Special Issue "Biomass and Plastic Waste Pyrolysis and Catalytic Processes for Bioenergy Resource Production"

Dear Colleagues,

This special issue “Biomass and Plastic Waste Pyrolysis and Catalytic Processes for Bioenergy Resource Production” is dedicated to publishing the progress and knowledge on the biomass and plastic waste pyrolysis and the development of catalytically supported processes for sustainable energy production. Biomass and plastic waste are abundantly available waste resources which are economically viable to produce bioenergy via the application of various conversion processes. However, the inferior properties and limitations of biomass-derived biofuels for their usage in modern energy applications are still a considerable challenge for researchers and industry. The application of catalysis and catalytic conversion processes have been identified to produce biofuels with better properties and significant research progress is being made in this area. With the fact that several countries have set ambitious targets to minimize the landfill based waste management of these wastes, their recovery for bioenergy production can be of great economic and environmental benefits and development of economically viable biofuels would be a key breakthrough to achieving sustainable development goals. Taking all of this into consideration, this special issue is aimed to provide an opportunity to share and disseminate new ideas in these areas with the publication of original research and review papers to advance the knowledge in the relevant fields.

Dr. Ashfaq Ahmed
Dr. Murid Hussain
Dr. Muhammad Saifullah Abu Bakar
Guest Editors

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• solid waste management
• recovery from organic and plastic wastes
• catalysis for bioenergy production
• catalytic pyrolysis
• gasification
• thermochemical conversion processes