Advances in Biofuels and Bioenergy Production
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Science and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 July 2024) | Viewed by 4127
Special Issue Editors
2. Faculty of Engineering, Mangosuthu University of Technology, Durban 4031, South Africa
Interests: agro-waste; biodiesel; biofuels; optimization; mixed feedstocks
Interests: heterogenous catalysts; bio hydrogen; biomass; sustainability; fuel hydrocarbons; ethanol; catalytic conversion
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The world dependency on fossil fuels and its undesired consequences in terms of sustainability and climate change are issues of global concern. There is a pressing need to look at alternative and sustainable fuel sources to satisfy the increasing energy demands. Biofuels offer one such alternative. This Special Issue focuses on the conversion of biomass to biofuels. The topics covered are wide-ranging, from potential biomass feedstocks to energy conversion pathways such as thermal and catalytic conversions of various biomass-derived hydrocarbons, transesterification, and pyrolysis. The use of green technology and process optimization and costing will also receive special attention. Topics of interest in this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following areas:
- Production of biomass-derived fuels (solids, liquids and gases);
- Bioenergy processes;
- Optimization of sustainable energy systems;
- Socio-economic implications of bioenergy production;
- Green bioenergy technologies;
- Life-cycle analysis of biofuels.
Prof. Dr. Paul Musonge
Dr. Yusuf M. Isa
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- renewable energy environmental sustainability
- economic feasibility
- bio-fuel technologies
- alternative fuels
- bio-conversion and processing
- agro-based waste management
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