Thermochemical conversion of large-size woody biomass for carbon neutrality: Principles, applications, and issues

A Saravanakumar, P Vijayakumar, AT Hoang… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
Large-size woody biomass is a valuable renewable resource to replace fossil fuels in
biorefinery processes. The preprocessing of wood chips and briquettes is challenging to …

Self-sustaining smouldering combustion of waste: A review on applications, key parameters and potential resource recovery

HK Wyn, M Konarova, J Beltramini, G Perkins… - Fuel processing …, 2020 - Elsevier
Smouldering combustion, a phenomenon typically researched from a fire-safety perspective
has recently garnered attention for its applications as a soil remediation method and more …

Co-gasification of biomass and coal in a top-lit updraft fixed bed gasifier: Syngas composition and its interchangeability with natural gas for combustion applications

DA Quintero-Coronel, YA Lenis-Rodas, L Corredor… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
The co-gasification of biomass and coal is a promising approach for efficiently integrating
the unique advantages of different gasification feedstock with syngas production …

Biomass torrefaction characteristics in inert and oxidative atmospheres at various superficial velocities

WH Chen, KM Lu, SH Liu, CM Tsai, WJ Lee… - Bioresource …, 2013 - Elsevier
The reaction characteristics of four biomass materials (ie oil palm fiber, coconut fiber,
eucalyptus, and Cryptomeria japonica) with non-oxidative and oxidative torrefaction at …

Parametric studies on biomass gasification process on updraft gasifier high temperature air gasification

TM Ismail, M Abd El-Salam - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper discusses numerical simulation and experimental studies of different operating
conditions of biomass gasification on the performance of an updraft gasifier high …

Exergy analysis of updraft and downdraft fixed bed gasification of village-level solid waste

X Xiang, G Gong, C Wang, N Cai, X Zhou… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The most commonly used for gasification of village-level solid waste is the fixed-bed gasifier,
but there is no reasonable method to evaluate the gasification process. This paper attempts …

Validation and application of a kinetic model for biomass gasification simulation and optimization in updraft gasifiers

J Yu, JD Smith - Chemical Engineering and Processing-Process …, 2018 - Elsevier
Biomass gasification has attracted great interest recently for its great potential as a thermal
degradation method that converts biomass or carbonaceous solids into combustible gases …

TG-GC-MS study of pyrolysis characteristics and kinetic analysis during different kinds of biomass

S Zhang, Y Dong, G Qi - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, TG-GC-MS was used to study the pyrolysis characteristics and kinetic
parameters of the atypical biomass such as traditional Chinese medicine residues, livestock …

The effects of air flow rates, secondary air inlet geometry, fuel type, and operating mode on the performance of gasifier cookstoves

J Tryner, JW Tillotson, ME Baumgardner… - Environmental …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Development of biomass cookstoves that reduce emissions of CO and PM2. 5 by more than
50% and 95%, respectively, compared to a three-stone fire has been promoted as part of …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling the biomass updraft gasification process using the combination of a pyrolysis kinetic model and a thermodynamic equilibrium model

D Cerinski, AI Ferreiro, J Baleta, M Costa, F Zimbardi… - Energy Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Conversion of biomass into gas suitable for further exploitation is one of the valuable
renewable energy pathways due to the wide distribution and availability of raw materials …