[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 …

[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 for aromatic hydrocarbons production: Pre and in-process enhancement methods

L Ke, Q Wu, N Zhou, J Xiong, Q Yang, L Zhang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rapid consumption of petroleum and concerns about carbon emissions have promoted
utilization of renewable energy such as biomass. Pyrolysis of biomass is one of effective …

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 …

Biomass torrefaction: An overview of process and technology assessment based on global readiness level

KB Kota, S Shenbagaraj, PK Sharma, AK Sharma… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Biomass is a potential renewable energy source as it is abundantly available and does not
cost much. However, some property characteristics, such as high moisture content, low …

Pyrolysis characteristics and non-isothermal kinetics of waste wood biomass

J Li, B Dou, H Zhang, H Zhang, H Chen, Y Xu, C Wu - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The evaluation of thermochemical characteristics and the development of kinetic model for
pyrolysis of waste biomass are more challenging. In this study, the mass losses …

Biomass torrefaction as an emerging technology to aid in energy production

TA Mamvura, G Danha - Heliyon, 2020 - cell.com
Biomass torrefaction has gained widespread attention due to its benefits as a standalone
process to improve biomass properties to be at par or similar to those for coal in electricity …

Torrefaction performance and energy usage of biomass wastes and their correlations with torrefaction severity index

C Zhang, SH Ho, WH Chen, Y Xie, Z Liu, JS Chang - Applied energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Weight loss has been suggested as an important indicator of torrefaction severity for
describing the performance of this thermal pretreatment process. The present study …

Recent advances in biomass pretreatment–Torrefaction fundamentals and technology

JJ Chew, V Doshi - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
Biomass and its utilization have been intimately associated to renewable energy in the
recent years. However, the undesirable properties of biomass such as high moisture content …