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 …

process entails the capture, transport and storage of carbon dioxide produced during energy production from biomass. Globally …, including no guarantee biomass will always be from sustainable sources or potentially result in carbon stock losses. The …

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 …

interest in producing hydrogen from biomass with a view to sustainability. The thermochemical process for hydrogen production … process via biomass steam gasification with calcium oxide as sorbent in a gasifier. A modelling framework consisting of … includes an investigation of the influence of the temperature, steam/biomass ratio and sorbent/biomass ratio on the amount of …

of residues and wastes obtained from biomass. Bioenergy production using woody biomass is a fast developing application …

A review was conducted on the use of thermochemical biomass gasification for producing biofuels, biopower and chemicals …. The upstream processes for gasification are similar to other biomass processing methods. However, challenges remain in the …

promising technology for the efficient conversion of wet biomass into a product gas that after upgrading can be used as … subject of many research works in the field of thermochemical conversion of wet biomass. This article reviews the state of the … chemistry of reactions to the process challenges of such a biomass based supercritical water gasification process plant. …

percentage of biomass with coal) (5%–10% biomass), medium co-firing (15%–20% biomass), and dedicated biomass firing (100% biomass …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 …