An assessment of potential resources for biomass energy in Nigeria

SO Jekayinfa, JI Orisaleye, R Pecenka - Resources, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nigeria is a developing country with an insufficient supply of energy to meet the continuously
growing demand. However, there are several biomass resources available within the …

Pyrolysis of municipal sewage sludge for bioenergy production: Thermo-kinetic studies, evolved gas analysis, and techno-socio-economic assessment

H Shahbeig, M Nosrati - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, a comprehensive investigation was conducted to use municipal sewage sludge
(MSS) as a promising feedstock for bioenergy production via pyrolysis process. Using …

Pyrolysis of water hyacinth biomass parts: Bioenergy, gas emissions, and by-products using TG-FTIR and Py-GC/MS analyses

H Huang, J Liu, H Liu, F Evrendilek… - Energy Conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study aimed to quantify the pyrolytic bioenergy potential of water hyacinth roots (WHR),
stems and leaves (WHSL) by assessing their physicochemical properties, pyrolysis …

Kinetics and thermodynamic analysis of palm oil decanter cake and alum sludge combustion for bioenergy production

KJ Abioye, NY Harun, S Sufian, M Yusuf… - Sustainable Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
The main purpose of this research is to explore the thermo-kinetics of the combustion
process involving palm oil decanter cake (PODC) and alum sludge (AS) for bioenergy …

Kinetic and thermodynamic analyses during co-pyrolysis of greenhouse wastes and coal by TGA

H Merdun, ZB Laougé - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
For thermal and kinetic analyses of co-pyrolysis of biomass and coal thermogravimetric
analysis (TGA) is usually used to get valuable information for accurate design of co-pyrolysis …

Pyrolysis dynamics of two medical plastic wastes: drivers, behaviors, evolved gases, reaction mechanisms, and pathways

Z Ding, H Chen, J Liu, H Cai, F Evrendilek… - Journal of hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
The public has started to increasingly scrutinize the proper disposal and treatment of rapidly
growing medical wastes, in particular, given the COVID-19 pandemic, raised awareness …

Co-pyrolysis of bamboo sawdust and plastic: synergistic effects and kinetics

M Alam, A Bhavanam, A Jana, NR Peela - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The co-pyrolysis of bamboo sawdust (BSD) and linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) is
studied for the first time using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) in the temperature range of …

Co-pyrolysis of sewage sludge and low-density polyethylene–a thermogravimetric study of thermo-kinetics and thermodynamic parameters

A Zaker, Z Chen, M Zaheer-Uddin, J Guo - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigates, for the first time, the thermal behaviors, kinetics and thermodynamics
of sewage sludge (SS) and low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and their blends during co …

Bioenergy potential of Saccharum bengalense through pyrolysis, reaction kinetics, TG-FTIR-GCMS analysis of pyrolysis products, and validation of the pyrolysis data …

A Asghar, CG Liu, I Ali, AZ Khan, H Zhu, N Wang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Saccharum bengalense grows on non-arable lands throughout the world. Its oven-dried
biomass showed 18.05±0.37 (MJ kg− 1) of High Heating Value (HHV), 76.47±0.58% of …

Thermal degradation characteristics, kinetics, thermodynamic, and reaction mechanism analysis of pistachio shell pyrolysis for its bioenergy potential

S Gupta, GK Gupta, MK Mondal - Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2022 - Springer
The research work aims to estimate the bioenergy potential of pistachio shell and study its
degradation kinetics which is necessary for the efficient design and optimization of …