Biobased Chemicals: Environmentally Friendly Solutions for Sustainable Development, 3rd Edition
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 671
Special Issue Editor
Interests: distributed energy systems using upgraded (torrefied, torrefied and pelletized) biomass for cogeneration units; additives for fertilizers and active carbon production as a core technology for novel; more sustainable energy and agriculture systems
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Dear Colleagues,
In today’s world, the energy, agricultural and chemical sectors need to explore new renewable bioproducts and natural alternatives that are necessary for sustainable development. This Special Issue will present a collection of articles related to biobased chemicals and materials such as biochars produced via pyrolysis or torrefaction, or hydrochars produced via hydrothermal carbonization processes, as well as valuable by-products produced during different thermochemical processes, such as levulinic acid, acetic acid, aldehydic acid, formic acid, and propionic acid used in energy, agricultural and chemical platforms. This collection will include different biomass torrefaction processes and their applications in low-carbon demand industries for production, such as carbonized solid biofuels, biochar as an additive in organic fertilizers, and biosorbents for chemical and thermochemical processes, whose products are upgraded to obtain new bioproducts for specialized uses (functional applications), such as activated carbon for deodorization in biogas plants. We therefore invite papers on biomass torrefaction processes, bioproduct production for different industrial applications, torrefaction process kinetics modeling, reviews, industrial demonstration examples, case studies, and LCA analyses of biomass torrefaction plants.
Dr. Szymon Szufa
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- bioproducts
- biochar
- hydrochar
- by-products
- biofuels
- biomass
- hydrothermal carbonization
- torrefaction
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