Advances in biomass torrefaction: Parameters, models, reactors, applications, deployment, and market

SK Thengane, KS Kung, A Gomez-Barea… - Progress in Energy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biomass is a promising renewable source that can reduce fossil fuel consumption and
associated greenhouse gas emissions, but some of its characteristics make it difficult to use …

[HTML][HTML] Progress in biomass torrefaction: Principles, applications and challenges

WH Chen, BJ Lin, YY Lin, YS Chu, AT Ubando… - Progress in Energy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of biofuels has been considered as an important countermeasure to abate
anthropogenic CO 2 emissions, suppress deteriorated atmospheric greenhouse effect, and …

Progress in microwave pyrolysis conversion of agricultural waste to value-added biofuels: a batch to continuous approach

S Ge, PNY Yek, YW Cheng, C Xia, WAW Mahari… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microwave pyrolysis (MP) has emerged as a promising technique to valorize agricultural
wastes (AW) into biofuels, comprising biochar, bio-oil, and syngas. To fill the research gap …

[HTML][HTML] Variation of lignocellulosic biomass structure from torrefaction: A critical review

HC Ong, KL Yu, WH Chen, MK Pillejera, X Bi… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, torrefaction, a kind of biomass thermal pretreatment technology, has
received a great deal of attention due to its effective upgrading performance of biomass …

A state-of-the-art review on thermochemical conversion of biomass for biofuel production: A TG-FTIR approach

HC Ong, WH Chen, Y Singh, YY Gan, CY Chen… - Energy Conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Effective methods of biomass characterization are needed for energy production due to the
increase in biomass to bioenergy conversion capacity and the availability of various …

Lignocellulosic biomass pyrolysis mechanism: A state-of-the-art review

S Wang, G Dai, H Yang, Z Luo - Progress in energy and combustion …, 2017 - Elsevier
The past decades have seen increasing interest in developing pyrolysis pathways to
produce biofuels and bio-based chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass. Pyrolysis is a key …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation of biomass torrefaction based on three major components: Hemicellulose, cellulose, and lignin

D Chen, A Gao, K Cen, J Zhang, X Cao, Z Ma - Energy conversion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, torrefaction of hemicellulose, cellulose, and lignin were studied at a series of
torrefaction temperatures (210, 240, 270, and 300° C) based on the properties of their three …

[HTML][HTML] Materials chemistry and the futurist eco-friendly applications of nanocellulose: Status and prospect

RK Mishra, A Sabu, SK Tiwari - Journal of Saudi Chemical Society, 2018 - Elsevier
Cellulose, a linear biopolymer, is present naturally in all plants. Apart from being the planet's
predominant natural polymer, it also offers a variety of features including excellent …

A state-of-the-art review of biomass torrefaction, densification and applications

WH Chen, J Peng, XT Bi - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Torrefaction is a mild pyrolysis, which has been explored for the pretreatment of biomass to
increase the heating value and hydrophobicity. Due to its potential applications for making …

Thermal stability of natural fibers and their polymer composites

M Asim, MT Paridah, M Chandrasekar… - Iranian Polymer …, 2020 - Springer
Natural fiber-based composites are applied in many structural engineered products from
civil constructions to automobile manufacturing due to the properties such as low density …