Bioenergy and Biochar: Repurposing Waste to Sustainable Energy and Materials - Hardcover

by Dimitrios Kalderis (Guest Editor), Vasiliki Skoulou (Guest Editor)

Dear Colleagues,

All types of biomass, and their waste, comprised one the pillars of the preindustrial,

pre-fossil fuel, agriculture-based economies of the past. Traditional

practices of biomass waste management were applied, but not necessarily in a

sophisticated and efficient way, and included everything from agricultural activities

to food production, animal feed, natural fiber separation, and processing

of forest wood. The modern bioeconomy sector, however, includes new circular

economy energy and materials streams of added-value products, such as

gaseous, liquid and solid biofuels and bioenergy generation routes, and biochar

production, along with all the previously mentioned traditional products emerging

from the bioeconomy.

This Special Issue includes some of the latest bioenergy and biochar advancements

and their incorporation into a bioeconomy in transition. It focuses on

nature, properties, upgrading, and bioenergy generation processes from all types

of biomass waste and biochars originating from biomass waste. The multidisciplinarity

of bioenergy and biochar research is evident throughout the Special

Issue, highlighting the highly variable and tunable processes involved in

biomass handling, pre-processing, converting to biochar, and recovering energy.

Dr. Dimitrios Kalderis

Guest Editor

Dr. Vasiliki Skoulou

co-Guest Editor