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Energy production from biomass. (Part 2): Conversion technologies
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A brief review of the main conversion processes is presented, with specific regard to the production of a fuel suitable for spark ignition gas engines.About:
This article is published in Bioresource Technology.The article was published on 2002-05-01. It has received 1919 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Primary energy & Renewable fuels.read more
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New opportunities for the exploitation of energy crops by thermochemical conversion in Northern Europe and the UK
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the energy crop species that are suitable for Northern Europe; discuss the processes of combustion, gasification and pyrolysis, and explore how differences in chemical composition influence conversion efficiency.
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An overview of agricultural biomass for decentralized rural energy in Ghana
TL;DR: In this paper, the potential of agricultural biomass-based resources for decentralized energy in rural areas of Ghana was analyzed and various promising decentralized bioenergy technologies for the exploitation of resources in Ghana were discussed.
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Evaluation of catalytic pyrolysis of cassava rhizome by principal component analysis
TL;DR: In this article, a cassava plant was catalytically pyrolysed at 500 °C using analytical pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (PyGC/MS) method in order to investigate the relative effect of various catalysts (ZSM-5, Criterion-534, Al-MCM-41 and Al-MSU-F type), metal oxides (zinc oxide, zirconium oxide, cerium (IV) oxide and copper chromite) catalysts, proprietary commercial catalysts and natural cataly
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A Holistic Approach to Managing Microalgae for Biofuel Applications.
Pau Loke Show,Malcolm S.Y. Tang,Dillirani Nagarajan,Tau Chuan Ling,Chien Wei Ooi,Jo Shu Chang +5 more
TL;DR: The factors affecting microAlgal cultures, techniques adapted to obtain high-density microalgal cultures in photobioreactors, and the conversion of microalGal biomass into biofuels are discussed.
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Alternative materials in technologies for Biogas upgrading via CO2 capture
TL;DR: In this article, the alternative properties and possibilities of different technologies and materials for CO2 separation, including alkanol amine, solid alkyl amine (SAA), carbonaceous, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs), and membrane applied for purifying raw biogas (upgrading) to produce bio-methane and on the other hand to reduce CO2 emission from fossil fuel are discussed.
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Energy production from biomass (Part 1): Overview of biomass.
TL;DR: The potential of a restored landfill site to act as a biomass source, providing fuel to supplement landfill gas-fuelled power stations, is examined, together with a comparison of the economics of power production from purpose-grown biomass versus waste-biomass.
An assessment of thermochemical conversion systems for processing biomass and refuse
A Bridgwater,G D Evans +1 more
TL;DR: A survey of gasification, pyrolysis and liquefaction technologies for biomass and waste has been conducted to identify processes suitable for opportunities in the UK and Denmark as discussed by the authors.
Bioconversion assessment study
TL;DR: The ENERGIE RENOUVELABLE Reference Record created on 2004-09-07, modified on 2016-08-08 as discussed by the authors was created for the BIOMASSE project.