Thermo-Chemical Conversion of Waste Biomass
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2017) | Viewed by 46930
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Interests: biorefinery; theorem-chemical biowaste conversion; adsorption; nutrients recovery; catalyses
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Dear Colleagues,
Food supply chain waste creates huge environmental, economic, and social problems. Lignocellulosic waste/residues can constitute a highly promising feedstock with a significant potential to be converted into useful end products. Researchers are prompted to seek alternative methodologies and reexamine the existing ones in new configurations for the production of materials, fuels or heat and chemicals, using low environmental impact technologies and greener practices. Waste management, resource depletion and energy concerns can be solved together through the utilization of waste as a resource, using thermal and chemical technologies.
The Special Issue invites communications, articles, and reviews that address challenges and solutions in waste biomass thermo-chemical conversion, feedstock pre-treatment mechanisms and products valorization, as well as characterization. The thermo-chemical conversion processes include but are not limited to liquefaction, hydrolysis, pyrolysis, gasification, combustion, etc. Research on the characterization of obtained products, as well as those on the development of characterization techniques will be also welcomed. Submissions of original papers in a broad range of research and applications on other related to the main topic are also encouraged.
Dr. Witold Kwapinski
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- combustion
- gasification
- pyrolysis
- torrefaction
- liquefaction
- hydrolysis
- catalysis
- valorization of waste and biomass
- municipal
- wood and paper
- sludge
- agricultural
- forest
- manure
- biogas
- biofuel
- biooil
- char
- biochar
- carbon based materials
- pre-treatment
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