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 …

Large scale biofuel production will be possible only if significant quantities of biomass feedstock can be stored … biomass. The main objective of this study was to investigate the effects of particle size, plant components, and gas residence … different purge gas residence times were employed to assess the effects of interaction of volatiles and torrefied biomass …

Switchgrass is a high yielding, low-input intensive, native perennial grass that has been promoted as a major second …-generation bioenergy crop. Raw switchgrass is not a readily acceptable feedstock in existing power plants that were built to accommodate … coal and peat. The objective of this research was to elucidate some of the characteristics of switchgrass biochar produced …

biomass type (switchgrass, sorghum straw and red cedar) and equivalence ratio (0.20, 0.25 and 0.28),<i> i.e.</i>, the ratio of …Char is a low-value byproduct of biomass gasification and pyrolysis with many potential applications, such as soil … of char depend heavily on biomass feedstock, gasifier design and operating conditions. This paper reports the effects of …

of biomass) calculated were lowest for ground switchgrass and torrefied wood chips (2.68 and 4.86 mg/kg) whereas wood …Wood chips, torrefied wood chips, ground switchgrass, and wood pellets were tested for off‑gas emissions during storage …>, wood pellets recorded the lowest value of 55.46 mg/kg, whereas switchgrass recorded the highest value of 318.72 mg/kg. This …

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 …