Lignin is a carbon-rich renewable source owning aromatic structure units, which is an important constituent in biomass …. Effects of hot-compressed organic solvent–water mixture solution on conversion of lignin and effects of lignin in biomass … gasification of lignin seem necessary in order to get fuel gas from hydrothermal gasification of the whole biomass. …

Rapid methods to characterise biomass for energy are needed due to the increasing use of biomass in the energy system … management systems, allowing for the appropriate selection and optimum use of biomass to energy conversion techniques …. Composition of biomass has important implications for optimisation of conversion processes such as pelletising …

To confront energy shortage, global warming and climate changes, biofuels derived from biomass have received increasing … the biomass feedstock for the flexible production of several different types of renewable and sustainable biofuels such as … continuously produced from one biomass source, can evidently lead to an increase in the energetic productivity of the microalgal …

Pyrolysis is one of the potential routes to harness energy and useful chemicals from biomass. The major objective of … biomass pyrolysis is to produce liquid fuel, which is easier to transport, store and can be an alternative to energy source …. The yield and composition of pyrolysis oil depend upon biomass feedstock and operating parameters. It is often necessary …

This study aims to provide a long term overview of developments in energy from biomass in Western Europe by analyzing … studied by the literature study of open literature and articles of the European Biomass Conference. In addition, a … policy arena and different actors. With a still growing interest in energy from biomass, the multiple discourses seem to keep …

Biomass can be utilized to produce bio-oil, a promising alternative energy source for the limited crude oil. There are … mainly two processes involved in the conversion of biomass to bio-oil: flash pyrolysis and hydrothermal liquefaction. The … cost of bio-oil production from biomass is relatively high based on current technologies, and the main challenges are the …

both to heterotrophic and phototrophic culture conditions. The lipid content and biomass productivity of microalgae can be … up to 80% and 7.3g/l/d based on the dried weight of biomass, respectively, making microalgae an ideal candidate as a … biofuel feedstock. The set-up of the system and the biomass productivity of microalgae cultivated in an open pond and a …