Clean Thermal Utilization of Solid Carbon-Based Fuels
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 January 2026 | Viewed by 23
Special Issue Editors
Interests: carbon-based fuels; solid waste; biomass; thermal conversion; emission; resource
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Interests: carbon-based fuels; thermal utilization; pollutant removal; resource utilization; high-efficiency utilization technology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Solid carbon-based fuels are highly relevant to developed society, and their amounts are huge. Solid carbon-based fuels typically consist of coal, biomass, and organic solid waste (tire, plastic, etc.), and they are commonly employed in electricity and chemical industries. Coal, biomass, and organic solid wastes typically consist of C, H, O, N, S, and others, and they are regarded as carriers of energy and resource. In addition, their usage is also relevant to CO2, SOx, and NOx emissions. Therefore, the development and utilization of high-efficiency and low-emission solid carbon-based fuels are promising for the future.
Combustion, gasification, and pyrolysis are valuable thermal utilization methods for solid carbon-based fuels, and they can be clean. In addition, there are still other clean and valuable studies in the energy and chemistry fields for developing relevant technologies.
This Special Issue on “Clean Thermal Utilization of Solid Carbon-Based Fuels” intends to present examples of the clean thermal utilization of solid carbon-based fuels. Topics include but are not limited to the following:
- Composition analysis of solid carbon-based fuels;
- Clean thermal utilization method and mechanism;
- Clean thermal reactor design and optimization;
- Products utilization and mechanism;
- Process analysis and optimization;
- Economic analysis and guidance;
Dr. Qiangqiang Ren
Dr. Hao Wu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- solid carbon-based fuels
- composition
- clean thermal utilization
- products utilization
- process
- economic
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