Bioresource Technology and Energy Sustainable Development

Dear Colleagues,

An important purpose of this Special Issue is the presentation of new and actual research results of various bioresources’ utilization and use for forage processing and energy conversion technologies. It is also important to evaluate these technologies from an energy and environmental point of view.

Main subject areas of this issue:

• System analysis methods, including life cycle assessment and management;
• Biosystems engineering and efficient use of new technological processes;
• New and renewable sources of energy and sustainable use of them for energy conversion;
• Sustainable energy preservation and regeneration methods;
• Sustainable utilization of bioresources such as land, atmosphere and other biological resources;
• Land ecosystems maintenance and biodiversity preservation;
• Effects of global climate change on development and sustainability.

This Special Issue will present the results of research on plant harvesting, processing and use for forage and energy; energy conversion methods and processes of various bioresources, such as herbaceous and woody plants, including the short rotation and other fast growing plants; the physical-mechanical, chemical and thermal characteristics of chopped and pressed plants and their residues; the investigation of the ash content and possibilities of ash utilization for plant fertilization, ash chemical and elemental composition and ash melting characteristics; greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and emissions of harmful pollutants (CO₂, CO, NO_x and C_xH_y) when plant biomass is prepared and used for energy conversion processes (incineration, gasification and pyrolysis); the full technologies of lifecycle assessment; and the results of energy and environmental evaluation of technologies, taking into account the economic and social aspects and the sustainable development of people’s living conditions and quality.

This Special Issue will present state-of-the-art results for its intended purpose and will complement scientific information published in other scientific publications and journals.

Prof. Dr. Algirdas Jasinskas
Guest Editor

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• sustainable development
• bioresource technologies
• biosystems engineering
• pressed fertilizers
• solid biofuels
• energy plants
• herbaceous plants
• non-traditional plants
• woody plants
• fibrous plants
• pellets
• briquettes
• chaff
• biofuel properties
• ash characteristics
• calorific value
• harmful emissions
• energy evaluation
• life cycle assessment