should give considerable attention to the generation, development and extension of drought (all major food crops) and flood …

for, and respond to drought. Some of those efforts are beginning to shift from purely reactive, relief-oriented measures … to programs designed to prevent or to mitigate drought impacts. Considerably less attention has been given to laws that … may affect practices and policies that either increase or decrease drought vulnerability. Water law regimes, drought …

Biorefinery aims at designing new virtuous and high-efficiency energy chains, achieving the combined production of … experience carried out by the Biomass Research Centre (CRB) in extracting cellulose nanocrystals (NCC) from a pretreated (<i …

In this paper, a biorefinery complex in Thailand was assessed <em>vis-à-vis</em> sustainability. The complex studied … includes plantations of sugarcane and a biorefinery system composed of several units including, a sugar mill, power plant … relating to molasses-based ethanol production and use, and maximized utilization of the biomass materials produced as part of …

In the present work, the results are reported of the energy and exergy analyses of three biomass-related processes for … electricity generation: the biomass gasification integrated externally fired combined cycle, the biomass gasification integrated … dual-fuel combined cycle, and the biomass gasification integrated post-firing combined cycle. The energy efficiency for the …

,<i> i.e.</i>, if the fuel used is collected biomass. The aim of this paper is to propose and evaluate a model that might …

The Biomass Research Centre, section of CIRIAF, has recently developed a biomass boiler (300 kW thermal powered), fed …

This study had three main objectives: (1) to evaluate the aboveground biomass and volume yield of three unrelated … wood volume, and from 51 to 193 megagrams per hectare (Mg ha⁻¹), for woody dry biomass. High volume and woody … dry biomass yields (26.3 to 49.9 m³ha⁻¹yr^-1, and 11.4 to 21.4 Mg ha⁻¹yr<sup>-1 …