Fluidized Bed Technologies for Bio-Based Materials Conversion: Advancing Combustion, Pyrolysis, and Gasification

Dear Colleagues,

In the context of current efforts toward achieving net-zero emissions, real and scalable solutions for sourcing energy and chemical feedstocks, with a shift away from fossil fuels, are needed. Fluidized bed technologies offer such possibilities, though their application to date has largely relied on non-renewable raw materials. With this Special Issue, we encourage specialists, scientists, and practitioners involved in the development of fluidized bed technologies to share their findings and ideas, with particular emphasis on applications related to biofuels. Depending on the gas environment in which the process is carried out and the raw material used, fluidized bed technology can encompass a wide range of thermochemical (i.e., combustion, gasification, or pyrolysis) and catalytic processes, all potentially leading to the production of energy, hydrogen, and other valuable chemical feedstocks. These processes, when based on biogenic feedstocks, may also integrate with the fast carbon cycle, enhancing sustainability and reducing net carbon emissions. This Special Issue will showcase articles related to the use of fluidized bed reactors to organize processes supporting the reduction of pollutant emissions, increasing energy efficiency, and encouraging the use of renewable raw materials. We are aware of the need for a holistic approach to this subject, hence our goal of collecting articles covering various scales of process management, both those organized on a laboratory scale and in industrial installations, as well as issues related to simulations and model validation, as well as review articles.

Prof. Dr. Witold Żukowski
Dr. Gabriela Berkowicz-Płatek
Guest Editors

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