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Biomass temperature profile development and its implications under the microwave-assisted pyrolysis condition

Wang, Xiaoquan; Morrison, William; Du, Zhenyi; Wan, Yiqin; … - In: Applied Energy 99 (2012) C, pp. 386-392

Microwave-Assisted Pyrolysis (MAP) is a highly scalable process that has the potential to realize the Distributed Biomass Energy Production System (DBEPS) concept. This study was to illustrate the heating properties of MAP when applied to biomass, and to demonstrate the feasibility of...

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Steam explosion of oil palm residues for the production of durable pellets

Lam, Pak Sui; Lam, Pak Yiu; Sokhansanj, Shahab; Lim, C. Jim - In: Applied Energy 141 (2015) C, pp. 160-166

The effect of steam explosion pretreatment on the physical and mechanical properties of the pellets made from empty fruit bunch (EFB) and palm kernel shell (PKS) was investigated and compared to that of softwood Douglas fir (DF). It was found that the high heating value of the empty fruit bunch...

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Synthetic indicator on the severity of torrefaction of oil palm biomass residues through mass loss measurement

Sabil, Khalik M.; Aziz, Muafah A.; Lal, Bhajan; Uemura, … - In: Applied Energy 111 (2013) C, pp. 821-826

In this work, the change of properties of empty fruit bunches (EFB), mesocarp fiber (PMF) and kernel shell (PKS) of oil palm when subjected to torrefaction process is reported. The properties include CHNS content, gross calorific value (GCV), mass and energy yields. These oil palm residues are...

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Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) of green waste: An environmental and economic assessment of HTC coal in the metropolitan region of Berlin, Germany

Medick, Jakob; Teichmann, Isabel; Kemfert, Claudia - 2017

Based on a life-cycle sustainability assessment and the calculation of carbon abatement costs, we quantify the greenhouse-gas emission reductions and costs if green waste in the metropolitan region of Berlin, Germany, is diverted from composting into the production of hydrothermally carbonized...

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Research and development activities in pyrolysis – Contributions from Indian scientific community – A review

Murugan, S.; Gu, Sai - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 46 (2015) C, pp. 282-295

Developing countries like India face a lot of problems in the disposal of waste every day, as a result of unregulated and increased disposal rates. This causes an increase in global warming and a severe threat to the environment. Recycling is one of the methods to reduce waste disposal and also...

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Recent advances in utilization of biochar

Qian, Kezhen; Kumar, Ajay; Zhang, Hailin; Bellmer, Danielle - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 42 (2015) C, pp. 1055-1064

Biomass thermochemical processes result in a common byproduct char. The char is also called biochar particularly when …

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How do the poor handle money? What do the financial diaries of char dwellers tell us about financial inclusion?

Kuntala Lahiri–Dutt - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2012

Derived from livelihoods surveys and ethnographic material about people living on the chars, or river islands, in deltaic lower Bengal, this paper illustrates the complex, diverse and ingenious ways that the poor manage money. These islands constitute some of the most vulnerable locations...

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Chars as carbonaceous adsorbents/catalysts for tar elimination during biomass pyrolysis or gasification

Shen, Yafei - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 43 (2015) C, pp. 281-295

-based adsorbents to adsorb heavy metals or organic pollutants. Meanwhile, the char-supported catalysts could be simply gasified …/burnt to recover the energy from the char without the need of frequently regeneration after deactivation. This review … tars adsorption, after that, the saturated char-supported metallic catalysts can be employed for tar conversion. In …

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Energetic assessment of air-steam gasification of sewage sludge and of the integration of sewage sludge pyrolysis and air-steam gasification of char

Gil-Lalaguna, N.; Sánchez, J.L.; Murillo, M.B.; … - In: Energy 76 (2014) C, pp. 652-662

prior sewage sludge thermal drying and the gasification of the char derived from the pyrolysis stage. Experimental data … obtained from pyrolysis of sewage sludge, gasification of sewage sludge and gasification of char (all of these performed in a … product gases from pyrolysis and char gasification is not enough to cover the high energy consumption for thermal drying of …

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Gasification of lignocellulosic biomass char obtained from pyrolysis: Kinetic and evolved gas analyses

López-González, D.; Fernandez-Lopez, M.; Valverde, J.L.; … - In: Energy 71 (2014) C, pp. 456-467

. Biomass samples were pyrolyzed between 30 °C and 1000 °C obtaining a solid fuel (char) that was later gasified using steam as …, indicating that nitrogen was retained in the char after the pyrolysis process. …

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