Biomass fast pyrolysis is potentially one of the cheapest routes toward renewable liquid
fuels. Its commercialization, however, poses a multi-scale challenge, which starts with the …

Increasing energy demand, especially in the transportation sector, and soaring CO2
emissions necessitate the exploitation of renewable sources of energy. Despite the large …

Biomass tar could be produced along with syngas during biomass pyrolysis/gasification. Tar
elimination by efficient adsorption and catalytic conversion by carbon-based …

Fast pyrolysis utilizes biomass to produce a product that is used both as an energy source
and a feedstock for chemical production. Considerable efforts have been made to convert …

Processing bio-oil with the help of currently existing petroleum refinery infrastructure has
been considered as a promising alternative to produce sustainable fuels in the future. The …

The paper reviews the pyrolysis of biomass constituents and possible secondary reactions.
Biomass pyrolysis yields mostly liquid and solid fuel, easy to store and transport. Relevant …

Recent advances inexperimental methods and computer modeling have shed new light on
the kinetics of cellulose pyrolysis. The rich slate of reaction products that evolve when …

Application of the process intensification concept to biomass gasification is relatively recent,
but is arousing growing interest by providing true opportunities for developing cost-effective …

The evolution of water during the heating of cellulose is of great importance in
understanding the degradation of cellulose because of the autoaccelerating role water plays …

Thermal reduction of graphene oxide or graphite oxide (GO) is an important processing step
in the fabrication of many graphene-based materials and devices. Here we show that some …