Document Type

Editorial

Publication Date

2014

DOI

10.18331/BRJ2015.1.2.2

Publication Title

Biofuels Research Journal

Volume

1

Issue

2

Pages

43

Abstract

[First paragraph] In recent years, significant research interests have been placed on the conversion of non-food biomass resources such as lignocellulosic biomass (terrestrial) and algae (aquatic) to biofuels. Among all the alternative or renewable energy options, biomass is the only resource which is carbon neutral and can potentially replace part of fossil fuels use as liquid transportation fuels as well as contribute to electricity generation. Therefore, it can play a significant role in partially replacing oil, natural gas, and coal utilization for heat and energy generation. However, high moisture content of fresh biomass or algae is one of the major challenges in developing logistics and downstream processing for an economical design of bio-refineries. In conventional conversion methods (e.g. gasification, pyrolysis, and combustion), drying of biomass is a required step which is a challenge in order to make biofuels production economically feasible.

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© 2014 The Authors.

Published under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License.

Comments

The DOI to this work, https://doi.org/10.18331/BRJ2015.1.2.2, is non functional as of May 2025.

ORCID

0000-0003-3173-6101 (Kumar)

Original Publication Citation

Kumar, S. (2014). Hydrothermal processing of biomass for biofuels. Biofuel Research Journal, 1(2), 43. https://www.biofueljournal.com/article_5544.html

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