Solid Biofuels for Energy A Lower Greenhouse Gas Alternative /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Grammelis, Panagiotis (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2011.
• Series: Green Energy and Technology,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Renewable energy resources.; Biochemical engineering.; Electric power production.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Energy Technology.; Biochemical Engineering.

Climate change, environmental impact and declining natural resources are driving scientific research and novel technical solutions. Green Energy and Technology serves as a publishing platform for scientific and technological approaches to "green" - i.e., environmentally friendly and sustai...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Supply of Solid Biofuels: Potential Feedstocks, Cost and Sustainability Issues in EU27
• 2. European Standards for Fuel Specification and Classes of Solid Biofuels
• 3. Biomass-coal Cofiring: An Overview of Technical Issues
• 4. Experiences on Co-firing Solid Recovered Fuels in the Coal Power Sector
• 5. Biomass Combustion Characteristics and Implications for Renewable Energy
• 6. Fluidized Bed Combustion of Solid Biomass for Electricity and/or Heat Generation
• 7. Gasification Technology and its Contribution to Deal with Global Warming
• 8. The Integration of Micro-CHP and Biofuels for Decentralized CHP Applications
• 9. Ash Formation, Slagging and Fouling in Biomass Co-firing in Pulverised-fuel Boilers
• 10. Utilization of Biomass Ashes.