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Preliminary torrefaction of oil palm empty fruit bunch pellets [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2019
Torrefaction of pelletised oil palm empty fruit bunches (OPEFBs) is a promising pretreatment technique for improving its solid biofuel properties and energy recovery potential.
Nyakuma Bemgba B.   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Torrefaction of Willow in Batch Reactor and Co-Firing of Torrefied Willow with Coal

open access: yesEnergies, 2023
The torrefaction process represents a thermal conversion technique conducted at relatively low temperatures ranging between 200 to 300 °C. Its objective is to produce fuel with a higher energy density by decomposing the reactive portion of hemicellulose.
Hilal Unyay   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Engineering Biochar‐Derived Functional Materials for High‐Performance Supercapacitors: Design Principles, Mechanisms, and Scalable Strategies

open access: yesCarbon Energy, Volume 8, Issue 8, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Biochar has emerged as a useful and adaptable source of carbon for supercapacitor electrodes. Its value comes from the way biomass chemistry, thermal conversion, and activation conditions shape the resulting pore network, surface groups, and degree of carbon ordering.
Soumen Mandal   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Applications of Textile Waste as Reinforcement in Fiber‐Reinforced Polymer Composites for Circularity—A Review

open access: yesMacromolecular Materials and Engineering, Volume 311, Issue 8, August 2026.
This review highlights the utilisation of textile waste in fibre‐reinforced polymer composites to reduce environmental impacts of pre‐ and post‐consumer textile waste. It critically examines waste composites’ manufacturing processes, their structural details, mechanical, thermal, physical properties, while discussing chemical treatments, hybridization ...
Md Ikramul Islam   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Influence of Torrefaction on Lignocellulosic Woody Biomass of Nigerian Origin [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Torrefaction process is a thermal treatment that can improve quality of lignocellulosic biomass into a carbon-rich and hydrophobic feedstock which is applicable as fuel and metallurgical reductant.
Paswan, Dayanand   +4 more
core   +1 more source

An Index for Quantifying the Degree of Torrefaction

open access: yesBioResources, 2017
Torrefaction, a thermochemical pre-treatment process, is used to enhance the properties of biomass to make it more compatible with solid fossil fuels. A quantitative index (TI) is proposed here to define the degree or quality of torrefaction especially ...
Prabir Basu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of Torrefaction on the Physiochemical Properties of White Spruce Sawdust for Biofuel Production

open access: yesFuels, 2023
Torrefaction pretreatment is a mild form of pyrolysis that has the potential to produce a high-quality raw material for making biofuel that serves as a replacement for coal in the bioenergy industry. Microwave-assisted torrefaction was conducted on white
Chukwuka Onyenwoke   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainable Flame Retardant System with Thermomechanically Modified Stinging Nettle Tailored for Polyamide 12

open access: yesMacromolecular Materials and Engineering, Volume 311, Issue 6, June 2026.
A sustainable flame retardant system for polyamide 12 is developed by combining melamine polyphosphate with thermomechanically modified stinging nettle. The plant‐derived component alters degradation pathways, enhances char formation, and reduces heat release.
Daria Rutkowska   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Engineering Thermochemistry and Process Technologies to Enable Gigaton‐Scale Sustainable Biochar Production

open access: yesSusMat, Volume 6, Issue 3, June 2026.
This review examines large‐scale biochar production technologies and process engineering from an engineering thermochemistry perspective. At the level of thermochemical fundamentals, we discuss thermochemical techniques, pyrolysis mechanisms, and key parameters governing biochar formation.
Dengguo Lai   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterization and evaluation of torrefied sugarcane bagasse to improve the fuel properties

open access: yesCurrent Research in Green and Sustainable Chemistry
Torrefaction is a promising method of treatment with a prospect toward Physco-chemical improvement and thermal upgrading of biomass. In the present study, the torrefaction of sugarcane bagasse in both dry and chemical treatment in comparison with the ...
Muktar Abdu Kalifa   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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