Bioenergy from Wood: Sustainable Production in the World
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Wood Science and Forest Products".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2024 | Viewed by 6321
Special Issue Editors
Interests: forest biomass energy; liquid products from carbonization; wood vinegar for agricultural, veterinary uses, and animal production; eucalyptus energetic forests (short-rotation cropping)
Interests: forest biomass for energy; short-rotation cropping; agroforestry systems; low-carbon silvicultural systems; biomass from eucalyptus stumps
Interests: biomass and energy; pyrolysis and thermochemistry; charcoal and PAHs; gaseous emissions and air pollution; charcoal for domestic use; energy and food security
Interests: slow and fast pyrolysis; combustion; thermochemical processes kinetics; wood vinegar; wood energy applied in agro-industry
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Wood bioenergy is the energy generated from wood and woody biomasses. Therefore, thermochemical conversion processes that turn these raw materials into biofuels or commodities are of strategic interest nowadays. The present Special Issue intends to harbor scientific articles encompassing the following subjects:
- Forest plantations as a source of wood and woody biomass for energetic uses;
- Carbon sequestering strategies and GWG emission mitigation by adopting energetic forests as a source of biofuels;
- The sustainable management of fast-growing forest plantations and the development of high-lignin-content genetic materials to improve the profitability and efficiency of carbonization as a source of charcoal to produce metallic commodities;
- Case studies on how the adoption of wood bioenergy can bring environmental, economic, and social improvements;
- Novelties and new developments in thermochemical conversion processes of wood and woody biomass;
- Energetic coprocessing of forest biomass and synthetic wastes (plastics, polymers, etc.) for directly generating energy, fuels, coproducts, and commodities;
- The development or improvement of kilns, reactors, and other technologies aimed at converting forest biomass into liquid or solid fuels, coproducts, and green commodities;
- Direct and indirect societal and economic reductions in GHG emissions that come from the replacement of fossil fuels with wood and woody biomass for power generation;
- Improvement in air quality and public health by reducing pollution from direct burning and carbonization of wood and woody biomass;
- Recovery of liquid products from wood carbonization and commodities and the role of their sales in improving the global efficiency of the process;
- Green co-products from wood carbonization and the importance of their use in agriculture, veterinary, human, and animal health.
Prof. Dr. Alexandre Santos Pimenta
Prof. Dr. Laércio C. Couto
Dr. Ananias Francisco Dias Junior
Prof. Dr. Paulo Fernando Trugilho
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- energy from wood
- energetic forests
- biomass from trees and woody shrubs
- wood thermochemical conversion processes
- bioenergy from wood and environmental benefits
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