A novel decision support system for designing and assessing phytoremediation‐to‐biofuel value chains

Biofuels Bioproducts and Biorefining, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Март 24, 2025

Abstract The design of biofuel value chains is a complex process due to the large number stakeholders involved, seasonality in feedstock availability, security supply, logistics costs, efficiency considerations, and its multi‐node nature. Decisions on designing phytoremediation‐to‐biofuel are even more complicated, involvement additional stakeholders, contamination impacting types biomass that can be grown yield, sparse land availability or small plots – leading lack economies scale higher technology costs need for contaminant separation. This paper presents decision support system (DSS) supports when originates from phytoremediation contaminated land. It integrates various tools, including geographic information (GIS) data input, machine learning suitability assessment, supply chain optimization, evaluation economic, environmental, social key performance indicators, multicriteria method ranking scenarios (i.e. combinations conversion technologies). aim assist assess feasibility establishing chain, decontaminate land, produce clean biofuels, while simultaneously considering multiple social, economic criteria. A case‐study application Greece also presented findings discussed. web‐based DSS tool has several novel aspects, such as ability allow end‐to‐end value‐chain adoption methods predict species consideration mobile pyrolysis units together with fixed units.

Язык: Английский

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Characterization of South African Woody and Non-Woody Invasive Alien Plant Species for Sustainable Bio-Oil Production

Energies, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 18(8), С. 1919 - 1919

Опубликована: Апрель 9, 2025

Bio-oil energy use in agricultural systems provides sustainable solutions for powering machinery operations and heating cooling environments facilities. However, its potential South Africa is constrained by the limited availability of substrate that does not compromise food production, land use, water resources. This study investigated physical chemical properties six invasive alien plant species (IAPs), three woody (Acacia mearnsii, Eucalyptus grandis, Pinus patula), nonwoody (Lantana camara, Chromolaena odorata, Solanum mauritianum) to assess their suitability bio-oil production. Key analyses included structural, elemental, proximate, atomic ratio, higher value (HHV), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) analyses. The results showed IAPs had a significantly structural composition (p < 0.05), improving yield. can be blended with diesel while lignin-derived biochar serves as soil amendment. Higher carbon hydrogen contents enhanced HHV combustion, lower nitrogen sulfur levels reduced emissions. Despite oxygen hindering pyrolysis, bioactive support crop protection. Compared African coal, IAP-derived shares similarities peat coal could used greenhouse heating. promotes efficiency agriculture, reduces fossil fuel dependence, supports environmental sustainability repurposing IAPs. Additional studies should focus on lignin pretreatment upgrading reduce oxygenated compounds.

Язык: Английский

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Analysis of Tar and Oil Derived from Pyrolysis and Copyrolysis of Waste Plastics and Biomass

Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Апрель 17, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Data-driven modeling of bio-oil yield in agricultural biomass pyrolysis with machine learning

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Сен. 1, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Catalytic and thermochemical conversion of algal biomass to high-quality biofuel: A sustainable approach

Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 105901 - 105901

Опубликована: Дек. 1, 2024

Язык: Английский

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