Advanced Technologies in Biomass and Waste Conversion for Sustainable Energy and Materials
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Bioeconomy of Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 23 July 2026 | Viewed by 1
Special Issue Editor
Interests: biomass; combustion; computational fluid dynamics; thermal and fluids engineering; energy production; energy conversion
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Energy production has always been closely coupled with human development. From the mastery of fire to the steam engine, electrification, and the petroleum economy, each major leap in human progress has been fueled by revolutions in the energy sector. However, this sector is also one of the primary sources of anthropogenic GHG emissions, significantly contributing to climate change and its respective consequences.
Motivated by their availability, widespread, abundance, and environmental concerns, solid biomass and wastes have become a competitive option to diversify both electricity production and direct heat among renewable energy resources. However, their conversion technologies, even combustion, the most usual conversion process of solid biomass, still require further research since it is related to low efficiency and pollutants emissions.
This Special Issue aims to publish a comprehensive overview of research papers addressing the recent progress in solid biomass thermochemical conversion. Investigations involving experimental and numerical works, recent evolutions, and the present state of the art in this field are highly encouraged. Hence, this Special Issue covers the following solid biomass topics but is not limited to the following:
- Experimental Studies of Biomass Conversion
- Waste-to-energy solutions
- Bio-energy and environmentally friendly materials/products
- Characterization of the Physicochemical and Thermal Properties of Solid Biomass and Wastes;
- Low-quality fuels;
- Machine learning techniques.
Dr. João Pedro Vasconcelos Silva
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biomass
- eenewable energy
- waste conversion
- biofuels
- bioenergy systems
- sustainable fuels
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