Biomass and Waste Conversion: Latest Advances and Prospects
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A4: Bio-Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 24686
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The natural environment cannot sustain human development anymore, so non-renewable resources must be preserved and used wisely. Till now, many intensive environmental problems have arisen, and many natural boundaries have been crossed due to our actions. Global warming and the depletion of natural resources are becoming a reality. Pollution and climate change are important factors enforcing our society to change their habits and move towards process circularity.
The huge demand for energy, both thermal and electrical, is obvious, but it is not guaranteed anymore. To maintain stability, we have to move towards more eco-friendly solutions and replace fossil fuels with more heterogeneous and challenging fuels such as biomass, especially agricultural biomass, municipal waste and sewage sludge.
The thermochemical processing of waste fuels and biomass includes, but is not limited to: torrefaction, pyrolysis, liquefaction, gasification, hydrothermal carbonization and co-combustion and direct combustion. Nowadays, not only the efficiency of the process is the main challenge, but also waste generation and further utilization of the products to close the material loop is an important issue. One of the major concerns is the quality of the materials generated through the thermal processing of waste and biomass. Product cleaning and upgrading to enhance its properties give a lot of opportunities for research.
The scope of this Special Issue covers all topics associated with biomass and waste conversion technologies together with raw material analysis and further thermal processing products’ upgrading and utilization. Experimental and numerical studies and reviews describing the state of the art are within the scope of this Special Issue.
Dr. Agata Mlonka-Mędrala
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biomass
- waste management
- municipal waste
- fuel characterization
- refuse-derived fuel
- circular economy
- sustainability
- thermal processing
- torrefaction
- pyrolysis
- gasification
- hydrothermal carbonization
- combustion
- hydrogen
- material recovery
- energy recovery
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