What a month for the CARBIOW project consortium!
On one hand, our Slovenian partner, Kemijski inštitut – National Institute of Chemistry, published CARBIOW’s sixth scientific paper. This time, it was in volume 252 of the prestigious journal Renewable Energy (17.6 CiteScore | 9.1 Impact Factor) by Elsevier, and the authors were Andrii Kostyniuk and Blaž Likozar.
Entitled ‘Dry torrefaction of biomass waste into high-energy biochar and selective formation of levoglucosenone and 1,4:3,6-dianhydro-α-D-glucopyranose‘, this study systematically examined the influence of reaction conditions on the dry torrefaction process, evaluating their effects on the surface morphology and elemental composition of the resulting biochar.
«For the first time, the non-catalytic formation of value-added liquid products, such as levoglucosenone and 1,4:3,6-dianhydro-α-D-glucopyranose from wood cellulose pulp residue has been achieved using dry torrefaction under solvent-free conditions and in a nitrogen atmosphere».
READ THE COMPLETE ARTICLE: https://lnkd.in/dURKwUkv
On the other hand, Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials (AMIBM) published the CARBIOW project’s seventh scientific paper in volume 57 of the Sustainable Production and Consumption (22.5 CiteScore | 9.6 Impact Factor) journal by Elsevier. The authors are our colleagues Michelle Gian, Svetlana Obydenkova and Yvonne van der Meer.
Entitled ‘Key aspects in the social dimension of sustainability for assessment and reporting’, this study uses a mixed-method approach, combining word frequency and contextual analysis with thematic analysis to identify key aspects embedded in social sustainability assessment and reporting tools (SARTs) from a value chain perspective.
“The findings result in a baseline framework that supports more consistent and comprehensive social sustainability assessment and reporting (SAR), and can be applied regardless of sector, product, or context. This baseline helps practitioners navigate the fragmented landscape of existing tools”.
READ THE COMPLETE ARTICLE: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352550925001113?via%3Dihub
This two latests article clearly demonstrates CARBIOW project’s commitment to innovation in the field of biofuels and our reasearchers’ ambition at the last stage of the project.