Agricultural Waste: Biomass as a Source of Energy

Dear Colleagues,

As a renewable energy source, biomass is processed through thermal decomposition processes such as combustion, pyrolysis and gasification. The conversion of organic matter by pyrolysis is part of the current trend of closed-cycle production for valuable and sustainable products, such as gas, solid-char, and liquid oil. Research on waste biomass has established the utility of these products in many applications, particularly activated carbon (AC), in wastewater treatment processes, adsorption of pollutants from gaseous streams, and electrochemical applications.

This Special Issue aims to collate the latest developments related to the thermal pyrolysis degradation of biomass, as well as new materials based on biochar.

We welcome submission of research and review articles as well as short communications.

Contributions are expected to relate to, inter alia, the following areas:

• Biomass pyrolysis

• Biomass co-pyrolysis
• Combustion, gasification
• New applications of biochar
• Biomass as a source of energy

Dr. Katarzyna Januszewicz
Guest Editor

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