMA Lima, GF Silva, DS Ruzene… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Gasification is a thermochemical process to convert the biomass chemical energy into a
gaseous fuel, which is a suitable renewable energy source as a substitute for fossil fuel …