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Research on the impact of pyrolysis technological parameters and substrate properties on the release of volatile organic compounds from biochar

2019/35/O/ST8/03353

Keywords:

lignin cellulose hemicellulose pyrolysis torrefaction emission biochar workers exposure volatile organic compounds

Descriptors:

  • ST8_001:
  • ST10_001:
  • ST8_014:

Panel:

ST8 - Production and processes engineering: modelling, product design, process design and control, construction methods and engineering, power units and systems

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy we Wrocławiu, Wydział Przyrodniczo-Technologiczny

woj. dolnośląskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Andrzej Stanisław Białowiec 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 2

Call: PRELUDIUM BIS 1 - announced on 2019-09-16

Amount awarded: 530 460 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2020-10-01

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2024-09-30

Project duration:: 48 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (6)
  1. Furfural Release from Lignocellulosic Biomass Biochars: Environmental and Health Implications
    Authors:
    Ewa Syguła, Jacek Łyczko, Jacek A. Koziel, Andrzej Białowiec
    Academic press:
    Industrial Crops & Products (rok: 2025, tom: 237, strony: 122255), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.indcrop.2025.122255 - link to the publication
  2. Carbon-relative molar mass is a new parameter for experimentation with different biomasses. Prediction of higher heating value case study
    Authors:
    Andrzej Białowiec, Ewa Syguła
    Academic press:
    European Journal of Wood and Wood Products (rok: 2025, tom: 83, strony: 115), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s00107-025-02269-1 - link to the publication
  3. Dataset on fuel properties and volatile organic compounds from chemically synthesized biomass components for modeling and predicting biomass properties in pyrolysis processes
    Authors:
    Ewa Syguła, Jacek Łyczko, Andrzej Białowiec
    Academic press:
    Data in Brief (rok: 2025, tom: 59, strony: 111296), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.dib.2025.111296 - link to the publication
  4. The potential of decision tree application in threshold analysis of hazardous volatile organic compound release from biochar: Implications for environmental risk assessment
    Authors:
    Ewa Syguła, Kamila Piasecka, Jacek Łyczko,Andrzej Białowiec
    Academic press:
    Science of The Total Environment (rok: 2025, tom: 998, strony: 180252), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180252 - link to the publication
  5. The significance of structural components of lignocellulosic biomass on volatile organic compounds presence on biochar - a review
    Authors:
    Syguła, E., Ciolkosz, D. & Białowiec, A.
    Academic press:
    Wood Science and Technology (rok: 2024, tom: 58, strony: 859–886), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s00226-024-01557-y - link to the publication
  6. Carbon-relative molar mass for the modeling of the lignocellulosic biomass pyrolysis performance and biochar fuel properties
    Authors:
    rzej Białowiec, Ewa Syguła
    Academic press:
    Fuel (rok: 2026, tom: 403, strony: 136119), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.fuel.2025.136119 - link to the publication