Biopower Technologies
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A4: Bio-Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 January 2023) | Viewed by 30727
Special Issue Editors
Interests: lignocellulosic biomass; anaerobic digestion; biofuel; bioethanol; biomethanol; biomethane; biogas; biomass pretreatment; zero-waste; second and third generation biofuel production
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2. Department of Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, United Arab Emirates
Interests: renewable and sustainable energy systems; biomass and bioenergy; waste to energy; process system engineering; heat integration; modelling, simulation and optimization; biofuels and hydrogen production; environmental science and engineering; solar thermal energy; energy management; hybrid energy systems; CO2 capture and utilization
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Interests: bioeconomy; biofuels; biomass conversion; biomethane; bioethanol; lignocellulosic biomass; pretreatment; renewable transport fuels
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The continued overexploitation of fossil fuels has led to the exhaustion of those very resources, and has brought environmental degradation, climate concerns, as well as severe and irreversible consequences for people, economies, and ecosystems around the world. As scientists, we need to act immediately to minimize the consequences of unsustainable development, reduce the drivers of climate change, decrease the global warming potential, and provide energy security across the globe. There is a need for research that promotes and develops the most efficient technologies and the most promising routes to produce energy—particularly from alternative sources of energy.
This Special Issue aims to address the gaps and challenges that affect the utilization and implementation of biopower technologies through the supply chain, from upstream to downstream processes. All types of original submissions are welcome. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Biopower production trends;
- Production and use of biomass resources;
- Biomass pretreatment and conversion pathways;
- Parameters that influence biopower generation;
- Application of circular bioeconomy strategies and concepts;
- Environmental aspects of biopower energy;
- Development and implementation of new technologies;
- Life cycle assessment approaches;
- Scale-up and commercialization;
- End uses and applications;
- Synthesis and upgrading;
- Process design and optimization;
- Markets and policies;
- Heat integration and heat recovery in biopower technologies;
- Production of value-added products.
Dr. Lisandra Rocha Meneses
Dr. Abrar Inayat
Prof. Dr. Timo Kikas
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Heat and power
- Biomass valorization
- Combustion
- Gasification
- Anaerobic digestion
- Pyrolysis
- Torrefaction
- Carbonization
- Zero-waste
- Circular economy
- Process integration
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