Research Advances in Liquid Biofuels 2020

Dear Colleagues,

Biofuels have emerged as one of the most promising sources of energy for the foreseeable future. While the readiness level of the available technologies to produce gaseous and solid biofuels are in an advanced state and many industrial scale plants are already in operation, the technologies available for the production of liquid biofuels are limited, and most of them are not ready to be upgraded to the industrial level. The knowledge of the research advances on bioliquid fuel production processes thus becomes a fundamental step not only for the scientific community, but also for private company investors.

We invite authors to submit original research and review articles that will encourage the deep understanding of the biomass conversion processes necessary for their practical application and spreading. We are particularly interested in articles describing the potential processes innovations, as well as the modeling necessary for process optimization and the advances in product improvement and byproduct valorization.

Potential topics include but are not limited to:

Conventional and innovative biofuel production processes;

Feedstock selection and product characteristics;

Process kinetics and modeling;

Refining, storage and upgrading of biocrude/biooil products;

Systems development for sustainability: environmental, economic, and social impacts.

Prof. Paolo Defilippis
Dr. Benedetta de Caprariis
Guest Editors

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• bio-oil
• pyrolysis
• hydrothermal liquefaction
• upgrading
• synthetic fuels
• syngas
• biomass