Volume & Issue: Volume 7, Issue 3, September 2020, Pages 1178-1234

On the Cover

Zeolites are known as high-potential frameworks for designing advanced catalysts used in catalytic fast pyrolysis. However, the microporous nature of these materials hinders the diffusion of large molecules into micropores which in turn limits the accessibility of reactants to internal active sites (DOI: 10.18331/BRJ2020.7.3.5). In the September 2020 Issue of Biofuel Research Journal, Soltanian et al. critically review hierarchical mesoporous zeolites as a promising remedy for the diffusional and steric challenges faced by the conventional zeolites in the catalytic fast pyrolysis of biomass. The authors shed light on how different synthesis strategies of mesopore formation can influence the main produced precursors of transportation fuels. They conclude that the desilication procedure is a simple and applicable technique which could be effectively used for large-scale production of hierarchical zeolites. Photography & Cover art by BiofuelResJ. ©2020.

 

Research Paper

Production of sorghum pellets for electricity generation in Indonesia: A life cycle assessment

Pages 1178-1194

10.18331/BRJ2020.7.3.2

Edi Iswanto Wiloso; Arief Ameir Rahman Setiawan; Hafiizh Prasetia; Muryanto ‏‏‎ ‎; Adisa Ramadhan Wiloso; Subyakto ‏‏‎ ‎; I. Made Sudiana; Reni Lestari; Satya Nugroho; Dede Hermawan; Kai Fang; Reinout Heijungs

Production of sorghum pellets for electricity generation in Indonesia: A life cycle assessment


Fossil energy price and outdoor air pollution: predictions from a QUAIDS model

Pages 1205-1216

10.18331/BRJ2020.7.3.4

Seyed Reza Khatibi; Seyed M. Karimi; Maziar Moradi-Lakeh; Majid Kermani; Seyed Abbas Motevalian

Fossil energy price and outdoor air pollution: predictions from a QUAIDS model