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    Citation - WoS: 3
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    CFD-DEM Modeling of Biomass Pyrolysis in a DBD Plasma Fluidized Bed
    (Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2025) Eslami, Ali; Kazemi, Saman; Hamidani, Golnaz; Zarghami, Reza; Mostoufi, Navid
    This study developed a CFD-DEM model to simulate biomass pyrolysis within a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma fluidized bed reactor. Biomass, as a renewable energy source, offers a promising alternative for hydrogen production through pyrolysis. The integration of non-thermal plasma technology and fluidized bed reactors is expected to enhance conversion. Key operational parameters such as inlet gas velocity, particle size, and input voltage were examined to evaluate their effects on temperature distribution, particle conversion, and hydrogen production. Results indicated that higher inlet gas velocities promote better particle mixing and more uniform temperature and conversion distribution. Smaller particle sizes significantly enhance biomass conversion by increasing the available surface area between fluid and particles. Specifically, particles with diameters of 0.85, 1.2, and 1.5 mm achieved conversions of 10.4, 8.99, and 8.57 %, respectively, at 20 s from the start of the process. Additionally, increasing the input voltage increases the mean temperatures of particles and fluid, which enhances reaction rates and conversion. Optimizing these parameters can improve the efficiency of DBD plasmaassisted biomass pyrolysis, providing valuable insights for sustainable hydrogen production.
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    Citation - WoS: 3
    Citation - Scopus: 1
    Enhancing Biomass Pyrolysis via Microwave Heating: A CFD-DEM Study on Intensification in Fluidized Beds
    (Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2026) Hamidani, Golnaz; Kazemi, Saman; Eslami, Ali; Zarghami, Reza; Sotudeh-Gharebagh, Rahmat; Mostoufi, Navid
    Biomass conversion into high-value products in fluidized beds can be significantly improved by utilizing microwave irradiation as the heating source. The present work studied microwave-assisted biomass pyrolysis using a coupled CFD-DEM model in a fluidized bed. The effect of key operating parameters, including inlet gas velocity (1.5, 2, and 2.5 times the minimum fluidization velocity), mean particle diameter (1.2, 1.3, and 1.5 mm), and microwave power input (200, 400, and 600 W), was evaluated on the performance of the reactor. The results revealed that higher microwave power increased the mean particle temperature and chemical conversion rate due to greater internal energy generation within the biomass particles. Increasing the gas velocity led to lower particle temperature because of enhanced convective heat transfer to the gas phase, and improved the uniformity of temperature and conversion distributions. Furthermore, decreasing the mean particle diameter from 1.5 to 1.2 mm increased the average temperature, from 890 to 987 K, and raised biomass conversion from 14.8 to 18.1 %, mainly by reducing convective heat losses. The validated model developed in this study enables accurate predictions of process behavior and provides valuable insights for optimizing microwave-assisted biomass pyrolysis in fluidized beds. These findings highlight the potential of microwave-assisted fluidized bed pyrolysis as an efficient technique for process intensification in producing valuable bio-based products.
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    Citation - WoS: 6
    Citation - Scopus: 6
    A New Electro-Biomembrane Integrated Renewable-Based System To Produce Power, Fresh Water and Hydrogen for Sustainable Communities
    (Elsevier, 2025) Goren, A. Yagmur; Dincer, Ibrahim; Khalvati, Ali
    As the consequences of global warming become more severe, it is more crucial than ever to capitalize on all locally accessible potential renewable energy sources and produce sufficient useable energy outputs to meet community demands while causing the least damage to the ecosystem. Therefore, this paper focuses on a unique parabolic trough collector solar system-powered electro-biomembrane unit that combines a heat and power system with fresh water, electricity and hydrogen production. The proposed integrated system contains the following subsystems: a combining parabolic trough collector solar system, an organic Rankine cycle, a steam Rankine cycle, a multi-stage flash desalination system, and an electro-biomembrane H2 and freshwater production system. A thorough analysis and parametric research are performed on the multigeneration system to determine how important characteristics affect system performance and evaluate the energy and exergy efficiencies, and exergy destruction levels for particular system elements. The study results show that solar irradiation is the most critical parameter for improving system performance. The highest freshwater production of 1,303,333.3 L/day is observed at the solar irradiation of 935,768 kWh/day. Furthermore, the combined output of three electricity production technologies exceeds 2,000,000 kWh/day, highlighting the ability of the system to harness solar thermal energy effectively. The study findings indicate that using solar power and biomass as renewable energy sources, the proposed integrated system provided 328.56 kg of biohydrogen per day. Overall, the energy and exergy efficiencies of the integrated system are obtained as 34.3 and 29.5 %, respectively.
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    Citation - WoS: 14
    Citation - Scopus: 17
    Cleaner Production of Biohydrogen Using Poplar Leaves: Experimental and Optimization Studies
    (Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2024) Goren, A. Yagmur; Kenez, Muratcan; Dincer, Ibrahim; Khalvati, Ali
    Biohydrogen (bioH2) is recognized as a potential carbon-neutral energy vector, and developing novel methods has received increasing attention with a prime goal of producing H2 more efficient and cost effective manner. This study aimed to develop a unique reactor to investigate dark fermentative H2 production from poplar biomass using commercially available and inexpensive microorganism cultures. Therefore, six factors of the Box-Behnken design (BBD) were performed to evaluate the individual and combined effects of operational param-eters: acid concentration (2-10%), biomass concentration (2-10 g), initial pH (5-8), temperature (30-40 degrees C), mixing ratio (150-350 rpm), and microorganism concentration (2-6 g) on bioH2 production. Among the oper-ational parameters, the acid concentration was the most effective parameter on bioH2 production. The bioH2 production increased from 11.33 to 18.15 mg/g biomass with increasing acid concentration from 6 to 10%. Moreover, the optimum levels of operational variables were as follows: acid concentration of 9.9%, biomass amount of 2 g, pH of 6.56, temperature of 35 degrees C, mixing ratio of 345 rpm, and microorganism amount of 4.5 g for the highest bioH2 production of 20 mg/g-biomass according to the experimental design. Consequently, the bioH2 production performance of the dark fermentation process showed that bioH2 production from poplar biomass using commercially available microorganisms had a competitive advantage.
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    Selective Catalytic Hydrogenation of Cellulose Into Sorbitol With Ru-Based Catalysts
    (Tubitak Scientific & Technological Research Council Turkey, 2022) Orak, Ceren; Sapmaz, Aycan; Yüksel Özsen, Aslı
    Sorbitol is one of the platform chemicals and can be produced from various renewable and sustainable sources via different processes. Hydrothermal liquefaction is an effective and promising approach to produce sorbitol, since the subcritical reaction media and appropriate catalysts provide a selective production of platform chemicals. In this study, sorbitol was produced from different renewable sources (cellulose and glucose) in the presence of Ru-based catalysts (Ru/SiO2, Ru/AC, Ru/SBA-15, and Ru/SBA-15-SO3) under subcritical conditions. The highest cellulose conversion was achieved as 90% in the presence of Ru/SBA-15-SO3 for 1 h of reaction duration. The highest sorbitol yield (%) by hydrothermal liquefaction of cellulose was obtained as 6.2% by using Ru/AC for 1 h of reaction duration. A total of 99.9% of glucose conversion was achieved in the presence of all catalysts. The highest sorbitol yield (%) by hydrothermal liquefaction of glucose was found as 3.8% for 1 h of reaction duration. Owing to the results of GC-MS analysis, the intermediate products were identified, and, thus, a reaction pathway was proposed.