The Pyrolysis of Biomass: Reaction Mechanism and Product Application
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2025 | Viewed by 8201
Special Issue Editors
Interests: pyrolysis of biomass and waste; industrial thermalchemical process modelling; life cycle assessment for biomass system; techno-economic analysis for bioeconomy
Interests: biobased activated carbon; advanced carbon materials; carbon based energy material
Interests: biomass thermal conversion; seaweeds valorization; solid waste incineration; density function theoretic calculation; carbon neutralization and mitigation
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Interests: thermal conversion; catalytic pyrolysis; kinetics and thermodynamics; biochar; machine learning
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Global warming is threatening human beings and all of the other species on Earth. Tremendous research was carried out on carbon neutralization and mitigation. The essential and critical topic is how the dependence on fossil resources can be reduced. Biomass is the only renewable carbon source that has the potential to substitute fossil fuels.
Pyrolysis is a thermal decomposition process, which converts biomass into three phases of solid, liquid, and gas in the absence of oxygen. The solid product, biochar, is proven to have potential as a soil amendment, battery material, and absorbent. Pyrolysis liquid product is one of the most promising sustainable alternatives to gasoline and diesel. The gas product, abundant in methane and hydrogen gas, can be further upgraded to gas fuel or platform chemicals. With this Special Issue, we hope to concentrate on the pyrolysis of biomass, including its mechanisms and applications, and collect experiences and perspectives from various aspects of biomass pyrolysis.
This Special Issue will publish high-quality original research papers in the overlapping fields of:
- Kinetic and thermodynamic study of the pyrolysis of biomass;
- The catalytic pyrolysis of biomass;
- Preatment for the pyrolysis of biomass;
- The recycling and utilization of waste biomass such as sludge, municipal solid waste, agricultural residues, and digestate through pyrolysis;
- Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning assist in revealing the fate of biomass pyrolysis;
- Biomass pyrolysis process design, simulation, economic evaluation, and environmental impact analysis;
- Pyrolysis product application in multiple aspects;
- Other relevant topics on biomass pyrolysis.
Dr. Shule Wang
Prof. Dr. Kang Sun
Prof. Dr. Shuang Wang
Dr. Yuming Wen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biomass
- pyrolysis
- biochar
- biofuel
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