Coal gasification process driven by concentrated solar radiation for carbon neutralization: Reaction and energy characteristics

Deep eutectic solvents for catalytic biodiesel production from liquid biomass and upgrading of solid biomass into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural

“…Nowadays, to reduce the growing pressure on non-renewable energy and mitigate the negative impacts of carbon dioxide that are derived from the combustion of abundant fossil fuels, there is an urgent need to employ a more environmentally friendly development mode to achieve the goal of carbon neutrality. 1,2 As a result, the efficient exploration and utilization of renewable energy, mainly including solar energy, hydropower, wind energy, and biomass energy, is considered to be an important direction for social development. 3,4 Amongst these, according to the latest statistics of the International Energy Agency (IEA), biomass, being deemed a significantly rich, diverse, and inexpensive sustainable energy source, is considered a promising and attractive raw material for the sustainable production of fuels and chemicals.…”

A new WSGG radiation model of CO/CO2 mixed gas for solar-driven coal/biomass fuel gasification

“…Then CO2 and a small amount of H2O produced by the pyrolysis as gasification agents reduce the char to CO and a small amount of H2. This process can be regarded as solar energy being fixed as chemical energy, which is also a solar energy storage process, and the entire reaction process is also a Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) process [5].…”