Recent Advances in Biofuel Production from Biowaste/Biomass-Based Residues

Dear Colleagues,

Several potential products, including beneficial fuels and chemicals, can be made from basic biomass feedstock through thermochemical and biochemical conversion processes. In general, thermochemical transformations include pyrolysis, gasification, liquefaction, and combustion. The pyrolysis process, which encompasses all chemical changes that take place when heat is given to a substance without oxygen, is the foundation of thermochemical conversion.

Even so, there have been reports of co-pyrolysis using various activators and dopants. Little research has been done on the concept of co-carbonization and its synergistic effects in relation to biomass that contains proteins. Additionally, the risk of metal leaching was decreased by co-carbonizing unpolluted biomass (e.g., forest waste residue, walnut, hazelnut, and bamboo shells) with metal-rich feedstocks (e.g., sewage sludge, biosolids). The C/N ratio can be maintained by using manure and inexpensive lignocellulosic biomass made from food and vegetable wastes. Nitrogen-doped carbon can produce the highest amount of char.

In each case, organic waste can be converted into biofuels and bioproducts with high productivity and low environmental pollution potential. These organic wastes have an important role in decreasing pollution, managing nutrients, storing carbon, and halting global warming.

In this context, this Special Issue of Fuels “Recent Advances in Biofuel Production from Biowaste/Biomass-Based Residues”, will cover a variety of topics to advance research into thermal conversion technologies. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following areas:

1. Biowaste thermochemical conversion process;
2. Biomass co-carbonization process;
3. Biochar from protein-rich biomass;
4. Kinetic and thermal studies of lignocellulosic waste;
5. Fuel production from biowastes;
6. Organic wastes as gasification products;
7. Biooil production and characterization from biowastes;
8. Carbonization technology to energy storage;
9. Biochar (black gold) in promoting circular economy in the agricultural sector;
10. Recent advances in the development and applications of protein-rich waste biomass-derived carbons;
11. Biochar from organic wastes and its use as an environmental tool.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Kalidas Mainali
Guest Editor

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