Bio-coal: A renewable and massively producible fuel from lignocellulosic biomass

Abstract

A new type of energy is produced via a fast pyrolysis coupled with atmospheric distillation from lignocellulosic biomass wastes.

State-of-the-Art Char Production with a Focus on Bark Feedstocks: Processes, Design, and Applications

“…Recently, fast pyrolysis chars were proposed to Processes 2021, 9, 87 6 of 24 be combined with fast pyrolysis liquids to produce bioslurries, a feedstock for gasification to produce drop-in fuels by the bioliq TM process [160,162,163]. Another interesting process design of fast pyrolysis is to produce biocoals by which biomass is first subjected to fast pyrolysis to obtain bio-oils followed by a distillation of fast pyrolysis oils to produce chemicals and a condensed bottom product called biocoal [164].…”

Editorial: Innovative Technology and System Integration for Gaseous Biofuels Production

“…Primary energy demand in the world is expected to continue to grow over the next few decades with population and economy (Sarkodie et al, 2019;Sharma et al, 2020). Excessive exploitation and utilization of fossil fuels have led to energy shortage and environmental pollution (Cheng et al, 2020). To date, many countries have the ambition to achieve carbon neutrality between 2050 and 2060.…”

Phytocat – a bio-derived Ni catalyst for rapid de-polymerization of polystyrene using a synergistic approach

“…10,11 Towards this goal is the use of renewable feed-stocks to generate advanced, carbon-based materials such as catalysts, via energy efficient, inexpensive methods. 12,13 A major feedstock is plant biomass from nonfood crops such as willow (Salix spp. and hybrids) and Miscanthus hybrids.…”