Green Diesel: Biomass Resources, Production Technologies and Combustion Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Although fossil-based energy has been the prime mover for the unprecedented socio-economic development that the world has experienced since the industrial revolution, the limited nature of these resources, issues of accessibility and affordability, as well the threat to human well-being posed by climate change, have provided a fresh impetus in the quest for alternative energy sources. Nowhere is this need more urgent than in the transport sector, which still overwhelmingly relies on petro-based sources.

Green diesel is a new generation biofuel with properties and characteristics that make it an improved alternative to both fossil petroleum diesel and to the fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) commonly known as biodiesel. Produced from naturally available biomass resources, green diesel is environmentally friendly while, due to its chemical resemblance to petroleum diesel, it can be used in compression ignition combustion engines and residential or industrial burners without any equipment modification, in neat form or in blends with conventional petroleum diesel in any desired ratio.

The aim of this Special Issue, entitled “Green diesel: Biomass resources, production technologies and combustion applications” is to collect high quality scientific works related to: (a) the classification and chemistry of the available biomass feedstocks that can be used for green diesel production; (b) production technologies such as hydro-processing of triglycerides, upgrading of sugars and starches into C15-C18 saturated hydrocarbons, thermal conversion of biomass (upgrading of pyrolysis produced bio-oil and hydrothermal liquefaction produced biocrude), and biomass-to-liquid conversion of lignocellulosic biomass; and (c) the final fuel properties and their effect in modern combustion applications (internal combustion engines, turbines, oil burners, etc.).

Prof. Dr. Maria A. Goula
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Savvas L. Douvartzides
Dr. Nikolaos D. Charisiou
Guest Editors

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