influence the use of wood biomass for energy in the short (2020) to medium (2030) term in the EU (European Union). Analysis … wood and especially industrial wood for energy. However, even with a high 100 €/tCO2 price and subsidy, mostly gas … wood used for energy production, which is sourced from the reduction of 12 million m3 for wood products, 10 million m3 …

With increasing renewable energy targets and the use of biomass for energy production, questions arise about the … production of biofuel can have on the environment, but there has been less consideration of more small scale biomass heating … levels depending on the loading of the boiler. In all cases the energy payback of the systems was under one year, ranging …

renewable sources of energy, biomass and geothermal, are combined to deliver five useful outputs for residential applications …. The energy products from biomass sources are used to drive an organic Rankine cycle and a vapour absorption chiller, and …A renewable energy-based multi-generation system is developed and studied energetically and exergetically. Two …

. Torrefaction, pelletisation and pyrolysis technologies can convert biomass at modest scales into dense energy carriers that ease …

the stated synergistic effects in co-pyrolysis of biomass and plastic wastes. The thermal behaviour of plastics during … pyrolysis is different from that of biomass because its decomposition happens at a high temperature range with sudden release of … volatile compared to biomass which have a wide range of thermal decomposition. A properly designed recipe and operational …

discuss their determining factors through analysis of mass and energy balances. This study has shown that woody biomass can be … commodification of biomass. However, there is limited scientific knowledge on the techno-economic performance of torrefaction. This … processes is expected to improve and energy efficiencies are expected to be at least 97% as optimal torgas use and efficient …

multigeneration system, containing a biomass combustor, an organic Rankine cycle to produce electricity, a double-effect absorption … produce hot water and a reverse osmosis desalination unit to produce fresh water. Energy and exergy analyses and an …

A new multi-generation system based on a biomass combustor, an organic Rankine cycle (ORC), an absorption chiller and a … important design parameters on the energy and exergy efficiencies of the system. …