Hydrothermal pretreatment technologies for lignocellulosic biomass: A review of steam explosion and subcritical water hydrolysis

TR Sarker, F Pattnaik, S Nanda, AK Dalai, V Meda… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
The pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass enhances the conversion efficiency to produce
biofuels and value-added chemicals, which have the potential to replace fossil fuels …

The significance of pelletization operating conditions: An analysis of physical and mechanical characteristics as well as energy consumption of biomass pellets

ME Mostafa, S Hu, Y Wang, S Su, X Hu… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Biomass raw materials are widely regarded as a significant source of renewable energy,
which significantly reduces the dependence on traditional fossil fuels, especially in the case …

Co-hydrothermal carbonization of food waste with yard waste for solid biofuel production: Hydrochar characterization and its pelletization

HB Sharma, BK Dubey - Waste Management, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, Co-HTC of food waste with yard waste was conducted for biofuel pellets
production, and also to understand any possible synergy between two feedstock types. The …

Experimental trials to make wheat straw pellets with wood residue and binders

D Lu, LG Tabil, D Wang, G Wang, S Emami - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2014 - Elsevier
Crude glycerol, bentonite, lignosulfonate, and softwood residue (wood residue) were
investigated in this study as binders for biomass fuel pellets for thermochemical conversion …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancement of fuel and physicochemical properties of canola residues via microwave torrefaction

TR Sarker, R Azargohar, AK Dalai, V Meda - Energy Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Conversion of low value agricultural residues to better-quality products eg biofuel,
bioproducts can solve the issues related to energy crisis as well as environmental …

Effect of densification parameters on the properties of maize residue pellets

T Wongsiriamnuay, N Tippayawong - Biosystems Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•Different residues (cob, stalk, and husk) with sizes 0.5–0.8 mm were
examined.•Moderate pressure (150–250 MPa) and low temperature (< 100 C) …

Effect of polymer plastic binder on mechanical, storage and combustion characteristics of torrefied and pelletized herbaceous biomass

B Emadi, KL Iroba, LG Tabil - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Currently one of the main challenges of the wood pellet industry is the limitation of raw
materials. The solution to this limitation can be either increasing the efficiency of the …

Torrefaction and densification of wood sawdust for bioenergy applications

P Alizadeh, LG Tabil, PK Adapa, D Cree, E Mupondwa… - Fuels, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this study, wood sawdust as waste residue from wood processing mills was pretreated
using torrefaction to improve fuel properties and densified to facilitate transportation …

Mechanical and combustion properties of sawdust—Straw pellets blended in different proportions

M Stasiak, M Molenda, M Bańda, J Wiącek… - Fuel Processing …, 2017 - Elsevier
The objective of this project was to determine the mechanical and combustion properties of
pellets made of pine sawdust mixed with wheat and rapeseed straws. We determined the …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of densified fuel quality parameters: A case study for wheat straw pellet

B Nath, G Chen, L Bowtell, RA Mahmood - Journal of Bioresources and …, 2023 - Elsevier
An investigation was conducted to examine the impact of additive mixing with wheat straw
(WS) for pellet making. This study manufactured seven types of pellets with different additive …