Advanced Bioenergy, Biomass and Waste Conversion Technologies: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A4: Bio-Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 September 2025 | Viewed by 416
Special Issue Editor
Interests: bioenergy; biomass; waste; gasification; catalysts; catalytic gasification
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Dear Colleagues,
Climate change and the increasing levels of greenhouse gas emissions, coupled with rapid urbanization and the depletion of exhaustible natural resources, are pressing global concerns. Addressing these challenges requires decisive action to meet resource demands while ensuring environmental protection, reducing emissions, and minimizing waste generation.
To achieve energy independence from fossil fuels and fulfill the European Union’s targets for renewable energy adoption and greenhouse gas reduction, significant advancements are necessary. The thermal processing of biomass and waste-derived fuels presents a promising solution to these needs.
Biomass has played a crucial role as a renewable energy source, contributing to lower or even negative CO2 emissions and increasing the share of renewables in global energy consumption. Additionally, refuse-derived fuel offers notable advantages when properly processed and utilized. However, compared to fossil fuels, the energy density of biomass and waste fuels remains relatively low, necessitating further research and technological improvements.
This Special Issue (second edition) aims to showcase recent advances in bioenergy production through biomass and waste conversion, encompassing pyrolysis, gasification, liquefaction, torrefaction, hydrothermal carbonization, direct combustion, and co-combustion. Furthermore, it highlights the utilization and valorization of by-products and residues from these processes in alignment with circular economy principles.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Advanced methods for biomass and waste-to-energy conversion;
- The optimization of pyrolysis, gasification, and liquefaction processes;
- Innovations in torrefaction and hydrothermal carbonization;
- Co-combustion strategies for enhanced energy recovery;
- The utilization and valorization of process residues and by-products;
- Environmental impact assessments and sustainability analyses;
- Techno-economic evaluations of bioenergy systems;
- Life cycle assessment and circular economy approaches.
We welcome original research articles, experimental and numerical studies, and comprehensive review papers summarizing the state of the art in these fields.
Dr. Małgorzata Sieradzka
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biomass
- char
- refuse-derived fuel
- waste management
- circular economy
- bioenergy
- fuel characterization
- sustainability
- waste valorization
- energy recovery
- thermal conversion
- torrefaction
- pyrolysis
- gasification
- hydrothermal carbonization
- combustion
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