Vol 37 (2014)
"We are proud to publish this world-class volume and to share with you the articles on the latest key innovations within sustainable bioenergy technologies and solutions."
Guest Editors: Eliseo Ranzi, Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus
Copyright © 2014, AIDIC Servizi S.r.l.
ISBN 978-88-95608-28-0; ISSN 2283-9216

Research Articles

Fluidized Bed Combustion of Wet Biomass Fuel (Olive Husks)
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Effect of Sewage Sludge Addition on Potassium Release and Ash Transformation during Wheat Straw Combustion
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Investigations at a Micro-Scale Installation Regarding Emission Reduction by Air Staging and Integrated Catalysis
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Catalytic Wall Flow Filters for the Reduction of Biomass Boilers Emissions
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Reduction of PM Emissions from Biomass Combustion Appliances: Evaluation of Efficiency of Electrostatic Precipitators
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Correlation Between Activation Energy and Thermal Decomposition Yield of Sugar Cane Bagasse under CO2/O2 and N2/O2
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Characterization of Ashes from Different Wood Parts of Norway Spruce Tree
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Kinetic Scheme to Predict Product Composition of Biomass Torrefaction
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Torrefaction Kinetics of Norwegian Biomass Fuels
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Hydrothermal Carbonization of Biomass: Design of a Batch Reactor and Preliminary Experimental Results
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Influence of the Grain Direction on the Low-Temperature Pyrolysis of Large Wood Particles
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Techno-Economic Assessment of Pyrolysis Char Production and Application – A Review
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Oxidative Pyrolysis of a Large Wood Particle: Effects of Oxygen Concentration and of Particle Size
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Kinetic Modelling of Sawdust and Beech Wood Pyrolysis in Drop Tube Reactors Using Advanced Predictive Models
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Effect of Feedstock Demineralization on Physico-Chemical Characteristics of Arundo Donax Derived Biochar
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A Biomass Gasifier Including An Ionic Transport Membrane System For Oxygen Transfer
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Carbon Dioxide Reforming of Tar During Biomass Gasification
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Statistical Description of Biomass Blends Devolatilization
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Polymeric Alginate Microspheres Containing Biochar to Immobilize Phosphate Ions
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Slow Pyrolysis of Bamboo Biomass: Analysis of Biochar Properties
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Pyrolysis of Seaweeds for Bio-oil and Bio-char Production
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Effects of Catalyst on Pyrolysis of Laurel (Laurus Nobilis L.) Seed in a Fixed Bed Tubular Reactor
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Properties of Malaysia Bamboo’s (Gigantochloa Scortechinii) Pyrolyzed Products via Drop Type Pyrolyzer Reactor: Bio-Oil
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Techno-economic and Environmental Analysis of Hydrogen and Power Co-generation based on Co-gasification of Coal and Biomass / Solid Wastes with Carbon Capture
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Gasification of Biomass Residuals – Industrial Perspective and Long-Term Practice
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Gasification of Agricultural Residues in a Demonstrative Plant
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Hydrogen Rich Gas from Catalytic Steam Gasification of Biomass in a Fluidized Bed Containing Catalytic Filters
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Biomass Gasification Between 800 and 1,400 °C in the Presence of O2: Drop Tube Reactor Experiments and Simulation
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Thermodynamic Effect of Co-reactant Addition in the Supercritical Water Gasification of Biomass
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Study of the Hydrogen Potentiality from Supercritical Water Gasification of Different Biomasses: Thermodynamic Analysis and Comparison with Experimental Data
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Social Acceptance Optimization of Biomass Plants: a Fuzzy Cognitive Map and Evolutionary Algorithm Application
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Could Control of Invasive Acacias Be a Source of Biomass for Energy under Mediterranean Conditions?
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Supercritical Water Gasification of Glucose/Phenol Mixtures as Model Compounds for Ligno-Cellulosic Biomass
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Product Yields and Kinetics of Biomass Fast Devolatilization: Experiments and Modeling
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Removal of Tar from Biomass Gasification Process by Steam Reforming over Nickel Catalysts
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Experimental Research of Heterogeneous Cracking of Pyrolysis Tars
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Modeling of a Small-scale Biomass Updraft Gasifier
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Hydrogen Production from Supercritical Water Gasification of Different Biomass Materials: Thermodynamic Behavior
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Fluidized Bed Reactor for Gasification of Sugarcane Bagasse: Distribution of Syngas, Bio-Tar and Char
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Effect of Biomass Feed Position on the Kinetics of Devolatilization in a Fluidized Bed
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Comparative Study for the Energy Valorisation of Rice Straw
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Gasification of Continuous Wood Char Bed: Modelling and Experimental Approach
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Influence of the Effective Parameters on H2:CO Ratio of Syngas at Low-Temperature Gasification
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Biomethane Production from Agricultural Resources in the Italian Scenario: Techno-Economic Analysis of Water Wash
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Biovalorization of Red Radicchio (Treviso Variety) By- products by a Two-stage Anaerobic Digestion
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Anaerobic Digestion of High-Nitrogen Tannery By-products in a Multiphase Process for Biogas Production
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Acetyl Xylan Esterase Axe1 (T. reesei, Carbohydrate Esterase Family 5) Supplemented to a (Hemi)cellulolytic Preparation Enhances Degradation of Recalcitrant Corn Silage Polysaccharides
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Evaluation of CH4 and H2 Yield with Different Mixtures of Digested and Fresh Buffalo Manure
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Bioethanol Production via the Fermentation of Phalaris aquatica L. Hydrolysate
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Simulation, Analysis and Optimization of an In Situ Gas Stripping Fermentation Process in a Laboratory Scale for Bioethanol Production
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Energy Efficiency Optimisation in Different Plant Solutions for Methanol Production from Biomass Gasification
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A Screening Design to Analyze the Influence of Technological Configurations on Techno-economic Parameters for Autonomous Distilleries in Brazil
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Industrial Initiatives Towards Lignocellulosic Biofuel Deployment: an Assessment in US and EU
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Optimal Design of an Integrated Microalgae Biorefinery for the Production of Biodiesel and PHBs
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Plug Flow Reactor Model to Analyse Operating Conditions on the Dilute H2SO4-acid Hydrolysis of Sugarcane Bagasse at High-Solids Loading
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Production of Hydrogen from Giant Reed by Dark Fermentation
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Effective Catalytic Hydrogenation of Fatty Acids Methyl Esters by Aqueous Rhodium(0) Nanoparticles Stabilized by Cyclodextrin-Based Polymers
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Modeling of Syngas Production from Biomass Energy Resources Available in Taiwan
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Alcoholic Fermentation from Sugarcane Molasses and Enzymatic Hydrolysates: Modeling and Sensitivity Analysis
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Comparison of Different Separation Methods for Solids Removal in an Ethanol Fermentation Broth from Banana Culture Waste
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Ethanol From Cashew Apple Bagasse By Enzymatic Hydrolysis
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Purification of Lactic Acid Produced from Sugarcane Molasses
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Comparison of High Temperature Alkali and Acid Pretreatment for the Enzymatic Saccharification of Poppy Stalks
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Effect of Temperature and Time on the Steam Pretreatment of Hazelnut Shells for the Enzymatic Saccharification
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Unique Marine Organism: Identification of some Methods for Biomaterial Production
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Subcritical Water Hydrolysis of Sugarcane Bagasse and Coconut Husk Assisted by Carbon Dioxide
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Use of Protic Ionic Liquids as Biomass Pretreatment for Lignocellulosic Ethanol Production
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Study of Recovery of Fermentable Sugars with Subcritical Water and Carbon Dioxide from Palm Fiber and Grape Seed
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Effect of Particle Size on Dilute Acid Pretreatment and Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Sugarcane Bagasse
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On-Line Measurements and Modelling Study in Second Generation Ethanol Production from Sugarcane
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Production of Acetone-Butanol-Ethanol from Cassava Rhizome Hydrolysate by Clostridium Saccharobutylicum BAA 117
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Hybrid Route to Produce Acrylic Acid from Sugarcane Molasses
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Dynamic Parameter Estimation Problem for Ethanol Production from Seaweed
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Production and Characterization of Fuel Briquettes from Banana Leaves Waste
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Integrated First and Second Generation Ethanol Production from Sugarcane
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Effect of Temperature on the Catalytic Performance of Dolomite for H2 Production by Steam Reforming of a Bio-oil/ethanol Mixture
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Optimization of Microalgae Composition for Development of a Topology of Biorefinery based on Profitability Analysis
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Prediction of Quality Properties for Biodiesel Production by Oleaginous Yeast Cultivated in Pure and Raw Glycerol
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Exploitation of Oleaginous Yeasts for the Production of Microbial Oils from Agricultural Biomass
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Simulation and Techno-Economic Evaluation of Large Scale 2.5-Dimethylfuran Production From Fructose
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Analysis of Ni/La2O3–aAl2O3 Catalyst Deactivation by Coke Deposition in the Ethanol Steam Reforming
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Comparison in Dimethyl Ether Steam Reforming of Conventional Cu-ZnO-Al2O3 and Supported Pt Metal Catalysts
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Advanced Characterization of Biofuels for Combustion and Gasification Plants
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Technical and Economic Overview of the Cellulignin Production Process
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Experimental Study of Wood Chips Torrefaction in a Pilot-scale Rotary Kiln
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How to Determine Energy of Wood from Nutrient Analysis?
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An LCA Study on Feedstocks and Processes for Biofuels Production
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Physical – Chemical Characterization of Biomass Samples for Application in Pyrolysis Process
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Cynara Cardunculus in Large Scale Cultivation. A Case Study in Portugal
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Solid-Liquid Equilibrium Calculation and Parameters Determination in Thermodynamic Models for Binary and Ternary Fatty Mixtures
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Synthesis of Biodiesel in Microstructured Reactors under Supercritical Reaction Conditions
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Combined ?onversion of Ethanol and Vegetable Oils to Hydrocarbons
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Heterogeneously Catalyzed Free Fatty Acids Esterification in (Monophasic Liquid)/Solid Packed Bed Reactors (PBR)
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Multi-Scale Simulation of Propane Valorization to BTX as a Co-Product from Algal Oil Hydroprocessing
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Immobilization of Lipase from Candida Rugosa on Hydrophobic and Mesoporous Support by Adsorption (MCM 41)
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Blending Study of Palm Oil Methyl Esters with Rubber Seed Oil Methyl Esters to Improve Biodiesel Blending Properties
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The Potential of Biodiesel Production from Frying Oil Used in the Restaurants of São Paulo city, Brazil
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The Direct Ethanol Conversion to Hydrocarbons over Pt- Containing Catalysts
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Catalytic Conversion of Glucose Using TiO2 Catalysts
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Biosyngas Conversion by Fischer – Tropsch Synthesis: Experimental Results and Multi-scale Simulation of a PBR with High Fe Loaded Supported Catalysts
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Epoxy Methyl Soyate as Bio-Plasticizer: Two Different Preparation Strategies
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Vinegar Production from Pineapple Wastes –Preliminary Saccharification Trials
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Bio-Hydrogen Production from Cheese Whey by Dark Fermentation
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Synthesis Gas from Waste Plasma Gasification for Fueling Lime Kiln
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Mechanical and Thermal Treatments of Municipal Solid Waste Organic Fraction in Small Dehydration Units
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Rice Husk Ash Based Composites, Obtained by Toxic Fly Ash Inertization, and their Applications as Adsorbents
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Simulation of Ethanol Production Via Fermentation of the Synthesis Gas Using Aspen PlusTM
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Purification of Biogas for Energy Use
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Carbon Nano Compound from Seeds: Methodology to Obtain a High Added Value Product
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Effect of Thermal Pre-Treatment on Fermentable Sugar Production of Chlorella Vulgaris
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Solid Biofuel Production by Mechanical Pre-Treatment of Brewers’ Spent Grain
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Biogenic Silica from Rice Husk Ash - Sustainable Sources for the Synthesis of Value Added Silica
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Use of Sugar Cane Vinasse as Substrate for Biosurfactant Production Using Bacillus subtilis PC
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Surface Modification of Celluloses Extracted from Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunches for Heavy Metal Sorption
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Innovative Use of Biomass Based on Technical Hemp in Building Industry
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Modeling and Simulation of Poly(L-Lactide) Polymerization in Batch Reactor
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Effect of Alkaline Agent and pH on the Composition of Freeze-Dried Proteins Extracted from Castor Bean (Ricinus communis L.) Cake
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Stability of Lipases Produced by Yarrowia lipolytica in the Presence of Cheese Whey
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Adsorption and Dispersion of Nickel on Oil Palm Mesocarp Fiber
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Modification of Brazilian Natural Fibers from Banana's Tree to Apply as Fillers into Polymers Composites
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Adsorption of Chromium (VI) by Activated Carbon Produced from Oil Palm Endocarp
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Strategy of Using Waste for Biosurfactant Production Through Fermentation by Bacillus Subtilis
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Enhancement of Lipid Content in Isochrysis Galbana and Pavlova Lutheri Using Palm Oil Mill Effluent as an Alternative Medium
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Energy Recovery in the Baking Line of the Cement Plant Djawad Taher of Algeria
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Valorisation of Stalks from Different Grape Cultivars for Sugars Recovery
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Properties of Biodegradable Films Made with Proteins Extracted from Castor Bean (Ricinus communis) Cake: Effect of Protein Extraction pH
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Screening of Four Different Agro-Food By-Products for the Recovery of Antioxidants and Cellulose
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Biotechnological Optimization of Light Use Efficiency in Nannochloropsis Cultures for Biodiesel Production
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Extraction and Preliminary Characterization of Bromelain from Curaua (Ananas erectifolius L.B.SMITH)
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Castor Bean (Ricinus communis) Cake Protein Extraction by Alkaline Solubilization: Definition of Process Parameters
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Characterization of Bromelain from Ananas Comosus Agroindustrial Residues Purified by Ethanol Factional Precipitation
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Hydrothermal Pretreatment for Enhancing Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Seeds of Açaí (Euterpe oleracea) and Sugar Recovery
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Anaerobic Digestion of Microalgal Residues to Enhance the Energetic Profit of Biocrude Production
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Biochar Status Under International Law and Regulatory Issues for the Practical Application
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Production of Butanol and Other High Valued Chemicals Using Ethanol as Feedstock Integrated to a First and Second Generation Sugarcane Distillery
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A Study on the Structural Properties of Aerosols from Biomass Combustion for Domestic Heating
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Risk Assessment of the Use of Biosolids Containing Emerging Organic Contaminants in Agriculture
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Sustainability Evaluation of Biodiesel Produced from Microalgae Chlamydomonas sp Grown in Brewery Wastewater
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Energy Analysis of Different Municipal Sewage Sludge- Derived Biogas Upgrading Techniques
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The Sustainability of Sugarcane Ethanol: The Impacts of the Production Model
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Determination of Strains from Tropical Culture Collection for Biological Treatment of Effluents from Textile Industry
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Small-Scale Wood-Fuelled CHP Plants: a Comparative Evaluation of the Available Technologies
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Novel Solution for Automated Processing of Harvested Rods in SRC Nurseries
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Bacterial and Archaeal Communities Influence on Methane Production
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Effect of Inoculums to Substrate Ratio on Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion of the Dairy Wastewater
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Kinetic modelling of Biofuels: Pyrolysis and Auto-Ignition of Aldehydes
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Reduced Kinetic Model of Biodiesel Fuel Combustion
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Study of an Innovative Process for the Production of Biofuels using Non-edible Vegetable Oils
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Optimization of Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction of Phenolic Compounds from Citrus sinensis L. Peels using Response Surface Methodology
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