Catalytic Processes for Green Fuels
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Catalysis Enhanced Processes".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2024) | Viewed by 140
Special Issue Editors
Interests: chemistry; catalysis; chemical engineering; environment; energy
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Interests: chemical reactions engineering; biomass and bioenergy; energy technology; transport phenomena; thermochemical processes
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The transition towards climate neutrality gives energy a central role, as energy is today responsible for more than 75% of the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions. To reach climate neutrality, Europe needs to decarbonise at least six times faster than what has been realised to date, increasing the share of renewable energy sources and improving energy efficiency. In this scenario, bioenergy, such as the conversion of biomass (i.e., agricultural and forest wastes, organic municipal waste, energy crops, algae, CO2) into useful energy carriers, has never been more promising than now. Moreover, bioenergy, and in particular advanced biofuels and biomethane, can contribute significantly to the EU’s Green Deal objectives, for instance, to the transport energy diversification and decarbonisation of transport sectors that are difficult to electrify, also ensuring the security of energy supplies and reducing the dependence on fossil fuels imports.
Contributions to this Special Issue should cover trends in the field of advanced green fuels synthesis, including the following: i) conversion of bio-feedstock and bio-waste into novel fuels and additives through catalytic technologies; ii) thermochemical conversion technologies; iii) optimization of biofuel quality and stability. We welcome full papers, communications and review articles emphasizing the broad scope of the topic.
Dr. Alessandra Palella
Dr. Cataldo De Blasio
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biofuels
- catalytic processes
- thermochemical conversion
- bio-feedstock
