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Wine industry waste thermal processing for derived fuel properties improvement

Marculescu, Cosmin; Ciuta, Simona - In: Renewable Energy 57 (2013) C, pp. 645-652

The paper presents the results of pyrolysis process applied as pre-treatment sequence for grape marc within energy conversion chain. Experimental campaign for proximate, ultimate and calorimetric characterization of the product was conducted. The product equivalent chemical formula was...

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Kinetic evaluation of the viologen-catalyzed carbohydrate oxidation reaction for fuel cell application

Watt, Gerald D. - In: Renewable Energy 63 (2014) C, pp. 370-375

electrodes is a rapid process, so here we report a kinetic investigation evaluating the kinetics of oxidation of various …

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Thermogravimetric kinetic analysis of the combustion of biowastes

Sanchez, M.E.; Otero, M.; Gómez, X.; Morán, A. - In: Renewable Energy 34 (2009) 6, pp. 1622-1627

content of the materials studied. Non-isothermal thermogravimetric data were used to assess the kinetics of the combustion of …

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Renewable hydrogen generation by steam reforming of glycerol over zirconia promoted ceria supported catalyst

Dave, Chirag D.; Pant, K.K. - In: Renewable Energy 36 (2011) 11, pp. 3195-3202

The study focuses on hydrogen production from steam reforming of glycerol over nickel based catalyst promoted by zirconia and supported over ceria. Catalyst was prepared by the wet-impregnation method and characterized by BET surface area analysis, X-ray diffraction technique and scanning...

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Recent advances in biomass pretreatment – Torrefaction fundamentals and technology

Chew, J.J.; Doshi, V. - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 15 (2011) 8, pp. 4212-4222

Biomass and its utilization have been intimately associated to renewable energy in the recent years. However, the undesirable properties of biomass such as high moisture content and its heterogeneous nature pose a barrier to its competitiveness in the energy generation market. A viable option to...

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Mass transfer studies during CO2 gasification of torrefied and pyrolyzed chars

Vincent, Shubha Shalini; Mahinpey, Nader; Aqsha, Aqsha - In: Energy 67 (2014) C, pp. 319-327

A comparative study on CO2 gasification kinetics of flax straw char produced by two different processes, namely …

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Studies on metal oxide nanoparticles catalyzed sodium aluminum hydride

Pukazhselvan, D.; Hudson, M. Sterlin Leo; Sinha, A.S.K.; … - In: Energy 35 (2010) 12, pp. 5037-5042

This paper reports the catalytic activity of several metal oxide nanoparticles such as TiO2, CeO2, La2O3, Pr2O3, Nd2O3, Sm2O3, Eu2O3 and Gd2O3 for NaAlH4. TiO2 was found to be the most effective catalyst. In order to find the size dependence of TiO2 nanoparticles on the catalytic activity, TiO2...

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Property modification of jatropha oil biodiesel by blending with other biodiesels or adding antioxidants

Chen, Yi-Hung; Chen, Jhih-Hong; Luo, Yu-Min; Shang, … - In: Energy 36 (2011) 7, pp. 4415-4421

The feasibility of biodiesel production from jatropha (Jatropha curcas) oil was investigated with respect to the … biodiesel blending properties and its oxidation stability with antioxidants. The JME (jatropha oil methyl esters) had the cetane … blended with palm oil biodiesel and soybean oil biodiesel at various weight ratios and evaluated for fuel properties as …

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Energetic valorisation of olive mill wastewater impregnated on low cost absorbent: Sawdust versus olive solid waste

Chouchene, Ajmia; Jeguirim, Mejdi; Favre-Reguillon, Alain; … - In: Energy 39 (2012) 1, pp. 74-81

The oil extraction industry generates two by-products, an aqueous effluent, olive mill wastewater (OMWW) and a solid residue, olive mill solid waste (OMSW). OMWW is considered as the major pollutant in the Mediterranean area causing severe environmental threats. The main problem regarding the...

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Energy recovery from agro-industrial wastewaters through biohydrogen production: Kinetic evaluation and technological feasibility

Lucas, S.D.M.; Peixoto, G.; Mockaitis, G.; Zaiat, M.; … - In: Renewable Energy 75 (2015) C, pp. 496-504

Biohydrogen production from cassava, dairy and citrus processing wastewaters (WWs) without nutritional supplementation was evaluated in anaerobic single-batch reactors at 37 °C for 70 h. Hydrogen production from cassava, dairy and citrus WW was 31.41, 37.25 and 28.95 mL g−1 of chemical...

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