Thermo-Acoustic Catalytic Effect on Oxidizing Woody Torrefaction

Effect of Torrefaction Process Parameters on Biomass Feedstock Upgrading

Biomass is a primary source of renewable carbon that can be utilized as a feedstock for biofuels or biochemicals production in order to achieve energy independence of energy importing countries. The low bulk density, high moisture content, degradation during the storage, and low energy density of raw lignocellulosic biomass are all significant challenges in supplying agricultural residues as a ...

Production of Biofuel Intermediates from Woody Feedstocks via Fast Pyrolysis and Torrefaction

Study of a thermo acoustic Stirling cooler

A thermoacoustic-stirling cooler is built and performance measurements are performed. The cooler uses the acoustic power produced by a linear motor to pump heat through a regenerator from a cold heat exchanger to an ambient one. The cooler incorporates a compact acoustic network to create the traveling-wave phasing necessary to operate in a Stirling cycle. The network has a coaxial topology ins...

Torrefaction ? What ’ s that ?

Torrefaction is a thermo-chemical process that reduces the moisture content of wood and transforms it into a brittle, char-type material. The thermo-chemical process can reduce the mass of wood by 20-30% resulting in a denser, higher-valued product that can be transported more economically than traditional wood chips. Through torrefaction, wood may retain 90% of the energy value. This energy de...

Acoustic and Filtration Properties of Thermo-elastic porous medium: Biot’s Equations of Thermo-Poroelasticity

A linear system of differential equations describing a joint motion of thermoelastic porous body and incompressible thermofluid occupying porous space is considered. Although the problem is linear, it is very hard to tackle due to the fact that its main differential equations involve non-smooth oscillatory coefficients, both big and small, under the differentiation operators. The rigorous justi...