Prediction and Monitoring of Biomass Properties for Energy Applications
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental and Green Processes".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (22 October 2021) | Viewed by 15767
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biomass quality; bioenergy; biofuel; residues; environmental impact; multivariate analysis; infrared spectroscopy; circular economy; quality assessment; biomass characterization; fast measurements; combustion emission factors
Interests: biomass quality; bioenergy; biofuel; sustainability assessment; residues; biosystem engineering; life cycle assessment; standardization; circular economy; environmental impact; wood processing; food processing; renewable energy; energy conversion
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Interests: biomass quality; bioenergy; biofuel; sustainability assessment; residues; biosystem engineering; life cycle assessment; standardization; circular economy; environmental impact; wood processing; food processing; renewable energy; energy conversion
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Knowledge of biomass quality is increasingly a key factor in the bioenergy sector, mainly for the consideration of the increase in the typologies of residual raw materials used for biofuel production and feeding power and heating systems.
The information on the type of biomass and its physical, chemical, and energy properties are essential especially for operators called to make decisions to solve logistical, technical, and economical issues.
For practical reasons, the data should be available in a short time, at relatively low cost, and at any time and point of the supply chain, from the origin of the raw material up to the use in the final energy conversion system.
To address this need, research has been stimulated in promoting new solutions to measure the quality of biomass and biofuels through predictive modeling, innovations in analytical techniques, and tools and management strategies for monitoring biomass.
This Special Issue will collect research articles or comprehensive reviews focused on the aforementioned topics.
Subjects welcomed are listed below:
- Evaluation of biomass feedstock and biofuels properties used in real scale energy applications
- Quality prediction models, statistics, and surveys on biomass properties
- Relationships between biomass properties and biofuel production
- Innovative methods and tools for the assessment of biomass feedstocks and biofuel quality assessment
- Methods for quality control management in the bioenergy chain
Dr. Andrea Pizzi
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Toscano
Prof. Dr. Daniele Duca
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Biofuel
- Quality assessment
- Woodchip
- Pellet
- Bioenergy
- Predictive model
- Biomass characterization
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