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Transitioning from hydrogen to methane in biorefineries: A sustainable route to clean energy and chemicals [PDF]
Biofuel Research Journal, 2023 This review discusses the sustainable transformation of low-quality hydrocarbon fuels, such as biomass-derived bio-oil, into valuable chemicals and clean fuels by introducing the concept of "methanotreating" that uses methane as a hydrogen source for the
Avinash Alagumalai, Hua Song
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Opportunities and challenges for n-alkane and n-alkene biosynthesis: A sustainable microbial biorefinery [PDF]
Biofuel Research Journal, 2023 Alkanes and alkenes are high-value platform chemicals that can be synthesized by microorganisms, utilizing organic residues from agri-food industries and municipalities, thereby offering an alternative opportunity in resource recovery.
Jiayao Geng +4 more
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Urban waste upcycling to a recyclable solid acid catalyst for converting levulinic acid platform molecules into high-value products [PDF]
Biofuel Research Journal, 2023 The conversion of levulinic acid (LA) into alkyl levulinates is highly significant due to the wide range of applications for these products, including their use as fuel additives, solvents, and fragrances.
Filippo Campana +3 more
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Alkaline modified A-site deficient perovskite catalyst surface with exsolved nanoparticles and functionality in biomass valorisation [PDF]
Biofuel Research Journal, 2021 Environmental problems associated with the use of fossil fuels and increase in energy demands due to rise in population and rapid industrialisation, are the driving forces for energy.
Ahmed Umar, Dragos Neagu, John Irvine
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Iron as recyclable energy carrier: Feasibility study and kinetic analysis of iron oxide reduction
Applications in Energy and Combustion Science, 2022 Carbon-free and sustainable energy storage solutions are required to mitigate climate change. One possible solution, especially for stationary applications, could be the storage of energy in metal fuels.
C. Kuhn +5 more
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Counterflow flame extinction of ammonia and its blends with hydrogen and C1-C3 hydrocarbons
Applications in Energy and Combustion Science, 2022 Ammonia as a fuel offers the potential to avoid carbon emissions, but its combustion is hindered by low reactivity. Here, the extinction limits of NH3 and NH3 plus reactivity enhancers were measured in the counterflow laminar non-premixed flames.
Adamu Alfazazi +6 more
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Applications in Energy and Combustion Science, 2023 Turbulent spray flames issuing from the SpraySyn 2.0 burner were investigated in the present work by means of tomographic imaging using multi-simultaneous measurements (TIMes).
Fabio J.W.A. Martins +5 more
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Applications in Energy and Combustion Science, 2023 With global warming and an increase in extreme weather, reducing carbon emissions in response to climate change has become a global consensus. Compared with traditional fuel vehicles, hybrid vehicles have the benefits of energy savings, low grid-load ...
Guoqing Wang +3 more
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Applications in Energy and Combustion Science, 2021 This paper describes results from an optical-engine investigation of oxygenated fuel effects on ducted fuel injection (DFI) relative to conventional diesel combustion (CDC). Three fuels were tested: a baseline, non-oxygenated No.
Charles J. Mueller +3 more
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LES/flamelet/ANN of oxy-fuel combustion for a supercritical CO2 power cycle
Applications in Energy and Combustion Science, 2022 Large eddy simulation (LES) employing a flamelet model coupled with an artificial neural network (ANN), namely the LES/flamelet/ANN is developed for supercritical oxy-fuel combustion and its validity is investigated in detail.
Hiroki Kasuya +6 more
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