Technical challenges in scaling up the microwave technology for biomass processing

IJ Siddique, AA Salema, E Antunes, R Vinu - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microwave (MW)-assisted heating is one of the emerging technologies for biomass
conversion into energy, fuels, and chemicals. It is claimed to be energy efficient, time-saving …

A review on analysis of biochar produced from microwave-assisted pyrolysis of agricultural waste biomass

R Potnuri, DV Surya, CS Rao, A Yadav… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Every year the agricultural product processing industries produce large quantities of
agricultural waste biomass (AWB). Whose disposal has become a serious issue concerning …

Biomass microwave pyrolysis characterization by machine learning for sustainable rural biorefineries

Y Yang, H Shahbeik, A Shafizadeh, N Masoudnia… - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Microwave heating is a promising solution to overcome the shortcomings of conventional
heating in biomass pyrolysis. Nevertheless, biomass microwave pyrolysis is a complex …

Challenges and opportunities in the production of sustainable hydrogen from lignocellulosic biomass using microwave-assisted pyrolysis: A review

V Sridevi, DV Surya, BR Reddy, M Shah… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Hydrogen is the potential future resource to cater the energy and chemical requirements.
Microwave-assisted pyrolysis (MAP) could be the potential technology to obtain green …

Microwave-assisted catalytic pyrolysis of commercial residual lignin with in-situ catalysts to produce homogenous bio-oil and high-yield biochar with enriched pores

N Zhong, X Ren, L Cheng, M Yamamoto… - energy conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
High-value utilization of residual lignin from the commercial bioconversion process is crucial
for the more industrially relevant and feasible bioethanol production. Residual lignin …

Effective deoxygenation for the production of liquid biofuels via microwave assisted co-pyrolysis of agro residues and waste plastics combined with catalytic …

DV Suriapparao, R Vinu, A Shukla, S Haldar - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Rice straw and sugarcane bagasse were co-pyrolyzed with polypropylene and polystyrene
using microwaves, and the pyrolysis vapors were catalytically upgraded using HZSM-5 …

Conversion of polystyrene plastic into aviation fuel through microwave-assisted pyrolysis as affected by iron-based microwave absorbents

S Fan, Y Zhang, L Cui, Q Xiong… - … Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
As recycling plastics through microwave-assisted pyrolysis becomes gradually popular, the
selection of microwave absorbents is therefore of great importance because plastics …

Microwave pyrolysis for valorisation of horse manure biowaste

GR Mong, CT Chong, JH Ng, WWF Chong… - Energy Conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biomass-based feedstock is an attractive alternative to fossil fuel due to its sustainability and
potential as a clean energy source. The present work focuses on the valorisation of horse …

Microwave pyrolysis of polystyrene and polypropylene mixtures using different activated carbon from biomass

P Rex, IP Masilamani, LR Miranda - Journal of the Energy Institute, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, microwave pyrolysis was experimented with mixed types of plastic waste. Two
different plastic wastes polystyrene waste (PSW) and polypropylene waste (PPW) were used …

Microwave-assisted pyrolysis and analytical fast pyrolysis of macroalgae: product analysis and effect of heating mechanism

R Gautam, S Shyam, BR Reddy… - Sustainable Energy & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Macroalgae are emerging feedstocks for sustainable biofuel and chemical production. This
study investigates microwave-assisted pyrolysis (MAP) and analytical fast pyrolysis of three …