Pathway Options for Pyrolysis and Gasification of Biomass
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (22 April 2022) | Viewed by 2196
Special Issue Editors
Interests: renewable energy; biomass; pyrolysis; biodiesel; catalysis; thermal analysis; carbon capture and storage; green chemistry
Interests: forest management; energy cultivations; thermochemical conrsion od biomass; carbon sequestration; biomass economics
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Dear Colleagues,
The urgency to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and mitigate climate change requires a transition to a paradigm of a decentralized and sustainable economy, with a gradual de-carbonization and lowering of energy intensity. In this context, biomass is relevant because it is a renewable resource that can be converted from gaseous, liquid, and solid feedstocks. Pyrolysis and gasification of biomass are two kinds of thermochemical conversion that deliver syngas and other light hydrocarbons, char, and bio-oil as major products that can be the feedstock for pathways for the production of thermal energy and a large scope of products as diverse as hydrogen, activated carbon, biochar, alkane, or vanillin. The syngas from biomass is considered an attractive route to produce chemicals, hydrogen, biofuels, and electricity. The pyrolysis bio-oil can be upgraded into transportation fuels through catalyzed processes in the context of biorefinery, while biochar can be used directly as a fuel, through burning. The interesting sorption abilities of biochar make it an interesting material to be used in processes such as soil amendment and carbon sequestration, water treatments, among other processes involving high-porosity stable materials.
In this context, this Special Issue of Applied Sciences will deliver a comprehensive inter-disciplinary approach to the use of agroforestry biomass involving topics such as the following:
- The performance of different biomasses and operative variables in thermochemical conversions concerning yields and quality of solid, liquid, and gaseous products;
- Technological analysis of specific modalities of biomass pyrolysis and gasification;
- Mass and energy budgets of biomass pyrolysis and gasification industrial conversion alternatives;
- Sustainability cradle-to-grave analysis of biomass gasification and pyrolysis alternative processes;
- Life cycle analysis of biomass pyrolysis and gasification processes
- Upgrading processes of pyrolytic bio-oil
- Biochar uses for energy production, amendment, and carbon sequestration;
Prof. Dr. Ana Paula Soares Dias
Dr. Abel Rodrigues
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Renewable energy
- Biomasses
- Gasification
- Pyrolysis
- Bio-char
- Syngas
- Bio-oil
- Biorefinery
- Lifecycle analysis
- Sustainability
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