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Energy & Fuels
Alina Kowalczyk-Jusko, Andrzej Mazur, Patrycja Pochwatka, Damian Janczak, Jacek Dach
Summary: The giant miscanthus is an important energy plant with multiple uses. This study investigated the potential of miscanthus biomass for combustion and anaerobic fermentation. The results showed that the energy parameters of miscanthus biomass were typical for straw biomass, but its relatively low ash melting temperatures and chemical composition posed a risk of contamination depositing on heating devices. Miscanthus silage can be a valuable substrate for anaerobic digestion, but the timing of harvest affects biomass yield. The energy yield from dried plants was higher compared to biomass processed into biomethane.
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Environmental Sciences
Hana Burdova, Diana Nebeska, Karim Suhail Al Souki, Dominik Pilnaj, Zdenka Kwoczynski, Sylvie Krizenecka, Hana Auer Malinska, Martin Vanek, Pavel Kuran, Valentina Pidlisnyuk, Josef Trogl
Summary: The second generation biofuel crop Miscanthus x giganteus (Mxg) was studied as a potential candidate for remediation of petroleum hydro-carbons (PHs) contaminated soil. The study revealed inhibitory effects of diesel contamination on plant parameters, but the impact was lower than expected. Additionally, lower concentrations of PHs actually stimulated electron transport. The research confirmed the potential of Mxg for diesel contaminated soil phytomanagement, particularly in PHs concentrations up to 20 g & BULL;kg 1 where phytoremediation was proven effective.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Shivali Banerjee, Ramkrishna Singh, Kristen Eilts, Erik J. Sacks, Vijay Singh
Summary: The focus of stakeholders has shifted from synthetic colors to natural plant-based pigments due to increased awareness for eco-friendliness and sustainability. This study evaluates purple stemmed Miscanthus x giganteus as a source of anthocyanins. Hydrothermal pretreatment is studied as a green, chemical-free process for recovering maximum anthocyanins. The pretreatment also improves enzymatic digestibility of biomass and increases glucose recovery.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
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Agronomy
Michael Stotter, Florian Wichern, Ralf Pude, Martin Hamer
Summary: The study found that the use of Mis fertilizers can help in fixing nitrogen sources and increasing soil organic matter, having a certain effect on the growth of cereals.
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Energy & Fuels
Nikola Bilandzija, Zeljka Zgorelec, Lato Pezo, Mateja Grubor, Anamarija Gudelj Velaga, Tajana Kricka
Summary: According to the objectives of the EU's climate and energy framework, renewable energy sources are considered important in mitigating climate change. Cultivating energy crops can help clean contaminated soil while providing biomass, but it should be done on marginal soils to avoid conflicts with food production. The investigated biomass quality of Miscanthus x giganteus meets most standards.
JOURNAL OF THE ENERGY INSTITUTE
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Hana Burdova, Zdenka Kwoczynski, Diana Nebeska, Karim Suhail Al Souki, Dominik Pilnaj, Barbora Grycova, Katerina Klemencova, Pavel Lestinsky, Pavel Kuran, Josef Trogl
Summary: The second-generation energy crop Miscanthus x giganteus (Mxg) can produce adequate biomass yield even in marginal or contaminated soils. This renewable biomass can be utilized energetically or transformed into various biobased products. Growing Mxg in diesel contaminated soils did not have significant effects on the energetic biomass properties.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Michael Stotter, Florian Wichern, Ralf Pude, Martin Hamer
Summary: The cultivation of Miscanthus x giganteus L. (Mis) as an organic fertilizer showed potential advantages in immobilizing nitrogen and accumulating soil organic matter compared to wheat straw (WS) in experiments.
Article
Agronomy
Jacob E. Studt, Marshall D. McDaniel, Mauricio D. Tejera, Andrew VanLoocke, Adina Howe, Emily A. Heaton
Summary: The winter fallow period in annual cropping systems can leave soils vulnerable to erosion and nutrient loss, especially nitrogen leaching. Perennial crops like miscanthus show promise in reducing nitrogen losses, with mature miscanthus significantly decreasing nitrogen leaching compared to maize.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY BIOENERGY
(2021)
Article
Energy & Fuels
J. Leroy, F. Ferchaud, C. Giauffret, B. Mary, L. Fingar, E. Mignot, S. Arnoult, S. Lenoir, D. Martin, M. Brancourt-Hulmel, M. Zapater
Summary: This study compared the nitrogen recycling and use efficiency between Miscanthus x giganteus and Miscanthus sinensis. The results showed that Miscanthus x giganteus had higher endogenous net nitrogen fluxes than Miscanthus sinensis. However, the nitrogen recycling efficiency did not significantly differ between the two species. The study also found that external nitrogen sources, such as fertilization and organic matter mineralization, were the main contributors to the plant nitrogen content, and a certain amount of nitrogen was lost during winter, with only a small portion attributed to abscised leaves.
BIOENERGY RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Nictor Namoi, Chunhwa Jang, Zachary Robins, Cheng-Hsien Lin, Soo-Hyun Lim, Thomas Voigt, DoKyoung Lee
Summary: This study investigated the effects of nitrogen fertilizer application on Miscanthus biomass yield and stand health. It found that mid-summer growing season vegetation indices (VIs), particularly NDRE, provided the best prediction of biomass yield. Moderate application of 112 kg N/ha was found to improve and maintain the stand health and biomass yield of Miscanthus.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Diana Nebeska, Josef Trogl, Alena Sevcu, Roman Spanek, Kristyna Markova, Lawrence Davis, Hana Burdova, Valentina Pidlisnyuk
Summary: The study showed that Miscanthus x giganteus can be cultivated in contaminated soils and effectively degrade organic compounds, but is affected by high salinity, which needs to be mitigated to further utilize the plant for phytomanagement of contaminated soils.
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
(2021)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Malick S. Ouattara, Anabelle Laurent, Magali Berthou, Elsa Borujerdi, Arnaud Butier, Pierre Malvoisin, Dominique Romelot, Chantal Loyce
Summary: This study aimed to identify the main factors explaining the variability of yields across site-years for M. x giganteus and M. sinensis. Water stress and crop age were found to mainly explain yield variability for both genotypes, with M. sinensis yields additionally affected by the sum of degree-days of the previous year of growth. Hence, genotype choice must consider environmental characteristics to achieve higher and more stable yields.
BIOENERGY RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Slawomir Francik, Pawel Knapik, Boguslawa Lapczynska-Kordon, Renata Francik, Zbigniew Slipek
Summary: The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of internode number and water content on the biomechanical parameters of giant miscanthus stalks. The results showed that both water content and internode number had a significant impact on the modulus of elasticity and maximum stress.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Mengmeng Hao, Shuai Chen, Yushu Qian, Dong Jiang, Fangyu Ding
Summary: Developing biomass energy, specifically giant silvergrass cultivation, is a potential solution to address sustainability challenges such as climate change, energy crisis, and carbon emissions reduction. This study used a boosting regression tree to identify marginal land resources for giant silvergrass cultivation based on influencing factors including climate, soil, topography, and land use. The results indicate that there are significant land resources globally suitable for giant silvergrass cultivation, with Africa, Asia, South America, and North America having the largest potential areas. Climate conditions have the greatest influence on the spatial distribution of giant silvergrass.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Natalia Kordala, Malgorzata Lewandowska, Wlodzimierz Bednarski
Summary: The pretreatment of lignocellulosic material leads to the synthesis of compounds that inhibit the metabolic activity of microorganisms, hindering the bioconversion of lignocellulosic hydrolysates. Identifying these inhibitors and selecting the optimal detoxication method are crucial for improving fermentation efficiency.
BIOMASS CONVERSION AND BIOREFINERY
(2023)
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Engineering, Civil
Wieslaw Szulczewski, Wojciech Jakubowski
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
(2018)
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Engineering, Civil
Malgorzata Biniak-Pierog, Alicja Zielinska, Andrzej Zyromski, Kryspin Swider
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2020)
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Environmental Sciences
Marta Lisiak-Zielinska, Klaudia Borowiak, Anna Budka, Jolanta Kanclerz, Ewelina Janicka, Anna Kaczor, Andrzej Zyromski, Malgorzata Biniak-Pierog, Konrad Podawca, Miroslaw Mleczek, Przemyslaw Niedzielski
Summary: This study aimed to determine the relationships among Cd, Pb, Ni, and Cr content in plants and soils for 10 types of land use in urban areas of representative cities in central Europe region. The analysis revealed variation among sites, plant organs, and cities, with nickel being the element with the highest content in roots. Cluster analysis showed cadmium to be different from the other three elements in leaves.
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Chemistry, Physical
Monika Slupska, Ewa Sygula, Piotr Komarnicki, Wieslaw Szulczewski, Roman Stopa
Summary: From the producers' perspective, predicting bruise area on a specific substrate when dropping an apple from a certain height is difficult. In this study, the authors proposed a simple method to estimate bruise volume based on drop height and substrate material. They found that different substrates and apple varieties have varying effects on bruising. Numerical models can accurately predict bruise volume, with approximately 75% accuracy for collective models and 93% accuracy for separate models.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Stanislaw Rolbiecki, Malgorzata Biniak-Pierog, Andrzej Zyromski, Wieslawa Kasperska-Wolowicz, Barbara Jagosz, Piotr Stachowski, Daniel Liberacki, Ewa Kanecka-Geszke, Hicran A. Sadan, Roman Rolbiecki, Ferenc Pal-Fam, Wieslaw Ptach
Summary: The study assessed the impact of climate change on the water needs of giant miscanthus, finding that in the coming years, increased irrigation will be necessary to meet its growing water demands.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Malgorzata Biniak-Pierog, Mieczyslaw Chalfen, Andrzej Zyromski, Andrzej Doroszewski, Tomasz Jozwicki
Proceedings Paper
Mathematics, Applied
Wieslaw Szulczewski, Wojciech Jakubowski, Tamara Tokarczyk
XLVIII SEMINAR OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS
(2018)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
M. Genovese, F. Piraino, P. Fragiacomo
Summary: This research proposes the concept of a hydrogen valley in southern Italy, where hydrogen is produced centrally and delivered via fuel cell hybrid trains to refueling stations, providing transportation services. The analysis from both technical and economic perspectives shows that the cost of hydrogen and energy efficiency reached competitive levels, and hydrogen rail transport offers significant benefits in terms of emissions reduction and economic gains compared to conventional diesel trains and fully electric trains.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Miaomiao Liu, Payam Nejat, Pinlu Cao, Carlos Jimenez-Bescos, John Kaiser Calautit
Summary: This article provides a critical review of the performance of windcatchers, pointing out the current research gaps and issues, and proposing directions for further investigation and market prospects.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Solomon Boadu, Ebenezer Otoo
Summary: Despite Africa's vast energy resources, including wind energy, the continent faces challenges in developing its wind energy industry. Northern African countries and South Africa currently dominate the wind energy sector in Africa. To uplift Africa's socio-economic status, strong political will, supportive policies, and institutional frameworks are needed to drive the development of wind energy and overcome existing challenges.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
E. K. Grubbs, S. M. Gruss, V. Z. Schull, M. J. Gosney, M. V. Mickelbart, S. Brouder, M. W. Gitau, P. Bermel, M. R. Tuinstra, R. Agrawal
Summary: As the global population grows, the demand for food, energy, and water will increase significantly. However, limited land availability and competition for solar resources pose challenges to resource generation technologies. In the United States, both agriculture and solar energy production have adopted densification schemes to improve yields and energy output per unit of land. This research proposes an Agrivoltaic food and energy coproduction architecture that optimizes power generation while maintaining crop productivity by implementing ideal anti-tracking during critical growth periods. This technology offers a viable pathway for widespread solar implementation throughout the contiguous United States.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Han Shao, Rui Henriques, Hugo Morais, Elisabetta Tedeschi
Summary: The integration of offshore wind energy into the electric grid provides opportunities in terms of environmental sustainability and cost efficiency, but poses challenges to power quality. This survey offers a deeper understanding of disturbance detection and classification tools, exploring root causes, disturbance locations, and algorithmic solutions. It highlights synchronized waveform measurement and discusses evaluation metrics for detection and classification algorithms. Additionally, a novel system-wide monitoring framework is proposed.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Eleni Davidson, Yair Schwartz, Joe Williams, Dejan Mumovic
Summary: A continued upward trend in global greenhouse gas emissions poses risks to global infrastructure and built assets. Maintaining high indoor environmental quality standards is a challenge for higher education institutions under future climates. Passive cooling mechanisms may be insufficient to tolerate predicted temperature increases. Different building typologies have varying energy demand projections.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Kexin Pang, Jian Zhou, Stamatis Tsianikas, David W. Coit, Yizhong Ma
Summary: This study proposes a new framework for long-term microgrid expansion planning, using deep reinforcement learning method to consider various uncertainties and constraints. The framework aims to enhance the effectiveness of microgrid expansion planning from the perspectives of economy, resilience, and greenhouse gas emission reduction.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jun Zhao, Kangyin Dong, Xiucheng Dong
Summary: The continuous growth of global electricity penetration has provided modern energy for alleviating energy poverty, but its impact on carbon neutrality has been overlooked. The research reveals that clean electricity from traditional fossil energy and renewable energy has a positive influence on the greenhouse effect. Eradicating energy poverty can effectively alleviate the greenhouse effect, especially in non-Belt and Road Initiative (B&RI) nations.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Hossein Shahbeik, Hamed Kazemi Shariat Panahi, Mona Dehhaghi, Gilles J. Guillemin, Alireza Fallahi, Homa Hosseinzadeh-Bandbafha, Hamid Amiri, Mohammad Rehan, Deepak Raikwar, Hannes Latine, Bruno Pandalone, Benyamin Khoshnevisan, Christian Sonne, Luigi Vaccaro, Abdul-Sattar Nizami, Vijai Kumar Gupta, Su Shiung Lam, Junting Pan, Rafael Luque, Bert Sels, Wanxi Peng, Meisam Tabatabaei, Mortaza Aghbashlo
Summary: This review explores the production of biocrude oil from biomass feedstocks through the process of hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL). It discusses the impact of process parameters on the quality, quantity, cost, and environmental impacts of biofuels. The review also highlights the challenges and prospects for the future development of biocrude oil.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Meysam Majidi Nezhad, Mehdi Neshat, Georgios Sylaios, Davide Astiaso Garcia
Summary: Digital twins promise innovation for the marine renewable energy sector by using modern technological advances and the existing maritime knowledge frameworks. This research presents critical aspects of digital twin implementation challenges in marine energy digitalization approaches that use and combine data systems.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yeganeh Sharifian, Hamdi Abdi
Summary: This paper discusses the background and objectives of the multi-area economic dispatch problem, as well as various techniques and methods applied in this field. It also covers comprehensive formulations of the problem and important issues in the field of probabilistic MAED, along with some related concepts and suggestions.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
J. G. B. Churchill, V. B. Borugadda, A. K. Dalai
Summary: The increasing global energy demand and the need to reduce fossil fuel reliance have created a demand for renewable and sustainable fuel sources. This review explores the potential of tall oil, a by-product of the pulping industry, as a feedstock for biofuels. The review provides an overview of tall oil production, purification, and treatment, and investigates recent trends and barriers towards tall oil-derived biofuels.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
David C. Broadstock, Xiangnan Wang
Summary: This study provides a general review of research on district cooling, identifying key topics and themes and highlighting potential research priorities for future studies.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
L. Scharnhorst, D. Sloot, N. Lehmann, A. Ardone, W. Fichtner
Summary: This study investigates and analyzes the barriers to demand response in industrial and commercial sectors, highlighting their significance. Concerns about diminished product quality, disruptions to production processes, human resource management, and revenue uncertainty are identified as the most frequently cited barriers. Overcoming these barriers requires bridging knowledge gaps, allocating sufficient resources, and adapting external incentives and policies.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Tong Feng, Yuechi Sun, Yating Shi, Jie Ma, Chunmei Feng, Zhenni Chen
Summary: Air pollution is a significant global challenge, and policymakers have implemented policies to reduce it. Evaluating the effectiveness of these policies is critical, and our study reveals trends and gaps in air pollution policy research. We found that research has shifted from focusing solely on air pollutants to including methodologies, policies, and health implications. China has emerged as a major contributor in this field of research.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)