Plastic solid waste (PSW) in the context of life cycle assessment (LCA) and sustainable management

A Antelava, S Damilos, S Hafeez, G Manos… - Environmental …, 2019 - Springer
Over the past few decades, life cycle assessment (LCA) has been established as a critical
tool for the evaluation of the environmental burdens of chemical processes and materials …

Bio‐oil, solid and gaseous biofuels from biomass pyrolysis processes—an overview

D Vamvuka - International journal of energy research, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
As the global demand for energy rapidly increases and fossil fuels will be soon exhausted,
bio‐energy has become one of the key options for shorter and medium term substitution for …

Experimental studies on producer gas generation from wood waste in a downdraft biomass gasifier

PN Sheth, BV Babu - Bioresource technology, 2009 - Elsevier
A process of conversion of solid carbonaceous fuel into combustible gas by partial
combustion is known as gasification. The resulting gas, known as producer gas, is more …

Thermal degradation of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids in microalgae analyzed by evolutionary computation

WH Chen, YS Chu, JL Liu, JS Chang - Energy Conversion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The kinetics of microalgae pyrolysis is investigated to analyze the thermal degradation of
carbohydrates, proteins and lipids in different species of microalgae. The pyrolysis …

Investigation on forestry wood wastes: pyrolysis and thermal characteristics of Ficus religiosa for energy recovery system

YKSS Rao, CS Dhanalakshmi… - … in Materials Science …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Pyrolysis is the most important thermochemical process that can be used for the production
of biofuel, from wood and wood‐based lignocellulosic materials. In this study, bio‐oil is …

Life cycle assessment of fast pyrolysis of municipal solid waste in North Carolina of USA

H Wang, L Wang, A Shahbazi - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2015 - Elsevier
This study was to investigate whether a pyrolysis plant using municipal solid waste (MSW) in
North Carolina would be environmentally friendly. Based on the analysis of primary landfills …

Production of hydrogen energy through biomass (waste wood) gasification

PN Sheth, BV Babu - International Journal of hydrogen energy, 2010 - Elsevier
Biomass gasification, conversion of solid carbonaceous fuel into combustible gas by partial
combustion, is a prominent technology for the production of hydrogen from biomass. The …

Soft computing techniques in advancement of structural metals

S Datta, PP Chattopadhyay - International Materials …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Current trends in the progress of technology demand availability of materials resources
ahead of the advancing fronts of the application areas. During the last couple of decades …

Life cycle perspective of bio-oil and biochar production from hardwood biomass; what is the optimum mix and what to do with it?

HR Lu, A El Hanandeh - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
Many studies identified the optimum temperature to maximise bio-oil/biochar yield using fast
pyrolysis from woody biomass. However, the optimum mix of biochar and bio-oil production …

Life-cycle assessment of flash pyrolysis of wood waste

ZW Zhong, B Song, MBM Zaki - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2010 - Elsevier
This work analyzes a process known as flash pyrolysis, which produces bio fuels using
biomass for power generation. A life-cycle assessment of flash pyrolysis of wood waste was …