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Biomass Resources for Biofuel Production

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Resources and Sustainable Utilization".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2023) | Viewed by 4883

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Mohammad Sadegh Allahyari

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Department of Agricultural Management, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, 41476-54919 Rasht, Iran
Interests: sustainable rural development; program assessment and green energy
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Dr. Amin Nikkhah

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Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Interests: circular economy; life cycle assessment
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Biomass is one of the most promising resources for renewable energy production. The equivalent energy of the available biomass resources is about eight-fold higher than the current energy demand on the planet Earth. Biofuels can be classified into three groups of first, second, and third generation based on the type of feedstock used for biofuel generation. Given the importance of biofuel generation from biomass resources and considering the challenges facing its development, we invite researchers from around the world to contribute to developing original research articles, as well as review articles, on different aspects (environmental, economic, social, and technical) of biofuel generation from biomass resources. Potential topics include but are not limited to:

  • First, second, and third generation of biofuels;
  • Modeling and optimization of biofuel production systems;
  • Sustainable biofuel production;
  • Life cycle assessment of biofuel production;
  • Novel source of biomass for biofuel production.

Prof. Dr. Mohammad Sadegh Allahyari
Dr. Amin Nikkhah
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • bioenergy
  • biofuel
  • biomass
  • renewable energy

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Biofuel Technologies and Petroleum Industry: Synergy of Sustainable Development for the Eastern Siberian Arctic
by Kirill A. Bashmur, Oleg A. Kolenchukov, Vladimir V. Bukhtoyarov, Vadim S. Tynchenko, Sergei O. Kurashkin, Elena V. Tsygankova, Vladislav V. Kukartsev and Roman B. Sergienko
Sustainability 2022, 14(20), 13083; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su142013083 - 12 Oct 2022
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This article is a compilation of interdisciplinary studies aimed at ensuring the environmental, political, and economic sustainability of oil and gas-producing countries with a focus on areas with many years of permafrost. One of the main concepts adopted in this research was the [...] Read more.
This article is a compilation of interdisciplinary studies aimed at ensuring the environmental, political, and economic sustainability of oil and gas-producing countries with a focus on areas with many years of permafrost. One of the main concepts adopted in this research was the desire to show that confronting various energy lobbies is not mandatory and that it is necessary to find compromises by finding and introducing innovative technologies for integrated development for the benefit of society, industry, and the state. This is particularly relevant due to the increasing share of hard-to-recover hydrocarbon reserves, widely represented in the fields of the Eastern Siberian Arctic, and because Russia is the leader in flare emissions. We thus present the relevance of using these gases as industrial waste while reducing the carbon footprint. The technology of biofuel production based on the use of supercritical liquid extraction in a well extractor is presented as a result of the development of the presented experimental devices representing the investigation of the processes of extraction in wells and reactors for the distillation of hydrocarbons from heavy oil components. The obtained yield of the desired product (hydrogen) of the thermocatalytic pyrolysis of the test extract was in the range of 44 to 118 L/h, depending on the catalyst. This information can help inform the direction of future ecological engineering activities in the Eastern Siberian Arctic region. Full article
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Application of the Simplex-Centroid Mixture Design to Biomass Charcoal Powder Formulation Ratio for Biomass Charcoal Briquettes
by Phisamas Hwangdee, Singrun Charee, Watcharin Kheowkrai, Chaiyan Junsiri and Kittipong Laloon
Sustainability 2022, 14(7), 3940; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su14073940 - 26 Mar 2022
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This study aims to increase the quality and value of raw materials with a low higher heating value, HHV (secondary ingredients), but which is abundantly available throughout the year by mixing it with high HHV materials (main ingredients) to obtain quality and standardized [...] Read more.
This study aims to increase the quality and value of raw materials with a low higher heating value, HHV (secondary ingredients), but which is abundantly available throughout the year by mixing it with high HHV materials (main ingredients) to obtain quality and standardized charcoal products in accordance with the industrial product standards as approved for commercial use. As for the ingredients, charcoal A is Eucalyptus bark coal (EuBC) with an average HHV of 3779.98 cal/g, charcoal B is rice husk coal (RHC) with an average HHV of 4863.29 cal/g, and charcoal C is charcoal from a biomass power plant (CBPP) with an average HHV of 5991.18 cal/g. The results from the simplex-centroid mixture design method allowed increased quality and value of the biomass charcoal powder (raw material) that has a low heating value but is sufficiently available throughout the year due to the mixing of secondary ingredients with raw materials that have a high heating value (main ingredient). The charcoal briquettes production must be qualified and meet the industrial product standards, and be approved for commercial use. Full article
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