A state-of-the-art review on thermochemical conversion of biomass for biofuel production: A TG-FTIR approach

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 209, Issue , 2020, Pages

  Ong, Hwai Chyuan ^a   Chen, Wei Hsin ^b,c,d   Singh, Yashvir ^b,e   Gan, Yong Yang ^a,b   Chen, Chia Yang ^b   Show, Pau Loke ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHIN YI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^e GRAPHIC ERA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer; Gasification; Microalgae and lignocelluloses; Thermogravimetric analyzer (TG); Torrefaction and pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOFUELS; BLENDING; CROPS; CULTIVATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GASIFICATION; PYROLYSIS; SPECTROMETERS;

BIO-ENERGY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA REDS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROMETER; MICRO-ALGAE; STATE-OF-THE ART REVIEWS; THERMOCHEMICAL CONVERSION; THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSING; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYZERS;

BIOMASS;

EID: 85080067959     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2020.112634     Document Type: Review

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