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Why Fossil Fuels are Preferred Over Biomass by Industries?

Sameer Usmani — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:05:32 +0000

Biomass can play a key role in economic development and emerge as a significant alternative to fossil fuels. In this article, we will discuss why fossil fuels are preferred over biomass fuel by the industrial sector. Why Fossil Fuel is...

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The Thermal Conversion of Biomass: An Overview

Salman Zafar — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 23:43:32 +0000

A wide range of thermal technologies exists to harness the energy stored in biomass. These biomass thermal technologies can be classified according to the principal energy carrier produced in the conversion process. Carriers are in the form of heat, gas,...

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Energy Potential of Coconut Biomass

Salman Zafar — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 19:57:24 +0000

Coconuts are produced in 92 countries worldwide on about more than 10 million hectares. Indonesia, Philippines and India account for almost 75% of world coconut production with Indonesia being the world’s largest coconut producer. A coconut plantation is analogous to...

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Utilization of Date Palm Biomass

Salman Zafar — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 12:25:56 +0000

Date palm trees produce huge amount of agricultural wastes in the form of dry leaves, stems, pits, seeds etc. A typical date tree can generate as much as 20 kilograms of dry leaves per annum while date pits account for...

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Comparison of MSW-to-Energy Processes

Salman Zafar — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 21:53:36 +0000

MSW-to-Energy is the use of thermochemical and biochemical technologies to recover energy, usually in the form of electricity, steam and other fuels, from urban wastes. The main categories of MSW-to-energy technologies are physical technologies, which process waste to make it...

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Biomass Pyrolysis Process

Salman Zafar — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 08:02:14 +0000

Biomass pyrolysis is the thermal decomposition of biomass occurring in the absence of oxygen. It is the fundamental chemical reaction that is the precursor of both the combustion and gasification processes and occurs naturally in the first two seconds. The...

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The Pyrolysis of Scrap Tires: Things You Should Know

Salman Zafar — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 04:26:53 +0000

Pyrolysis of scrap tires offers an environmentally and economically attractive method for transforming waste tires into useful products, heat and electrical energy. Pyrolysis refers to the thermal decomposition of scrap tires either in the absence or lack of oxygen. The...

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Torrified PKS: An Attractive Biomass Commodity in West Africa

Eko Sb Setyawan — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 09:27:49 +0000

Even though palm kernel shell has many similarities with wood pellets, it is not easy to reduce its size which makes it difficult for its optimum cofiring with coal in power plants and industries. Few years ago, Indonesia had exported...

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A Primer on Waste-to-Energy

Salman Zafar — Mon, 25 Dec 2023 03:17:10 +0000

Waste-to-Energy (also known as energy-from-waste) is the use of thermochemical and biochemical technologies to recover energy, usually in the form of electricity, steam and fuels, from urban wastes. These new technologies can reduce the volume of the original waste by...

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