Biochar: From by-products of agro-industrial lignocellulosic waste to tailored carbon-based catalysts for biomass thermochemical conversions

R Zou, M Qian, C Wang, W Mateo, Y Wang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Producing chemicals and energy from renewable biomass is critical in tackling the energy
crisis. As a by-product of biomass conversion, biochar with its low price, extensive sources …

Fundamentals and applications of char in biomass tar reforming

J Ren, JP Cao, XY Zhao, YL Liu - Fuel Processing Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
In the last few decades, the production of value-added chemicals from biomass has become
a key research focus. Biomass gasification into syngas and further for methane, methanol …

Hydrogen production from biomass gasification using biochar as a catalyst/support

D Yao, Q Hu, D Wang, H Yang, C Wu, X Wang… - Bioresource …, 2016 - Elsevier
Biochar is a promising catalyst/support for biomass gasification. Hydrogen production from
biomass steam gasification with biochar or Ni-based biochar has been investigated using a …

Hydrogen-rich syngas production and tar removal from biomass gasification using sacrificial tyre pyrolysis char

AS Al-Rahbi, PT Williams - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Carbonaceous materials have been proven to have a high catalytic activity for tar removal
from the syngas produced from biomass gasification. The simultaneous reforming and …

Volatile-char interactions during biomass pyrolysis: Effect of biomass acid-washing pretreatment

Y Wang, B Li, A Gao, K Ding, X Xing, J Wei, Y Huang… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of acid-washing pretreatment on the
poplar wood (PW) pyrolysis under different volatile-char interactions, the experiment was …

Effects of K and Ca on reforming of model tar compounds with pyrolysis biochars under H2O or CO2

D Feng, Y Zhao, Y Zhang, S Sun, S Meng, Y Guo… - Chemical Engineering …, 2016 - Elsevier
Pyrolysis biochar is widely used as the catalyst for tar cracking during biomass gasification.
K and Ca in pyrolysis biochar affect the reforming of biomass tar under H 2 O or CO 2 …

A review on biomass gasification: Effect of main parameters on char generation and reaction

Y Zhang, L Wan, J Guan, Q Xiong, S Zhang… - Energy & Fuels, 2020 - ACS Publications
Reactions between char and gasifying agents are usually the controlling step and of a core
role for the overall biomass gasification process due to the relatively low reaction rate. Char …

Role of O-containing functional groups in biochar during the catalytic steam reforming of tar using the biochar as a catalyst

Y Liu, M Paskevicius, H Wang, G Parkinson, JP Veder… - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
Tar formation is practically unavoidable during gasification. Catalytic tar forming is one of the
most promising techniques for producing high-quality syngas at a commercial scale. Biochar …

Biomass derived chars for energy applications

B Khiari, M Jeguirim, L Limousy, S Bennici - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2019 - Elsevier
Biomass-derived chars present energy density values close to those of fossil fuels and
therefore they are good candidates in electricity or heat production plants with only minor …

Pyrolysis of poplar, cellulose and lignin: Effects of acidity and alkalinity of the metal oxide catalysts

C Zhang, X Hu, H Guo, T Wei, D Dong, G Hu… - Journal of analytical and …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study investigated the effects of the acidity/alkalinity of seven oxides (Al 2 O 3, SiO 2,
ZnO, K 2 O, MgO, CaO, La 2 O 3) on the pyrolysis of poplar, cellulose and lignin. The results …