Guest Editors
Leilei Dai, Ph.D., Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, University of Minnesota, USA
Dr. Leilei Dai works in the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering at the University of Minnesota. He has co-authored over 80 papers in refereed journals, with a Google H index of 36 and over 3,200 citations, and has been enlisted in "2022 World's Top 2% Scientists List," published by Stanford University. Dr. Dai's research mainly focuses on the catalytic thermochemical conversion of solid wastes, including plastic waste, municipal solid waste, and lignocellulosic biomass, into valuable fuels, chemicals, and materials.
Junhui Chen, Ph.D., Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, University of Minnesota, USA
Dr. Junhui Chen is a research staff in the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering at the University of Minnesota. He has published more than 15 papers in peer-reviewed journals and has three granted patents. He hosted a provincial-level research project about microalgal cultivation for the simultaneous production of carotenoids and lipids and as a principal member, participated in multiple national-level and enterprise-funded research projects. Dr. Chen's current research mainly involves microalgae-based wastewater treatment, sustainable microalgae cultivation, and efficient conversion of microalgal biomass into valuable biomaterials and biofuels.
Summary
Biomass has been recognized as the most abundant and greenest energy source, enabling it to be studied widely over the past decades. Driven by climate change, renewable and carbon-neutral biomass has attracted much attention from academia and industry. Developing renewable biofuels as substitutes for traditional carbon-intensive ones is a promising pathway to reduce the environmental impact. Apart from the environmental benefits, biofuels are also very competitive due to various advantages, including various renewable feedstock sources (manure, waste from crops, other byproducts, algae, and plants grown specifically for fuel), increasing economic and energy security. Therefore, biofuels have been rapidly developed to reduce the dependence on fossil resources and tackle climate change all over the world.
With the advantages of biofuels, this Special Issue aims to collect papers on all related topics about biofuels production. We encourage authors to submit their good data and new findings for consideration. The specific thematic topics include the following topics (but not limited to):
1. Algae cultivation, harvesting, and biofuels production;
2. Hydrothermal conversion of biomass for biofuels production;
3. Biomass pyrolysis for biofuels production;
4. Biomass gasification for syngas production;
5. Biomass-based solid fuels.
Keywords
Biomass; biofuels; algae; hydrothermal; pyrolysis; gasification; solid fuels
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