Solid biofuels in different trading forms constitute an integral component of the energy mix
of almost all developed and developing countries. Either in the form of pellets briquettes
chips firewood or even as raw feedstock solid biofuels are used mainly in the heating and
power sector. Numerous sustainability concerns focusing on the environmental economic and
technical aspects of solid biofuels exploitation led to considerable advances in the recent
years in this field. These developments mainly focus on the pre-treatment processes of the
solid biomass to biofuels chain the minimum requirements of the produced solid biofuels as
well as the efficiency and the environmental performance of their thermochemical conversion
routes. This work aspires to provide the state of the art in the field of the exploitation of
solid biofuels to present the main advances as well as the major challenges of this scientific
fields. The topics presented in this book were examined and dealt with by the authors in the
past few years in numerous research projects and scientific publications. This book compiles
all the assembled experience of the past few years and aims to provide an overview of the
solid biofuels exploitation field.Presents the latest standards and considerations on solid
biofuels technical requirements Contains numerous examples on applications in the field of
solid biofuels thermochemical conversion as well as the state of the art in this field
Includes sustainability aspects including life cycle assessment aspects and financial concerns
for the exploitation of solid biofuels.
