flexibility and high-energy efficiency. Biomass materials, such as corn stover and forestry residues, are potential sources for … renewable energy for CHP production. In Mississippi, approximately 4.0 MT dry tons of woody biomass is available annually for …

Over the last years, the pretreatment of biomass as a source of energy has become one of the most important steps of … biomass conversion. In this work the effect of a mild subcritical hydrothermal carbonization of a tropical woody biomass was …

Biomass pyrolysis is usually characterized on the basis of temperature and heating rate. Unfortunately, these … of reacting biomass particles are the same as those of the external heating medium. The difficulties in defining these …

process via biomass steam gasification with calcium oxide as sorbent in a gasifier. A modelling framework consisting of … interest in producing hydrogen from biomass with a view to sustainability. The thermochemical process for hydrogen production …, i.e. gasification, is the focus of this work. This paper discusses the mathematical modeling of hydrogen production …

biomass-to-electricity conversion. This paper aims at investigating the design- and part-load performance of an innovative …

The two major pathways for energy utilization from biomass are conversion to a liquid fuel (<i>i.e.</i>, biofuels) or … conversion to electricity (<i>i.e.</i>, biopower). In the United States (US), biomass policy has focused on biofuels. However … percentage of biomass with coal) (5%–10% biomass), medium co-firing (15%–20% biomass), and dedicated biomass firing (100% biomass …

both gasification and combustion processes. The complex chemical reaction network occurring in this step leads to a …Understanding and modeling of coal and biomass pyrolysis assume particular importance being the first step occurring in … materials, which represent very different classes of energy source: a microalgae biomass and a sub-bituminous coal. The model …