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Selected Papers from 29 and 30th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition (EUBCE 2021 & EUBCE 2022)

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A4: Bio-Energy".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2022) | Viewed by 6927

Special Issue Editors

Dr. David Baxter

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Former European Commission, Joint Research Centre, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Interests: bioenergy; bioliquids; heat and electricity; power; climate change; socio-economic impact; biomass conversion
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Prof. Dr. Solange I. Mussatto

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Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Interests: fermentation; biomass; biorefinery; biofuels; bio-based products; techno-economic analysis; life cycle assessment
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The 30th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition Conference (EUBCE), held from May 9-12 2022, was the third virtual Biomass Conference in Europe (e-EUBCE 2022). EUBCE is one of the world’s leading R&D conferences combined with an international exhibition. EUBCE represents the leading platform for the collection, exchange, and dissemination of scientific know-how in the field of biomass and its utilization. This special issue at Energies will include both presentations from 29th and 30th EUBCE conferences.

The 2021 and 2022 conference programs addressed many topics, including biomass production, biomass conversion to bioliquids and biofuels for heat and electricity, transport, and bio-based products, and covering all aspects of each value chain, from supply and logistics to conversion technologies, from the industrial application of research results to the impacts of biomass utilization on the environment, as well as aspects of market and trade and policy strategies, and last but not least the role of biomass as a source in integrated energy systems.

The 29th EUBCE also expanded its scope, from biomass resources and conversion to bioenergy and intermediate bioenergy carriers to integration into the bioeconomy, exploration of the role of agriculture in bioenergy production for energy and bioeconomy transition and looking at the improvement of citizen awareness and engagement in support of biomass technologies.

The 30th EBUCE consolidated the changes made for the 2021 conference and further expanded links between research achievements and exploitation of innovations in scaled-up demonstration projects and full industrialisation of biomass utilisation. Integration of technologies was again a topic that presented many challenges and this was typified in the continued growth of interest in biorefineries and in the valorisation of all side products of biomass conversion processes and side streams that in the past may have been considered as wastes.

Topics to be covered in this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following areas:

  • Biomass feedstocks
  • Agriculture
  • Forestry 
  • Organic waste 
  • Bioenergy
  • Energy carriers 
  • Biofuels 
  • Biorefinery 
  • Bioeconomy 
  • Climate change 
  • Sustainability 
  • Impacts

The submission of excellent-quality papers in the aforementioned areas is highly encouraged. Please note each paper should contain about 50% additional/new content compared to papers submitted for the EUBCE conference proceedings.

Dr. David Baxter
Prof. Dr. Solange I. Mussatto
Guest Editors

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Influence of Thermochemical Conversion Technologies on Biochar Characteristics from Extensive Grassland for Safe Soil Application
by Thomas Heinrich, Korbinian Kaetzl, Judy A. Libra and Thomas Hoffmann
Energies 2023, 16(4), 1896; https://doi.org/10.3390/en16041896 - 14 Feb 2023
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Grass and other herbaceous biomass are abundant, but often under- or not utilized as a renewable resource. Here, the production of biochar from extensive late-harvest grass via multiple thermochemical conversion technologies was investigated at lab and farm scale for use in soil applications. [...] Read more.
Grass and other herbaceous biomass are abundant, but often under- or not utilized as a renewable resource. Here, the production of biochar from extensive late-harvest grass via multiple thermochemical conversion technologies was investigated at lab and farm scale for use in soil applications. While biochar is a product with highly diverse potential applications, it has a multitude of benefits for agricultural usage as a soil amendment, if the quality adheres to certain limit values of potentially toxic constituents. The results show that the biochar can adhere to all limit values of the European Biochar Certificate (EBC) for utilization in agriculture. Generally, the contents of heavy metals were well below the proposed EBC limits and very low PAH concentrations in the biochar were achieved. The high ash content in the grass of 7.71 wt%db resulted in high nutrient concentrations in the biochar, of benefit in soil applications, but the ash also contains chlorine, nitrogen and sulphur, which presents a challenge for the operation of the thermochemical processes themselves due to corrosion and emission limits. In the farm-scale processes, ash retention ranged from 53.7 wt%db for an autothermal batch process, reaching up to 93.7 wt%db for a batch allothermal process. The release of Cl, N and S was found to differ substantially between processes. Retention ranged from 41.7%, 22.9% and 27.6%, respectively, in a continuous allothermal farm-scale pyrolysis process, to 71.7%, 49.7% and 73.9%, with controlled lab-scale pyrolysis at 450 °C, demonstrating that process optimization may be possible. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers from 29 and 30th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition (EUBCE 2021 & EUBCE 2022))
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Valorizing Biodiesel and Bioethanol Side-Streams: Sustainability Potential Assessment through a Multicriteria Decision Analysis Framework and Appraisal of Valuable Compound Recovery Prospects
by Marta Macias Aragonés, Petra Ondrejíčková, Raul Ugarte Lodeiro and Fátima Arroyo Torralvo
Energies 2023, 16(1), 176; https://doi.org/10.3390/en16010176 - 23 Dec 2022
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A framework for assessing, from a sustainability and circular bioeconomy point of view, the best valorization approach for biorefineries side-streams has been developed and validated. Two biorefinery side streams are considered as case-studies for validation: rapeseed meal from biodiesel and corn oil from [...] Read more.
A framework for assessing, from a sustainability and circular bioeconomy point of view, the best valorization approach for biorefineries side-streams has been developed and validated. Two biorefinery side streams are considered as case-studies for validation: rapeseed meal from biodiesel and corn oil from bioethanol production. Firstly, a methodology to evaluate different valorization scenarios has been developed following a holistic approach that addresses technical aspects, environmental impact, and economic analysis. This way, a framework (inspired by the Battelle Method and using insights from Multicriteria Decision Analysis) has been produced where the sustainability potential of each scenario can be assessed. Such framework has been validated for five valorization scenarios for rapeseed meal and seven scenarios for corn oil. It can be concluded that protein extraction through alkaline (NaOH) hydrolysis is the best approach for rapeseed meal valorization while carotenoids recovery through ion exchange extraction is the most suitable strategy for corn oil. Secondly, for the selected scenarios, an estimation of the maximum recoverable amount of valuable compounds is conducted at the European and country-level. The use of this framework substantially aids in the best choice of the cutting-edge conversion technologies, supporting industry practitioners in the selection of processes to be further scaled-up. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers from 29 and 30th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition (EUBCE 2021 & EUBCE 2022))
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Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) in Brazil: A Review
by Brenda H. M. Silveira, Hirdan K. M. Costa and Edmilson M. Santos
Energies 2023, 16(4), 2021; https://doi.org/10.3390/en16042021 - 17 Feb 2023
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BECCS (bioenergy with carbon capture and storage) is an important technology to achieve international and Brazilian climatic goals, notably because it provides negative emissions. In addition, Brazil presents favorable conditions for the development of BECCS, given the country’s mature biofuel industry. Therefore, this [...] Read more.
BECCS (bioenergy with carbon capture and storage) is an important technology to achieve international and Brazilian climatic goals, notably because it provides negative emissions. In addition, Brazil presents favorable conditions for the development of BECCS, given the country’s mature biofuel industry. Therefore, this research aims to provide a systematic literature review of the effective potential of and barriers to implementing bioenergy with carbon capture and storage in Brazil. The platforms chosen for this study are Science Direct and Integrated Search Portal, which is a search portal administered by the University of São Paulo. The search initially identified 667 articles, of which 24 were analyzed after selection and screening. The results show that technical factors are not a current barrier to the implementation of BECCS in Brazil, especially in ethanol production. However, the economic results vary among articles, but no BECCS plant has been shown to be economically feasible without enhanced oil recovery. In addition, the concentrations of most ethanol distilleries in the southeast region of Brazil point to them as long-hanging fruit for the country. Nevertheless, due to limitations in CO2 transportation, the costs of implementing BECCS increase significantly as CO2 capture is expanded away from the southeast region. Full article
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