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Thermal Pretreatment Technologies for Moisture Removal and Upgrading the Biomass Quality
Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, USA.
Karlstad University, Faculty of Health, Science and Technology (starting 2013), Department of Engineering and Chemical Sciences (from 2013).ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0446-4251
Karlstad University, Faculty of Health, Science and Technology (starting 2013), Department of Engineering and Chemical Sciences (from 2013).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8300-2786
Karlstad University, Faculty of Health, Science and Technology (starting 2013), Department of Engineering and Chemical Sciences (from 2013).ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3347-7262
2024 (English)In: Handbook of Biorefinery Research and Technology / [ed] Virendra Bisaria, Springer, 2024, p. 1-41Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

The supply-chain logistics – storage and transportation over long distances – and downstream processes in biofuel production are adversely impacted by the moisture content in the biomass feedstock. Most woody, herbaceous, low-cost biomass resources such as municipal organic solid wastes and forest residues have moisture content over 30% (of the wet-biomass mass). This makes them less amenable to thermochemical biomass-to-biofuel conversion technologies like pyrolysis and gasification. If pyrolyzed or gasified, the resulting biofuels have a higher moisture content, which truncates their calorific values. During storage, there is a loss of dry matter owing to a tendency to compost aerobically/anaerobically, which is detrimental to the quality of the biomass as a potential source of biofuel. Beyond that, fire hazards due to the spontaneous combustion of wet biomass are not uncommon, necessitating storage in a dry condition. However, drying high-moisture biomass is energy-intensive. The quality of the product and the efficiency of drying are affected by particle sizes and drying technologies adopted. Within this chapter, the authors focus on managing and controlling the moisture content of the biomass utilized in the biofuels sector by resorting to drying and torrefaction technologies. The chapter dwells on drying principles, models and media in drying systems, types of drying systems, mechanical dewatering and torrefaction, the impact of drying, dewatering, and torrefaction on the physical and chemical properties of the end-product, and techno-economic analysis of torrefaction.

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Springer, 2024. p. 1-41
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Biomass, Chemical composition, Drying, Drying techniques, Torrefaction, Moisture content, Techno-economic analysis
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Environmental and Energy Systems
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-98625DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6724-9_49-1ISBN: 978-94-007-6724-9 (print)ISBN: 978-94-007-6724-9 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-98625DiVA, id: diva2:1839242
Available from: 2024-02-20 Created: 2024-02-20 Last updated: 2025-02-17Bibliographically approved

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