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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Pyrolyzed Agro-Food By-Products: A Sustainable Alternative to Coal.

Lukáš Jeníček, Jan Malaťák, Jan Velebil, Michal Neškudla

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Lukáš JeníčekFaculty of Engineering, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech Republic.
Jan MalaťákFaculty of Engineering, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-4822-3997
Jan VelebilFaculty of Engineering, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech Republic.
Michal NeškudlaFaculty of Engineering, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech Republic.

Funding

Internal Grant Agency of the Faculty of Engineering, Czech University of Life Science Prague 2022:31170/1312/3104
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study investigates the potential use of biochar derived from residues-such as spruce wood, spent coffee grounds, tea waste, and nutshells-as a sustainable coal substitute-to enhance the decarbonization of European energetic systems and decrease the dependence on fossil fuels. The biomasses were pyrolyzed at 250-550 °C, analyzed for calorific value and composition, and evaluated for energy retention and mass loss. The results show significant energy density improvements, with optimal temperatures varying by material (e.g., spruce wood reached 31.56 MJ·kg

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biocharbiomasscalorific valueenergy residualnut shellsspent coffee groundspruce woodtea waste

Identifiers

PMID40271723
PMCPMC11989423

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