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Examination of the thermal properties of municipal solid waste and the scalability of its pyrolysis
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Concerns surrounding the world’s current dependence on quickly depleting fossil fuels and their negative environmental impacts have brought about much research into renewable and sustainable energy sources. ...
Techno-economic study for sugarcane bagasse to liquid biofuels in South Africa : a comparison between biological and thermochemical process routes
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A techno-economic feasibility study was performed to compare biological and
thermochemical process routes for production of liquid biofuels from sugarcane bagasse
in South Africa using process modelling. ...
Pyrolysis of sugarcane bagasse
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The world’s depleting fossil fuels and increasing greenhouse gas emissions have given rise to much
research into renewable and cleaner energy. Biomass is unique in providing the only renewable source ...
A model for the vacuum pyrolysis of biomass
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2005-12)
Biomass is a significant renewable energy source and much research is currently being done to enable the production of biofuels and chemicals from biomass. This study looks at vacuum pyrolysis, a technology which has the ...
Fast pyrolysis of corn residues for energy production.
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Increasing oil prices along with the climate change threat have forced governments, society and the energy sector to consider alternative fuels. Biofuel presents itself as a suitable replacement and has ...
Pyrolysis of Eucalyptus grandis
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In recent times, governments around the world have placed increasing focus on cleaner
technologies and sustainable methods of power generation in an attempt to move away from
fossil fuel derived power, ...
Possible applications for vacuum pyrolysis in the processing of waste materials
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001-04)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Current global trends in government, industry and popular OpInIOn indicate that
recycling will become essential in the future. Vacuum pyrolysis is a new technology
with many recycling applications that ...