Perspective review on Municipal Solid Waste-to-energy route: Characteristics, management strategy, and role in circular economy

AT Hoang, PS Varbanov, S Nižetić, R Sirohi… - Journal of cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
The proper handling of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) is critical due to its high generation
rate and the potential to minimise environmental impacts by simultaneously reducing …

Energy recovery of glued wood waste–A review

E Cesprini, G Resente, V Causin, T Urso, R Cavalli… - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
Wood waste is a material that can be upgraded from an energy point of view. The purpose of
this systematic review is to analysed the energetic characterisation of glued wood waste, in …

Emission factors from small scale appliances burning wood and pellets

S Ozgen, S Caserini, S Galante, M Giugliano… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Four manually fed (6–11 kW) firewood burning and two automatic wood pellets (8.8–
25 kW) residential heating appliances were tested under real-world operating conditions in …

Exploring the production of bio-energy from wood biomass. Italian case study

S González-García, J Bacenetti - Science of the total environment, 2019 - Elsevier
The concerns related to the environmental impact related to energy production from fossil
fuel are increasing. In this context, the substitution of fossil fuel based energy by bio-energy …

Carrying capacity assessment of forest resources: Enhancing environmental sustainability in energy production at local scale

S Martire, V Castellani, S Sala - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2015 - Elsevier
Wood fuels are recognized as a crucial energy source whose sustainable use should be
ensured. To ensure sustainability, the calculation of the annual available biomass is one of …

Environmental evaluation of biomass pelleting using life cycle assessment

A Kylili, E Christoforou, PA Fokaides - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2016 - Elsevier
The exploitation of biomass for energy production purposes can significantly reduce the
environmental burdens associated with the highly criticized fossil fuelled energy production …

Environmental assessment of CCHP (combined cooling heating and power) systems based on biomass combustion in comparison to conventional generation

D Maraver, A Sin, F Sebastián, J Royo - Energy, 2013 - Elsevier
Biomass CCHP (combined cooling heating and power) systems based on biomass
combustion have already demonstrated their benefits in some operating conditions …

Energy balances for biogas and solid biofuel production from industrial hemp

T Prade, SE Svensson, JE Mattsson - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2012 - Elsevier
If energy crops are to replace fossil fuels as source for heat, power or vehicle fuel, their
whole production chain must have higher energy output than input. Industrial hemp has high …

Comparative techno-economic assessment and environmental impacts of rice husk-to-fuel conversion technologies

P Unrean, BCL Fui, E Rianawati, M Acda - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
This study compared techno-economic performances and environmental impacts of different
technologies for rice husk-to-fuel biorefinery–hydrothermal carbonization with pelletization …

Effect of combustion technology and biogenic CO2 impact factor on global warming potential of wood-to-heat chains

C Pelletier, Y Rogaume, L Dieckhoff, G Bardeau… - Applied energy, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work wood-to-heat chains are assessed on environmental and micro-economical
aspects. Wood combustion produced various minor pollutants, which should be considered …