Solid Waste Valorization and Utilization
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental and Green Processes".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 March 2024) | Viewed by 7767
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biomass; carbonization; torrefaction; gasification
Interests: biomass; gas turbines, carbonization; torrefaction; gasification
Interests: biomass; clean energy; value-added chemicals
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Energy crisis has recently increased. This motivates everyone to look for alternative/renewable energy resources. Moreover, the global interest in controlling the earth’s temperature rise that appears in the wide participation and interst in COP 27 (November 2022, Egypt). Hence, it is aimed in this special issue to focus on the biomass valorization and utilization as a renewable energy resource wih potential energy and environmental impacts.
The special issue focuses on publishing original research papers in the area of Soild Waste Valorization and Utilization. The topics include but not limited to:
- Biomass characterization
- Torrefaction
- Carbonization
- Fermentation
- Pyrolysis
- Gasification
- Biochar utilization
- Syngas utilization
- Biogas utilization
Dr. Ahmed Elwardany
Dr. Mahmoud Omar Amer
Prof. Dr. Kai Yan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biomass
- carbonization
- gasification
- torrefaction
- syngas
- biofuels
- pyrolysis
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