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Poplar wood torrefaction: Kinetics, thermochemistry and implications

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Chai, Meiyun, Xie, Li, Yu, Xi, Zhang, Xingguang, Yang, Yang, Rahman, Md. Maksudur, Blanco, Paula H., Liu, Ronghou +2 more·2021·Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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  • During dendroremediation of hydrocarbon-contaminated soil, the biomass produced is not usually contaminated with organics; Populus plants have multiple uses including pulp, pallets for bioenergy, medicine, phytochemicals, and plywood.

    “During the dendroremediation of hydrocarboncontaminated soil, the biomass produced is not usually contaminated with organics, as reported in a study conducted by (Salam et al. 2022)”

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    The Introduction discusses poplar wood as biomass for thermal conversion, and Materials and experiments §2.1 describes wood obtained from a farm; neither addresses dendroremediation or contamination of the resulting biomass. Searches for hydrocarbon-contaminated soil, dendroremediation, and phytoremediation found no relevant passage in our copy. Page numbers were not available. (LLM, conf=0.74)

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Authors
Chai, M., Xie, L., Yu, X., Zhang, X., Yang, Y., Rahman, M. M., Blanco, P. H., Liu, R., Bridgwater, A. V., & Cai, J.
Affiliations
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
  • Aston University (GB)
  • University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (CN)
  • Curtin University (AU)
Corresponding author
Cai, Junmeng
Venue
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2021-06
Volume
143
Pages
110962
ISSN
1364-0321 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3151901886
Cited by
58
References
109
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 2
FWCI
2.74
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (publishedVersion)
  • Aston Publications Explorer (Aston University) (submittedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Sino-German Center
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Thermal and Kinetic Analysis
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Mining and Gasification Technologies
Keywords
poplar wood, torrefaction, thermochemical model, woody biomass, mass yield, energy yield, residence time, heating rate, biomass thermochemical conversion

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