Combustion and Gasification of Solid Fuels
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "B: Energy and Environment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2021) | Viewed by 2664
Special Issue Editor
Interests: modeling of combustion processes; fuel combustion technology; combustion of solid fuels; modeling of heating systems; gasification of solid fuels
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Solid fuels play an important role in the global energy supply. Nowadays, solid fuels are used to produce the largest share of electricity and are the second most important source of primary energy worldwide.
This will definitively change in the near future because of ambitious plans for the radical reduction of CO2 emissions. Because of these changes, the role of solid fossil fuels will decrease, while the importance of biogenic solid fuels, such as biomass, will grow in importance.
It is worth noting that biomass provides the unique opportunity to achieve negative CO2 emissions if it is not burned but converted to biochar, which can then be used for soil improvement. Biomass can also be used as a CO2-neutral source of energy and can be used directly or for other fuel production, such as bi-liquid or syngas. The reasonable utilization of solid fuels, both coal nowadays as well as biomass in the future, creates the need to develop conversion technologies that meet the requirements of sustainable development.
For these reasons, there is a need to develop effective combustion technologies as well as gasification technologies that use the chemical energy of solids in a sustainable way.
Dr. Andrzej Szlék
Guest Editor
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