Biomass Combustion
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "J: Thermal Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 June 2022) | Viewed by 239
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
About 13% of the world’s energy demand is currently met by biomass combustion. There is a growing demand for using small to medium scale biomass combustion appliances for the purpose of residential and commercial heating. Furthermore, the integration of small/medium scale biomass combustion burners with thermoelectric generators has been explored for electricity production. Since small and medium scale biomass combustion appliances produce both particulate matters and harmful gaseous emissions (e.g., CO, SO2, and VOC) and the integration of biomass combustion with the thermoelectric generators has not been optimized yet, new innovations in biomass combustion are needed. This Special Issue aims to encourage researchers to address solutions for overcoming biomass combustion and its integration with the thermoelectric generator challenges. This Special Issue covers the following biomass combustion topics: 1) experimental, modeling, simulation, or optimization study of biomass combustion in different types of burner/reactor (e.g., fluidized bed reactor) designs and integration of biomass combustion with thermoelectric generators; 2) studying the influence of ash compounds and/or additives on the biomass combustion efficiency or hot corrosion behaviors of different reactor/burner materials; 3) investigating new precombustion and post combustion processes to increase the overall efficiency of the biomass combustion and/or to mitigate emissions of harmful compounds to the environment; 4) the life cycle assessment and techno-economic analysis of biomass combustion applications (e.g., residential heaters) and measuring and characterizing combustion emissions of different biomass feedstocks; 5) quantifying the influence of biomass combustion products on health (e.g., cancer risk assessment); and 6) the beneficial management of biomass combustion ashes.
Dr. Sampath Gunukula
Guest Editor
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