H2-rich gas production from steam gasification of a winery waste and its blends with industrial wastes. Effect of operating parameters on gas quality and efficiency

D Vamvuka, E Afthentopoulos, S Sfakiotakis - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
A winery waste and its blends with industrial wastes were gasified by steam via a two-step
process, employing a fixed bed reactor and a thermal analysis-mass spectrometer unit. Solid …

Carob: A mediterranean resource for the future

MA Martins-Loução, PJ Correia, A Romano - Plants, 2024 - mdpi.com
For centuries, the carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua L.) has contributed to the economy of the
Mediterranean basin, mainly as food for livestock. Nowadays, the value of the carob tree …

Estimation of higher heating value (HHV) of bio-oils from thermochemical liquefaction by linear correlation

MM Mateus, JM Bordado, RG dos Santos - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
With increasing interest in renewable energy sources, particularly on biomass, and on the
technologies to transform them into liquids fuels comes the need to assess its properties …

Feedstock type and pyrolysis temperature of rosemary wastes in a fixed-bed reactor affect the characteristics and application potentials of the bio-chars

A Dira, A Elmouwahidi, S Khouja, M Boufetacha… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Rosemary waste was used as a precursor to produce biochar by slow pyrolysis, examining
the influence of feedstock type (leaves or stems) and pyrolysis temperature on biochar …

Characterization of pyrolysis products of forest residues and refuse-derived fuel and evaluation of their suitability as bioenergy sources

D Vamvuka, K Esser, D Marinakis - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The products generated from a fixed bed pyrolysis unit of solid waste materials were
quantitatively characterized, and their energy potential was determined, in order to evaluate …

Modelling of burnt pine heartwood acid-catalysed liquefaction

S Ozkan, D Gonçalves, I Paulo, CSGP Queirós… - Resources, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study focused on bio-oil production by thermochemical liquefaction. For the reaction,
the burnt pine heartwood was used as feedstock material, 2-Ethylhexanol (2-EHEX) was …

Up-cycling tomato pomace by thermochemical liquefaction–A response surface methodology assessment

M Vidal, D Bastos, L Silva, D Gaspar, I Paulo… - Biomass and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Tomato pomace is a waste from the tomato processing industry, for which there are few
solutions to upcycle it. The tomato pomace thermochemical liquefaction was modelated …

Introduction to Mediterranean fruits bio-wastes: chemistry, functionality and techno-applications

DM Elimam, MF Ramadan, AM Elshazly… - Mediterranean Fruits Bio …, 2022 - Springer
Recent years have witnessed an increasing interest of consumers in the health-enhancing
effects of fruits and fruit bio-wastes. Given the association between age-related disease and …

Thermochemical liquefaction as a cleaner and efficient route for valuing pinewood residues from forest fires

D Goncalves, S Orišková, S Matos, H Machado… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Biomass thermochemical liquefaction is a chemical process with multifunctional bio-oil as its
main product. Under this process, the complex structure of lignocellulosic components can …

Boosting the Higher Heating Value of Eucalyptus globulus via Thermochemical Liquefaction

F Fernandes, S Matos, D Gaspar, L Silva, I Paulo… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Biomass can be envisaged as a potential solution to mitigate the problems that the extensive
exploitation of fossil sources causes on the environment. Transforming biomass into added …