Biomass for Energy Application

• Other Authors: Herak, David (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; pyrolysis; catalyst; wood; waste; energy; biogas; biomass; cropping system; establishment; intercropping; low-input; maize; miscanthus; methane yield; perennial crop; solid biofuel; waste management; Coffea spp.; waste biomass; calorific value; mechanical durability; Pinus pseudostrobus; Pinus leiophylla; Pinus montezumae; pyrolysis kinetics; TGA-DTG; Friedman-OFW-KAS models; FT-IR; deposit; biomass industrial boiler; alkali metal; circulating fluidized bed; olive mill solid wastes; natural binder; densification; compressive strength; Physico-chemical properties; kinetic parameters; hydrogen; reactor headspace; product inhibition; kinetic modelling; clostridium acetobutylicum; biomass analysis; alternative biofuels; emissions; sewage sludge; biofuels; combustion; grate furnace; emission; ash deposition; biomass densification; mechanical compaction; processing factors; briquette durability; multivariate tests of significance; renewable energy; bioenergy scenario; biomasses; systematic review; pressure torrefaction; pellet; renewable energy sources; energy consumption; grinding; thermogravimetric analysis; proximate analysis; high heating value; torrefied biomass; biochar; one-pot fractionation with acidic 1,4-dioxane; Moso bamboo; furfural; phenolated lignin; enzymatic hydrolysis; high-efficiency fractionation
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This book focuses on the utilization of biomass for energy applications and mainly covers the original research and studies related to thermochemical conversion, biological conversion and physical conversion. It contains a summary the current scientific knowledge in the field of biomass utilization, which is the first of its kind in the literature. Energy potentials and different principles of energy transformation from various renewable energy sources (bamboo, wood residue, straw, sorrel, hay, pines, sunflower stalks, hazelnut husks, quinoa, camelina, crambe, safflower, muscantus and municipal sewage sludge, among others) are described in detail in this book. Different types of pyrolysis or torrefaction processing, combustion, thermal degradation, mechanical properties affecting processing, pre-treatment or treatment processes, or other processes based on thermochemical methods are described as well. The integral part of this book is the bibliometric analysis of worldwide publication trends on biomass and bioenergy with respect to the research evolution with the possibility of predicting future scenarios and the participation of stakeholders in the sector.