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Fuels, Volume 3, Issue 4

December 2022 - 10 articles

Cover Story: The properties of the carbon materials obtained as the final products of the coal tar pitch carbonization process are a consequence of the types of chemical and physical phenomena occurring throughout the process. A new simplified approach for the modeling of primary carbonization is presented to provide semi-quantitative knowledge about the process that is useful for improving the efficiencies of the industries that deal with this process. The model enables the estimating of the mass and enthalpy changes in pitch through thermal treatment consistent with experimental data for mass losses of pitch heat-treated up to 550 °C. The application of the model to describe molecular weight distribution changes in pitch during primary carbonization is demonstrated, showing a good agreement between the presented results and the investigations reported by Greinke. View this paper
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Articles (10)

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,785 Views
23 Pages

Optimization of Solid-State Fermentation of Switchgrass Using White-Rot Fungi for Biofuel Production

  • Onu Onu Olughu,
  • Lope G. Tabil,
  • Tim Dumonceaux,
  • Edmund Mupondwa and
  • Duncan Cree

6 December 2022

Biological delignification using white-rot fungi is a possible approach in the pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass. Despite the considerable promise of this low-input, environmentally-friendly pretreatment strategy, its large-scale application is...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
6,158 Views
32 Pages

Modeling the Coal Tar Pitch Primary Carbonization Process

  • Mahnaz Soltani Hosseini and
  • Patrice Chartrand

26 November 2022

The properties of the carbon materials obtained as the final product of coal tar pitch carbonization process are a consequence of the type of chemical and physical phenomena occurring through the process. A new simplified approach for modeling of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,997 Views
16 Pages

21 November 2022

Recent efforts of both researchers and regulators regarding particulate emissions have focused on the contribution and presence of sub-23 nm particulates. Despite being previously excluded from emissions legislation with the particle measurement prog...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,606 Views
15 Pages

Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition in Stochiometric Propane–Hydrogen–Air Mixtures

  • Igor O. Shamshin,
  • Maxim V. Kazachenko,
  • Sergey M. Frolov and
  • Valentin Y. Basevich

14 November 2022

Hydrocarbon–hydrogen blends are often considered as perspective environmentally friendly fuels for power plants, piston engines, heating appliances, home stoves, etc. However, the addition of hydrogen to a hydrocarbon fuel poses a potential ris...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,431 Views
25 Pages

Use of Biomass as Alternative Fuel in Magnesia Sector

  • Nikolaos Margaritis,
  • Christos Evaggelou,
  • Panagiotis Grammelis,
  • Haris Yiannoulakis,
  • Polykarpos Papageorgiou,
  • Stefan Puschnigg and
  • Johannes Lindorfer

9 November 2022

The European Union has started a progressive decarbonization pathway with the aim to become carbon neutral by 2050. Energy-intensive industries (EEIs) are expected to play an important role in this transition as they represent 24% of the final energy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,806 Views
15 Pages

4 November 2022

This study quantifies the effluents generated during processing in three industry types, estimates the energy potential from the quantified effluents in the form of biogas generation, and determines the economic viability of the biogas recovered. Dat...

  • Review
  • Open Access
15 Citations
9,370 Views
20 Pages

21 October 2022

Today, reducing GHG emissions is an important goal worldwide. Initially, first-generation biofuels were considered as a solution; however, they created a conflict between food and fuel. Advanced biofuels, which use non-edible materials, have emerged...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,018 Views
19 Pages

Impact of Biochar Addition in Microwave Torrefaction of Camelina Straw and Switchgrass for Biofuel Production

  • Obiora S. Agu,
  • Lope G. Tabil,
  • Edmund Mupondwa,
  • Bagher Emadi and
  • Tim Dumonceaux

7 October 2022

The possibility of applying biochar in mild torrefaction treatment to improve the thermochemical characteristics of ground biomass was the focus of the study. Camelina straw and switchgrass were torrefied in a reactor using microwave irradiation at t...

  • Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,965 Views
8 Pages

30 September 2022

Recent advances in basin and petroleum system modelling have allowed for the investigation of gas hydrate systems, including modelling of the generation, migration, and accumulation of biogenic and thermogenic gas within gas hydrate deposits. In this...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
7,841 Views
17 Pages

Process Simulation and Design Considerations for Biodiesel Production from Rubber Seed Oil

  • Dhyna Analyes Trirahayu,
  • Akhmad Zainal Abidin,
  • Ridwan P. Putra,
  • Achmad Syarif Hidayat,
  • Erwina Safitri and
  • Muhammad Iqbal Perdana

27 September 2022

Indonesia is one of the largest rubber producers worldwide. However, rubber seeds still garner less attention due to their low economic value. In fact, the rubber seeds contain 40–50% (w/w) of rubber seed oil (RSO), which is a potential candida...

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