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Woody biomass is most widely used for energy production. In the United States, roughly 2% of the energy consumed annually is generated from wood and wood-derived fuels. Woody biomass needs to be preprocessed and pretreated before it is used for energy production. Preprocessing and pretreatments improve the physical, chemical, and rheological properties, making them more suitable for feeding, handling, storage transportation, and conversion. Mechanical preprocessing technologies such as size reduction and densification, help improve particle size distribution and density. Thermal pretreatment can reduce grinding energy and torrefied ground biomass has improved sphericity, particle surface area, and particle size distribution. This book focuses on several specific topics, such as understanding how forest biomass for biofuels impacts greenhouse gas emissions; mechanical preprocessing, such as densification of forest residue biomass, to improve physical properties such as size, shape, and density; the impact of thermal pretreatment temperatures on woody biomass chemical composition, physical properties, and microstructure for thermochemical conversions such as pyrolysis and gasification; the grindability of torrefied pellets; use of wood for gasification and as a filter for tar removal; and understanding the pyrolysis kinetics of biomass using thermogravimetric analyzers.

History of engineering & technology --- grindability --- torrefied biomass --- pellet --- energy consumption --- co-firing --- biomass --- gasification --- tar --- syngas cleaning --- dry filter --- pyrolysis --- chemical composition --- micro-structure --- physical properties --- scanning electron microscopy --- wood --- thermal pretreatment --- torrefaction --- timber --- harvest residues --- ethanol --- GHG savings --- Michigan --- variety and rootstock selection --- almond tree --- agricultural practices --- halophytes --- Phoenix dactylifera --- Salicornia bigelovii --- thermogravimetric analysis --- torrefied biomass --- correlation --- ultimate analysis --- solid yield --- heating value --- OLS --- 2-inch top pine residue + switchgrass blends --- pelleting process variables --- pellet quality --- specific energy consumption --- response surface models --- hybrid genetic algorithm --- pelleting --- functional groups --- pellet strength --- combustion efficiency --- forest biomass --- Australia --- biomass energy potential --- emission --- bioenergy

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Woody biomass is most widely used for energy production. In the United States, roughly 2% of the energy consumed annually is generated from wood and wood-derived fuels. Woody biomass needs to be preprocessed and pretreated before it is used for energy production. Preprocessing and pretreatments improve the physical, chemical, and rheological properties, making them more suitable for feeding, handling, storage transportation, and conversion. Mechanical preprocessing technologies such as size reduction and densification, help improve particle size distribution and density. Thermal pretreatment can reduce grinding energy and torrefied ground biomass has improved sphericity, particle surface area, and particle size distribution. This book focuses on several specific topics, such as understanding how forest biomass for biofuels impacts greenhouse gas emissions; mechanical preprocessing, such as densification of forest residue biomass, to improve physical properties such as size, shape, and density; the impact of thermal pretreatment temperatures on woody biomass chemical composition, physical properties, and microstructure for thermochemical conversions such as pyrolysis and gasification; the grindability of torrefied pellets; use of wood for gasification and as a filter for tar removal; and understanding the pyrolysis kinetics of biomass using thermogravimetric analyzers.

grindability --- torrefied biomass --- pellet --- energy consumption --- co-firing --- biomass --- gasification --- tar --- syngas cleaning --- dry filter --- pyrolysis --- chemical composition --- micro-structure --- physical properties --- scanning electron microscopy --- wood --- thermal pretreatment --- torrefaction --- timber --- harvest residues --- ethanol --- GHG savings --- Michigan --- variety and rootstock selection --- almond tree --- agricultural practices --- halophytes --- Phoenix dactylifera --- Salicornia bigelovii --- thermogravimetric analysis --- torrefied biomass --- correlation --- ultimate analysis --- solid yield --- heating value --- OLS --- 2-inch top pine residue + switchgrass blends --- pelleting process variables --- pellet quality --- specific energy consumption --- response surface models --- hybrid genetic algorithm --- pelleting --- functional groups --- pellet strength --- combustion efficiency --- forest biomass --- Australia --- biomass energy potential --- emission --- bioenergy

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Woody biomass is most widely used for energy production. In the United States, roughly 2% of the energy consumed annually is generated from wood and wood-derived fuels. Woody biomass needs to be preprocessed and pretreated before it is used for energy production. Preprocessing and pretreatments improve the physical, chemical, and rheological properties, making them more suitable for feeding, handling, storage transportation, and conversion. Mechanical preprocessing technologies such as size reduction and densification, help improve particle size distribution and density. Thermal pretreatment can reduce grinding energy and torrefied ground biomass has improved sphericity, particle surface area, and particle size distribution. This book focuses on several specific topics, such as understanding how forest biomass for biofuels impacts greenhouse gas emissions; mechanical preprocessing, such as densification of forest residue biomass, to improve physical properties such as size, shape, and density; the impact of thermal pretreatment temperatures on woody biomass chemical composition, physical properties, and microstructure for thermochemical conversions such as pyrolysis and gasification; the grindability of torrefied pellets; use of wood for gasification and as a filter for tar removal; and understanding the pyrolysis kinetics of biomass using thermogravimetric analyzers.

History of engineering & technology --- grindability --- torrefied biomass --- pellet --- energy consumption --- co-firing --- biomass --- gasification --- tar --- syngas cleaning --- dry filter --- pyrolysis --- chemical composition --- micro-structure --- physical properties --- scanning electron microscopy --- wood --- thermal pretreatment --- torrefaction --- timber --- harvest residues --- ethanol --- GHG savings --- Michigan --- variety and rootstock selection --- almond tree --- agricultural practices --- halophytes --- Phoenix dactylifera --- Salicornia bigelovii --- thermogravimetric analysis --- torrefied biomass --- correlation --- ultimate analysis --- solid yield --- heating value --- OLS --- 2-inch top pine residue + switchgrass blends --- pelleting process variables --- pellet quality --- specific energy consumption --- response surface models --- hybrid genetic algorithm --- pelleting --- functional groups --- pellet strength --- combustion efficiency --- forest biomass --- Australia --- biomass energy potential --- emission --- bioenergy --- grindability --- torrefied biomass --- pellet --- energy consumption --- co-firing --- biomass --- gasification --- tar --- syngas cleaning --- dry filter --- pyrolysis --- chemical composition --- micro-structure --- physical properties --- scanning electron microscopy --- wood --- thermal pretreatment --- torrefaction --- timber --- harvest residues --- ethanol --- GHG savings --- Michigan --- variety and rootstock selection --- almond tree --- agricultural practices --- halophytes --- Phoenix dactylifera --- Salicornia bigelovii --- thermogravimetric analysis --- torrefied biomass --- correlation --- ultimate analysis --- solid yield --- heating value --- OLS --- 2-inch top pine residue + switchgrass blends --- pelleting process variables --- pellet quality --- specific energy consumption --- response surface models --- hybrid genetic algorithm --- pelleting --- functional groups --- pellet strength --- combustion efficiency --- forest biomass --- Australia --- biomass energy potential --- emission --- bioenergy

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This book focuses on the utilization of biomass for energy applications and mainly covers the original research and studies related to thermochemical conversion, biological conversion and physical conversion. It contains a summary the current scientific knowledge in the field of biomass utilization, which is the first of its kind in the literature. Energy potentials and different principles of energy transformation from various renewable energy sources (bamboo, wood residue, straw, sorrel, hay, pines, sunflower stalks, hazelnut husks, quinoa, camelina, crambe, safflower, muscantus and municipal sewage sludge, among others) are described in detail in this book. Different types of pyrolysis or torrefaction processing, combustion, thermal degradation, mechanical properties affecting processing, pre-treatment or treatment processes, or other processes based on thermochemical methods are described as well. The integral part of this book is the bibliometric analysis of worldwide publication trends on biomass and bioenergy with respect to the research evolution with the possibility of predicting future scenarios and the participation of stakeholders in the sector.

pyrolysis --- catalyst --- wood --- waste --- energy --- biogas --- biomass --- cropping system --- establishment --- intercropping --- low-input --- maize --- miscanthus --- methane yield --- perennial crop --- solid biofuel --- waste management --- Coffea spp. --- waste biomass --- calorific value --- mechanical durability --- Pinus pseudostrobus --- Pinus leiophylla --- Pinus montezumae --- pyrolysis kinetics --- TGA-DTG --- Friedman-OFW-KAS models --- FT-IR --- deposit --- biomass industrial boiler --- alkali metal --- circulating fluidized bed --- olive mill solid wastes --- natural binder --- densification --- compressive strength --- Physico-chemical properties --- kinetic parameters --- hydrogen --- reactor headspace --- product inhibition --- kinetic modelling --- clostridium acetobutylicum --- biomass analysis --- alternative biofuels --- emissions --- sewage sludge --- biofuels --- combustion --- grate furnace --- emission --- ash deposition --- biomass densification --- mechanical compaction --- processing factors --- briquette durability --- multivariate tests of significance --- renewable energy --- bioenergy scenario --- biomasses --- systematic review --- pressure torrefaction --- pellet --- renewable energy sources --- energy consumption --- grinding --- thermogravimetric analysis --- proximate analysis --- high heating value --- torrefied biomass --- biochar --- one-pot fractionation with acidic 1,4-dioxane --- Moso bamboo --- furfural --- phenolated lignin --- enzymatic hydrolysis --- high-efficiency fractionation

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This book draws together a small selection of full-length papers based on presentations given at the 27th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition held in Lisbon, Portugal in 2019. The topics covered, which reflect the breadth of the program of the EUBCE conference itself, include biomass sources, various aspects of technologies used for the conversion of biomass to bioproducts and bioenergy, as well as different approaches to assessing environmental impacts, which include case studies based on different technologies in use in a range of countries.

Technology: general issues --- bioeconomy --- bio-based industry --- biomass --- bioenergy --- industrial crop --- perennial crop --- low-input agriculture --- marginal land --- MALLIS --- sustainable agriculture --- HTC --- bio-coal --- manure --- slagging --- fouling --- corrosion --- process chemistry --- combustion --- waste to energy --- struvite --- HTL --- biorefinery --- renewable fuel --- HyFlexFuel --- rice harvest pellets --- palletization --- ash recovery --- normative --- anaerobic digestion --- methane production --- co-digestion --- combined heat and power --- farm-scale --- technical-economic analysis --- life cycle assessment --- greenhouse gas emission --- Ireland --- 5-hydroxymethylfurfural --- glucose --- heteropolyacid catalysts --- agroforestry --- waste valorization --- sustainable development goals --- renewable energy --- bioenergy transitions --- circular bioeconomy --- clean cooking --- life-cycle assessment --- energy policy --- barley straw --- torrefaction --- higher heating value --- severity factor --- sustainable development --- enhancement factor --- energy yield --- climate modelling --- climate change --- climate policy --- emission accounting --- global warming potential --- global temperature change potential --- greenhouse gas emissions --- impulse response function --- Bern Carbon Cycle model --- climate impacts of agriculture system --- conventional wheat --- olive trees --- silvopastoral --- acidification --- eutrophication --- energy crops --- miscanthus --- cardoon --- Paulownia tomentosa --- microalgae --- contaminated soils --- geographic information systems (GIS) --- ArcGIS --- adsorption --- ceramic filter --- gasification --- hot-gas cleaning --- lignocellulosic biomass --- cellulose pulp --- hydrolysis --- oxygen availability --- C:N ratio --- fermentation --- itaconic acid --- Aspergillus terreus --- bioeconomy --- bio-based industry --- biomass --- bioenergy --- industrial crop --- perennial crop --- low-input agriculture --- marginal land --- MALLIS --- sustainable agriculture --- HTC --- bio-coal --- manure --- slagging --- fouling --- corrosion --- process chemistry --- combustion --- waste to energy --- struvite --- HTL --- biorefinery --- renewable fuel --- HyFlexFuel --- rice harvest pellets --- palletization --- ash recovery --- normative --- anaerobic digestion --- methane production --- co-digestion --- combined heat and power --- farm-scale --- technical-economic analysis --- life cycle assessment --- greenhouse gas emission --- Ireland --- 5-hydroxymethylfurfural --- glucose --- heteropolyacid catalysts --- agroforestry --- waste valorization --- sustainable development goals --- renewable energy --- bioenergy transitions --- circular bioeconomy --- clean cooking --- life-cycle assessment --- energy policy --- barley straw --- torrefaction --- higher heating value --- severity factor --- sustainable development --- enhancement factor --- energy yield --- climate modelling --- climate change --- climate policy --- emission accounting --- global warming potential --- global temperature change potential --- greenhouse gas emissions --- impulse response function --- Bern Carbon Cycle model --- climate impacts of agriculture system --- conventional wheat --- olive trees --- silvopastoral --- acidification --- eutrophication --- energy crops --- miscanthus --- cardoon --- Paulownia tomentosa --- microalgae --- contaminated soils --- geographic information systems (GIS) --- ArcGIS --- adsorption --- ceramic filter --- gasification --- hot-gas cleaning --- lignocellulosic biomass --- cellulose pulp --- hydrolysis --- oxygen availability --- C:N ratio --- fermentation --- itaconic acid --- Aspergillus terreus