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the biomass feedstock for the flexible production of several different types of renewable and sustainable biofuels such as …To confront energy shortage, global warming and climate changes, biofuels derived from biomass have received increasing … continuously produced from one biomass source, can evidently lead to an increase in the energetic productivity of the microalgal …
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lignocellulosic biomass is crucial for success of second generation biofuels. This paper systematically describes energy needs, energy … targets, biofuel feedstocks, conversion processes, and finally provides a comprehensive review of Biomass Supply Chain (BSC … understanding biomass feedstocks and biofuel production as well as detailed analysis of the BSC modeling and design. …
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Recently, valorization of lignocellulosic biomass, the most abundantly available biomass raw material on the Earth, to … renewable lignocellulosic biomass resource for energy, chemical and material sectors. In this review, focus was principally put …, advances in the GVL production through selective reduction of commercial or biomass-derived levulinic acid (LA) and its esters …
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Climate change due to greenhouse gases emission from fossil fuels has prompted several governments to channel resources in the commercial utilisation of renewable energy sources. Solar energy is one of the renewable energy sources that is highly untapped and underutilized. Australia has the...
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the potential of Solar, Wind and Biomass renewable energy options to meet part of the electrical demand in Karachi … Photovoltaic (PV) and Parabolic Trough Collectors (PTC) respectively, 2% from wind and 0.7% from biomass. Also, the proposed mix is … found feasible with PV to recover its investment costs in 5 years followed by biomass and wind in 6 years and finally PTC in …
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This paper reviews the scientific production of renewable energies, namely, solar, wind, biomass, hydropower and … biomass is the most studied, both by number of publications, with 56% of the publications on renewable energy, and by … hydropower and biomass, and the U.S. Geological Survey leads in geothermal energy. …
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Global exploitation of renewable energy technologies is increasing rapidly due to the concern in global warming and dwindling supplies of fossil fuels. Most of the countries in the world are blessed with two or more renewable energy sources (RES) and hence have formulated policies to boost the...
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The ability to discover and utilize a reliable source of renewable energy is vital in order to reduce the effects of global warming and to decrease and/or eliminate reliance on fossil fuel. Recently, countries around the world have been recognizing the immediate need to tackle the current energy...
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Brunei Darussalam is located near the equator in the Borneo Island. Abundant rain, humidity and sunshine have created one of the largest rain forests in the world. Seven samples of sawdust taken from this rainforest and were analyzed for their fuel value and environmental impact. Among the seven...
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, wind energy, micro hydro and biomass energy. Noting the potential of renewable and sustainable energy resources in the …
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