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Agricultural Waste: Biomass as a Source of Energy
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Agricultural Waste: Biomass as a Source of Energy

A special issue of AgriEngineering (ISSN 2624-7402).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2023) | Viewed by 2984

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Katarzyna Januszewicz

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Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland
Interests: pyrolysis process; biochar activation; kinetic of the pyrolysis process; thermal degradation; hydrogen generation; renewable sources; technology of pyrolysis process; waste biomass

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

As a renewable energy source, biomass is processed through thermal decomposition processes such as combustion, pyrolysis and gasification. The conversion of organic matter by pyrolysis is part of the current trend of closed-cycle production for valuable and sustainable products, such as gas, solid-char, and liquid oil. Research on waste biomass has established the utility of these products in many applications, particularly activated carbon (AC), in wastewater treatment processes, adsorption of pollutants from gaseous streams, and electrochemical applications.

This Special Issue aims to collate the latest developments related to the thermal pyrolysis degradation of biomass, as well as new materials based on biochar.

We welcome submission of research and review articles as well as short communications.

Contributions are expected to relate to, inter alia, the following areas:

  • Biomass pyrolysis

  • Biomass co-pyrolysis
  • Combustion, gasification
  • New applications of biochar
  • Biomass as a source of energy

Dr. Katarzyna Januszewicz
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. AgriEngineering is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • agricultural waste biomass
  • pyrolysis process
  • activated biochar
  • biochar
  • wastewater treatment
  • catalytic thermal degradation
  • combustion, gasification
  • biochar activation process

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Experimental Investigation of Methane Generation in the Presence of Surface and Un-Surface Nanoparticles of Iron Oxide
by Asim Ali, Hareef Ahmed Keerio, Sallahuddin Panhwar and Muhammad Zeshan Ahad
AgriEngineering 2022, 4(1), 134-140; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriengineering4010009 - 8 Feb 2022
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The exploitation and harnessing of renewable energies are becoming increasingly important throughout the world. This study presents a method of methane (CH4) generation using biological disintegration of food waste (FW) by anaerobic digestion (AD). The CH4 production was enhanced by [...] Read more.
The exploitation and harnessing of renewable energies are becoming increasingly important throughout the world. This study presents a method of methane (CH4) generation using biological disintegration of food waste (FW) by anaerobic digestion (AD). The CH4 production was enhanced by the addition of three different types of iron oxide (Fe3O4) nanoparticles (NPs) (Cetyletrimethlebromide (CTAB), urea-capped Fe3O4 NPs and Fe3O4 NPs without capping). The bio generation of CH4 and biodegradation of volatile solids (VS) were carried out in an AD treatment at mesophilic conditions (35–37 °C) for more than 50 days in batch mode. The concentration of all three types of NPs was kept constant at 75 mg/L. It was noticed that urea-capped NPs produced the maximum CH4 (5.386 L), followed by Fe3O4 NPs (5.212 L). Methane production in the control bioreactor was 2.143 L. The experimental results of CH4 generation (a dependent variable) were analyzed against the concentrations of NPs used (as independent variables) in multiple regression analysis (MRA). The overall model for the experiments resulted in R2 and R-adjusted values of 0.995 and 0.993, respectively. Full article
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