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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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Gasification of lignocellulosic biomass char obtained from pyrolysis: Kinetic and evolved gas analyses

López-González, D.; Fernandez-Lopez, M.; Valverde, J.L.; … - In: Energy 71 (2014) C, pp. 456-467

Pyrolysis and gasification processes of three types of lignocellulosic biomass (Eucalyptus wood, fir wood and pine bark) and biomass main components (cellulose, xylan and lignin) were studied by thermogravimetric-mass spectrometric analysis. Biomass samples were pyrolyzed between 30 °C and...

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Thermo-oxidative characterization and kinetics of tar sands

Versan KOK, Mustafa - In: Energy 36 (2011) 8, pp. 5338-5342

In this research, non-isothermal kinetics and thermal analysis of Gerçüş tar sand sample is studied by DSC …

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Kinetic characteristics of pulverized coal combustion in the two-phase flow

Li, Zhengang; Guo, Zhancheng; Gong, Xuzhong; Tang, Huiqing - In: Energy 55 (2013) C, pp. 585-593

The kinetic characteristics of pulverized coal combustion in the two-phase flow were studied using the micro fluidized bed kinetic analyzer (MFBKA) so as to get closer to the actual working condition. On the basis of the performance of CO and CO2 emissions, the effect of various operating...

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Pyrolysis of three different types of microalgae: Kinetic and evolved gas analysis

López-González, D.; Fernandez-Lopez, M.; Valverde, J.L.; … - In: Energy 73 (2014) C, pp. 33-43

char and the release of higher amount of volatiles. Pyrolysis kinetics were studied using a multiple-step model that …

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Prediction of biomass-generated syngas using extents of major reactions in a continuous stirred-tank reactor

Sharma, Ashokkumar M.; Kumar, Ajay; Madihally, Sundararajan - In: Energy 72 (2014) C, pp. 222-232

objective of this study was to develop and validate reaction kinetics-based gasification model using extents of major reactions …

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