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Evaluation of demineralized lignin and lignin-phenolic resin blends to produce biocoke suitable for blast furnace operation (2019)
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Castro-Díaz, M., Vega, M. F., Musa, U., Díaz-Faes, E., Barriocanal, C., & Snape, C. (2019). Evaluation of demineralized lignin and lignin-phenolic resin blends to produce biocoke suitable for blast furnace operation. Fuel, 258, Article 116125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2019.116125

Metallurgical coke makers could reduce carbon emissions and material costs by introducing waste lignin in coke oven charges. Two approaches have been studied here to increase the use of lignin in the preparation of metallurgical coke: lignin deminera... Read More about Evaluation of demineralized lignin and lignin-phenolic resin blends to produce biocoke suitable for blast furnace operation.

Importance of biomass and binder selection for coking briquette preparation: their effect on coal thermoplastic properties. (2018)
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Florentino-Madiedo, L., Diaz-Faes, E., Barriocanal, C., CASTRO DIAZ, M., & SNAPE, C. (2018). Importance of biomass and binder selection for coking briquette preparation: their effect on coal thermoplastic properties. Energy and Fuels, 32(10), 10727–10736. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.8b02555

Blends consisting of a high volatile bituminous coal, biomass and binder that were used in the preparation of briquettes were analyzed in order to select the best components from the viewpoint of their influence on the coal’s thermoplastic properties... Read More about Importance of biomass and binder selection for coking briquette preparation: their effect on coal thermoplastic properties..

Dynamics of charcoal alteration in a tropical biome: a biochar-based study (2018)
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Ascough, P., Bird, M., Meredith, W., Snape, C. E., Large, D., Tilston, E., …Shen, L. (2018). Dynamics of charcoal alteration in a tropical biome: a biochar-based study. Frontiers in Earth Science, 6, Article 61. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2018.00061

Pyrogenic carbon (PyC) is a polyaromatic residue of the incomplete combustion of biomass or fossil fuels. There is a growing recognition that PyC forms an important part of carbon budgets, due to production rates of 116–385 Tg C yr, and the size and... Read More about Dynamics of charcoal alteration in a tropical biome: a biochar-based study.

Understanding the unusual fluidity characteristics of high ash Indian bituminous coals (2018)
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Das, B., Suresh, A., Dash, P., Chandran, S., Castro-Díaz, M., Stevens, L. A., & Snape, C. E. (2018). Understanding the unusual fluidity characteristics of high ash Indian bituminous coals. Fuel Processing Technology, 176, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2018.04.003

High-temperature rheometry and 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) are two complementary techniques that have been used to investigate fluidity development quantitatively in the < 53 µm and 53-212 µm size fractions of high ash Indian non-coking coals... Read More about Understanding the unusual fluidity characteristics of high ash Indian bituminous coals.

Oxy-fuel combustion study of biomass fuels in a 20 kWth fluidized bed combustor (2017)
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Sher, F., Pans, M. A., Sun, C., Snape, C. E., & Liu, H. (2018). Oxy-fuel combustion study of biomass fuels in a 20 kWth fluidized bed combustor. Fuel, 215, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2017.11.039

Oxy-fuel combustion is one of the promising carbon capture technologies considered to be suitable for future commercial applications with stationary combustion plants. Although more and more biomass and waste are now being burned in stationary combus... Read More about Oxy-fuel combustion study of biomass fuels in a 20 kWth fluidized bed combustor.

Cryogenian evolution of stigmasteroid biosynthesis (2017)
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Hoshino, Y., Poshibaeva, A., Meredith, W., Snape, C., Poshibaev, V., Versteegh, G. J., …Hallmann, C. (2017). Cryogenian evolution of stigmasteroid biosynthesis. Science Advances, 3(9), Article e1700887. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1700887

Sedimentary hydrocarbon remnants of eukaryotic C26–C30 sterols can be used to reconstruct early algal evolution. Enhanced C29 sterol abundances provide algal cell membranes a density advantage in large temperature fluctuations. Here, we combined a li... Read More about Cryogenian evolution of stigmasteroid biosynthesis.

Potassium and Zeolitic Structure Modified Ultra-microporous Adsorbent Materials from a Renewable Feedstock with Favorable Surface Chemistry for CO2 Capture (2017)
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Liu, X., Sun, Y., Liu, J., Sun, C., Liu, H., Xue, Q., …Snape, C. (2017). Potassium and Zeolitic Structure Modified Ultra-microporous Adsorbent Materials from a Renewable Feedstock with Favorable Surface Chemistry for CO2 Capture. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 9(32), 26826-26839. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b06665

© 2017 American Chemical Society. Novel hierarchically structured microporous biocarbons with exceptionally high capacities for CO2 capture have been synthesized from the abundant agricultural waste of rice husk (RH), using a facile methodology that... Read More about Potassium and Zeolitic Structure Modified Ultra-microporous Adsorbent Materials from a Renewable Feedstock with Favorable Surface Chemistry for CO2 Capture.

Improving spatial predictability of petroleum resources within the Central Tertiary Basin, Spitsbergen: a geochemical and petrographic study of coals from the eastern and western coalfields (2017)
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Uguna, J. O., Carr, A. D., Marshall, C., Large, D., Meredith, W., Jochmann, M., …Olaussen, S. (2017). Improving spatial predictability of petroleum resources within the Central Tertiary Basin, Spitsbergen: a geochemical and petrographic study of coals from the eastern and western coalfields. International Journal of Coal Geology, 179, 278-294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2017.06.007

Central Tertiary Basin (CTB) coals from a variety of palaeogeographic conditions within the Longyear and Verkhnij seams, were sampled to assess the relationship between the petroleum present, the remaining generation potential and coal geochemistry i... Read More about Improving spatial predictability of petroleum resources within the Central Tertiary Basin, Spitsbergen: a geochemical and petrographic study of coals from the eastern and western coalfields.

Evaluation of hydrochars from lignin hydrous pyrolysis to produce biocokes after carbonization (2016)
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Castro-Díaz, M., Uguna, C. N., Florentino, L., Díaz-Faes, E., Stevens, L., Barriocanal, C., & Snape, C. (2017). Evaluation of hydrochars from lignin hydrous pyrolysis to produce biocokes after carbonization. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 124, 742-751. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaap.2016.11.010

Hydrochars were obtained after hydrous pyrolysis of a pine Kraft lignin using different reaction conditions (temperature, water content and residence time) and the residues were characterized through a wide range of analytical techniques including hi... Read More about Evaluation of hydrochars from lignin hydrous pyrolysis to produce biocokes after carbonization.

Molecular characterization of the thermally labile fraction of biochar by hydropyrolysis and pyrolysis-GC/MS (2016)
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Rombolà, A. G., Fabbri, D., Meredith, W., Snape, C. E., & Dieguez-Alonso, A. (2016). Molecular characterization of the thermally labile fraction of biochar by hydropyrolysis and pyrolysis-GC/MS. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 121, 230-239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaap.2016.08.003

Agroenvironmental benefits and limitations of biochar in soil applications require a full understanding of the stability and fate of the various carbon fractions. Analytical hydropyrolysis (HyPy) enables the determination of the stable black carbon (... Read More about Molecular characterization of the thermally labile fraction of biochar by hydropyrolysis and pyrolysis-GC/MS.