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Fuels and Fuels Processing
Overview of the most relevant articles related
to fuels and fuels processing
Ante Jukić
For a number of years the main
issue in fuel research is the
consideration of biomass as a
raw material for fuel production
Biomass
For a number of years, the main issue in fuel research
is the consideration of biomass as a raw material
for fuel production, and this is followed by the modelling
and optimization of the production processes. Thus,
most-cited and most-downloaded papers in this area
deal with the above-mentioned topics. Knowing the
detailed composition of biomass is of crucial importance
to the process and later product properties. In review
article: Composition, properties and challenges of algae
biomass for biofuel application: An overview (Fuel, 181,
2016, 1-33), the common issues concerning taxonomical
classification, habitat environment, carbon reserve
capacity, production, use, and main advantages and
disadvantages of algae or algae biofuel are addressed.
Further, more than 135 characteristics related to the
chemical, phase and mineral composition and properties
of algae and algae ash are evaluated and compared
to those of terrestrial biomass, coal and their ashes. As a
result specific benefits and obstacles connected with the
composition and properties of algae and algae ash are
discussed. The present data demonstrate that the high
contents of inorganic matter with unfavorable modes of
element occurrences (chlorides, sulphates, carbonates,
oxalates, nitrates and some oxyhydroxides, phosphates
and amorphous material) in algae and algae ash provoke
the most critical technological and environmental challenges
during algae processing for biofuel application
and especially during algae thermochemical conversion.
There are very informative and following titles:
An overview of the organic and inorganic phase composition
of biomass (Fuel, 94, 2012, 1-33), Effects of torrefaction
process parameters on biomass feedstock upgrading
(Fuel, 91, 2012, 147-154), A review on the pretreatment
of lignocellulose for high-value chemicals (Fuel Processing
Technology, 160, 2017, 196-206).
Pyrolysis
Considering the processes, pyrolysis biomass is currently
being prominent by its attractiveness, and the
headlines we recommend are as follows: Historical Developments
of Pyrolysis Reactors: A Review (Energy Fuels,
31, 2017, 5751-5775), Combustion, performance and
emission analysis of a DI diesel engine using plastic pyrolysis
oil (Fuel Processing Technology, 157, 2017, 108-
115), Catalytic pyrolysis of biomass for biofuels production
(Fuel Processing Technology, 91, 2010, 25-32), Characteristics
of hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin pyrolysis
(Fuel, 86, 2007, 1781-1788), Pyrolysis of Wood/Biomass
for Bio-oil: A Critical Review (Energy Fuels, 20, 2006,
848-889).