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Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass Feedstock and Solid Waste into Biofuels

Production and Pollutant Control

  • 1st Edition - May 9, 2025
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Yanjun Hu, Nan Zhou, Shurong Wang, Jianhua Yan
  • Language: English

Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass Feedstock and Solid Waste into Biofuels: Production and Pollutant Control offers a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art in biofuel… Read more

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Description

Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass Feedstock and Solid Waste into Biofuels: Production and Pollutant Control offers a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art in biofuel production with a special focus on pollutants control, which is both necessary and beneficial for the target audience and the development of this research field. Biofuel is currently a major trend due to the existing environmental crises and global energy challenges. Developing sustainable biofuels from biomass feedstock and solid waste, along with minimizing the formation of pollutants during the conversion processes are currently of significant academic and industrial importance, drawing widespread attention. Novel processes, reactions, and catalysts are being rapidly developed, and compiling this information is invaluable for keeping the audience informed and up-to-date. In addition, while research on the formation and transformation of pollutants such as heavy metals, chlorine, nitrogen, and sulfur species are often conducted by environmental scientists and engineers, it is less familiar to bioenergy researchers. This book aims to bridge the gap between relevant disciplines and presents a comprehensive overview of the entire research field.

Key features

  • Provides a state-of-the-art overview of thermochemical conversion processes, catalytic upgrading reactions, and catalysts related to biofuel production from biomass feedstock and solid waste
  • Evaluates the latest processes, reactions, and catalysts related to thermochemical conversion of emerging solid waste, such as plastic waste
  • Introduces the formation and control mechanisms of organic pollutants during the conversion and upgrading processes, from the perspective of environmental scientists and engineers

Readership

Academic area: Students, researchers, and professors in the fields of bioenergy, renewable energy, environmental engineering, chemical engineering, thermal-chemical technology, and power engineering. Industrial area:; Bioenergy and biofuel industries; Consultants to energy agencies; Environmental protection industries; Refinery and petrochemical industries; Energy producers and utilities; Power generation plants; Process design companies

Table of contents

PART 1: I: OVERVIEW OF THERMOCHEMICAL CONVERSION OF BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK AND ORGANIC SOLID WASTE TO BIO-FUEL

1. Recent advances in thermochemical conversions of biomass feedstock and organic solid waste for biofuel production

2. Overview of formation and control of pollutants during thermochemical conversion of solid wastes

PART II: THERMOCHEMICAL CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY OF BIOMASS AND SOLID WASTE TO BIO-FUEL

3. Pyrolysis of biomass feedstock and organic solid waste to produce bio-oil

4. Gasification of biomass feedstock and organic solid waste to produce hydrogen-rich syngas

5. Pyrolysis of waste plastics to produce value-added chemicals

6. Hydrothermal processing of waste plastics to produce hydrogen

7. Microwave pyrolysis of organic solid waste to produce biofuels

8. Biofuel production with integrated pyrolysis and catalytic upgrading system

9. Hydrothermal liquefaction of organic solid waste to produce biofuel

10. Advanced biofuels: Characteristics, deoxygenation and hydrodeoxygenation catalytic reaction

11. Advanced thermochemical conversion techniques of biomass and organic solid waste to biofuel

12. Co-production of value-added products from thermochemical conversion of biomass and organic solid waste

PART III: FORMATION, TRANSFORMATION AND CONTROL OF VARIOUS POLLUTANTS DURING THE THERMOCHEMICAL CONVERSION PROCESS OF ORGANIC SOLID WASTES

13. Heavy metals and organic pollutants during thermochemical conversion of solid waste (non-combust)

14. Nitrogen and sulphur-containing compounds during thermochemical conversion of solid waste (non-combust)

PART IV: CASE STUDY AND FUTURE PROSPECT

15. Industrial applications of thermochemical technologies for biofuel and gas production

16. Current bottlenecks and future directions of thermochemical conversion of biomass and organic solid wastes

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 9, 2025
  • Language: English

About the editors

YH

Yanjun Hu

Affiliations and expertise
Science and Education Integration College of Energy and Carbon Neutralization, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, P.R. China

NZ

Nan Zhou

Affiliations and expertise
Science and Education Integration College of Energy and Carbon Neutralization, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, P.R. China

SW

Shurong Wang

Affiliations and expertise
College of Energy Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China

JY

Jianhua Yan

Affiliations and expertise
College of Energy Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China

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