Going Carbon Neutral and Carbon Negative through Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A4: Bio-Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2024) | Viewed by 1378
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Interests: biomass; hydrogen; gasification; renewable energy
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Interests: energy; renewable energy; biomass; hydrogen; gasification; solar power; automotive
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Interests: chemical process engineering; carbon capture storage and utilization; hydrogen; water-energy nexus
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
A viable alternative to fossil fuels is represented by biomass, which is an abundant and dispatchable source of renewable energy. Moreover, this energy source enables a net-zero carbon balance, since the amount of carbon dioxide produced during the combustion process is virtually entirely used for oxygen production during photosynthesis. Additionally, capturing CO2 during the production of energy or energy vectors from biomasses enables carbon removal because the carbon dioxide that is absorbed during growth is not re-released but, instead, captured and removed from the natural carbon cycle.
Encouraging ways to transform biomass into energy and energy vectors are pyrolysis and gasification processes, which have been demonstrated to be efficient and environmentally friendly methods.
For this Special Issue, we invite papers that consider the various aspects of converting biomass waste by means of pyrolysis and gasification into valuable products, with special attention to experimental and simulation works that investigate new processes and technologies at relatively high technological readiness levels (industrial and pilot scales) as well as the pretreatment and upgrading processes realized to enhance the productivity and efficiency of thermochemical conversion.
Topics of interests include but are not restricted to:
- biomass pyrolysis and upgrading processes;
- integrated pyrolysis systems;
- hydrogen from biomasses;
- advanced biomass pretreatment (e.g., hydrothermal carbonization, torrefaction);
- advanced cleaning and conditioning (e.g., plasma-enhanced catalytic oxidation, membranes);
- gas treatment and carbon capture processes;
- advanced/integrated electrical/thermal energy cogeneration (e.g., chemical looping gasification; carbon capture, storage, and use; power to gas);
- techno-economic assessment studies for optimization of the integrated system and life cycle assessment;
- modeling, thermodynamics, and process simulation.
Dr. Vera Marcantonio
Dr. Enrico Bocci
Prof. Dr. Mauro Capocelli
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biomass
- gasification
- pyrolysis
- hydrogen
- biochar
- biomass pretreatment
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