Relevant Resources Authored by NSERC IRC and Team

The following resources (from 2015) have relevance to the Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass and Waste from Bioindustrial Resources. 

PUBLICATIONS (REFEREED, ACCEPTED/PUBLISHED)

  1. Sustainability | Free Full-Text | Pyrolytic Conversion of Vomitoxin-Contaminated Corn into Value-Added Products (mdpi.com)
  2. Anastasia Colomba, Franco Berruti and Cedric Briens, “Model for the Physical Activation of Biochar to Activated Carbon”, Biomass and Bioenergy (accepted).
  3. Kang Kang, Griffen Loebsack, Tahereh Sarchami, Naomi Klinghoffer, Sadegh Papari, Ken Yeung, Franco Berruti, "Production of a bio-magnetic adsorbent via co-pyrolysis of pine wood waste and red mud", Waste Management 149(4):124-133 (2022).
  4. Juan Camilo Solarte-Toro, Maddalena Laghezza, Silvia Fiore, Franco, Berruti, Konstantinos Moustakas, Carlos Ariel Cardona Alzate, "Review of the impact of socio-economic conditons on the development and implementation of biorefineries", FUEL (accpeted June 30, 2022).
  5. Francesco Parrillo, Carmine Boccia, Giovanna Ruoppolo, Mario Commodo, Franco Berruti, Umberto Arena” Steam Reforming of Tar in Hot Syngas Cleaning by Different Catalysts: Removal Efficiency and Coke Layer Characterization”, Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering (accepted on March 29, 2022).
  6. Shokooh Karami, Sadegh Papari, Franco Berruti, “Conversion of Waste Corn Biomass to Activated Bio-char for Applications in Wastewater Treatment”, Frontiers in Materials, section Carbon-Based Materials (accepted on March 15, 2022)
  7. Heejin Lee, Sadegh Papari, Giulio Bernardini, Benedetta Ciuffi, Luca Rosi, and Franco Berruti, "Value-added Products from Waste: Slow Pyrolysis of Used Polyethylene-Lined Paper Coffee Cup Waste", Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering (accepted on January 31, 2022).
  8. Carmine Boccia, Francesco Parrillo, Giovanna Ruoppolo, Mario Commodo, Franco Berruti, Umberto Arena, “The Effect of Steam Concentration on the Hot Syngas Cleaning by Means of Activated Carbons”, Fuel Processing Technology 224(3):107033, (2021).
  9. Hanieh Bamdad, Sadegh Papari, George Lazarovits, Franco Berruti, “Soil Amendments for Sustainable Agriculture: Microbial-Organic Fertilizers”, Soil Use and Management, (2021).
  10. Marco Chiappero, Francesca Cillerai, Franco Berruti, Ondrej Masek, Silvia Fiore, “Addition of different biochars as catalysts during the mesophilic anaerobic digestion of mixed wastewater sludge”, Catalysts, 11(9):1094 (2021).
  11. Tahereh Sarchami, Neha Batta and Franco Berruti, “Production and Separation of Acetic Acid from pyrolysis Oil of Lignocellulosic Biomass: A Review”, Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 15(6), (2021).
  12. Marco Chiappero, Franco Berruti, Ondřej Mašek, Silvia Fiore, “Semi-continuous anaerobic digestion of wastewater sludge with biochar addition”, Bioresource Technology, 340(15):125664 (2021).
  13. Kang Kang, Naomi Klinghoffer, Islam ElGhamrawy, Franco Berruti, “Thermochemical Conversion of Agroforestry Biomass and Solid Waste Using Decentralized and Mobile Systems for Renewable Energy and Products”, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 149(1):111372, (2021).
  14. Dongbing Li, Lingyan Zhu, Franco Berruti and Cedric Briens, “Autothermal fast pyrolysis of waste biomass for wood adhesives”, Industrial Crops and Products, 170:113711 (2021).
  15. Sadegh Papari, Hanieh Bamdad and Franco Berruti, "Pyrolytic Conversion of Plastic Waste to Value-Added Products and Fuels: A Review", Materials, 14(10):2586 (2021).
  16. Marco Chiappero, Franco Berruti, Ondřej Mašek, Silvia Fiore, “Analysis of the influence of activated biochar properties on methane production from the anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge”, Biomass and Bioenergy,150:106129 (2021).
  17. Tahereh Sarchami, Neha Batta, Lars Rehmann, Franco Berruti, “Removal of Phenolics from Aqueous Pyrolysis Condensate by Activated Biochar”, Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 99(11) (2021).
  18. Buendia-Kandia, C. Greenhalf, C. Barbiero, E. Guedon, C. Briens, F. Berruti and A. Dufour, “Fermentation of cellulose pyrolysis oil by a Clostridial bacterium”, Biomass and Bioenergy, 143, 105884 (2020).
  19. Sonil Nanda, Franco Berruti, “A Technical Review of Bioenergy and Resource Recovery from Municipal Solid Waste”, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 403, 123970 (2021).
  20. Sonil Nanda, Franco Berruti “Municipal solid waste management and landfilling technologies: A review”, Environmental Chemistry Letters, 19 (2), 1433-1456 (2021).
  21. Sonil Nanda, Franco Berruti “Thermochemical conversion of plastic waste to fuels: a review”, Environmental Chemistry Letters, 19 (91) 123-148 (2021).
  22. Matt Klaas, Charles Greenhalf, Miloud Ouadi, Hessam Jahangiri, Andreas Hornung, Cedric Briens, Franco Berruti, “The effect of torrefaction pre-treatment on the pyrolysis of corn cobs", Results In Engineering, 7, 100165 (2020).
  23. Arshdeep Singh, Sonil Nanda, J.F. Guayaquil Sosa, Franco Berruti, “Pyrolysis of Miscanthus and characterization of value-added bio-oil and biochar products”, Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 99(S1) (2020).
  24. Marco Chiappero, Omid Norouzi, Mingyu Hu, Francesca Demichelis, Franco Berruti, Francesco Di Maria, Ondřej Mašek, Silvia Fiore, “Review of biochar role in anaerobic digestion processes”, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 131, 110037 (2020).
  25. Connie Wen, Cesar Moreira, Lars Rehmann, Franco Berruti, “Feasibility of anaerobic digestion as a treatment for the aqueous pyrolysis condensate (APC) of birch bark”, Bioresource Technology, Vol. 307, (2020).
  26. Jude A. Okolie, Sonil Nanda, Ajay K. Dalai, Franco Berruti, Janusz A. Kozinski, “A Review on Subcritical and Supercritical Water Gasification of Biogenic Wastes to Hydrogen-rich Synthesis Gas”, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 119, (2020).
  27. Mattia Bartoli, Marco Frediani, Cedric Briens and Luca Rosi, “An Overview of Temperature Issues in Microwave-Assisted Pyrolysis”, Processes, Special Issue Microwave Conversion Techniques Intensification, Processes, 7(10), 658-672 (2019).
  28. Silvia Fiore, Franco Berruti and Cedric Briens, “Investigation of Innovative and Conventional Pyrolysis of Ligneous and Herbaceous Biomasses for Bio-Char Production”, Biomass & Bioenergy, 119, 381-391 (2019).
  29. Douglas Cuthbertson, Umberto Berardi, Cedric Briens, and Franco Berruti, “Biochar from Residual Biomass as a Concrete Filler for Improved Thermal and Acoustic Properties”, Biomass & Bioenergy, 120, 77-83 (2019).
  30. Devon Barry, Chiara Barbiero, Cedric Briens and Franco Berruti, “Pyrolysis as an Economical and Ecological Treatment Option for Municipal Sewage Sludge”, Biomass & Bioenergy, 122, 472-480 (2019).
  31. Mohammad M Hossain, Ian Scott, Franco Berruti, Cedric Briens, “A two-dimensional pyrolysis process to concentrate nicotine during tobacco leaf bio-oil production”, Industrial Crops and Products, 124, 136-141 (2018).
  32. Yangxue Zhou, Franco Berruti, Charles Greenhalf, and Hugh A. L. Henry, “Combined effects of biochar amendment, leguminous cover crop addition and snow removal on nitrogen leaching losses over winter and subsequent plant yield”, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 114, 220-228 (2017).
  33. Valentina Lago, Cedric Briens, and Franco Berruti, “Effect of bed material, lignin content and origin on the processability of biomass in fast pyrolysis reactors”, Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 96, 1, 132-144 (2018).
  34. Mohammad M. Hossain, Ian Scott, Franco Berruti, and Cedric Briens, "Application of novel pyrolysis reactor technology to concentrate bio-oil components with antioxidant activity from tobacco, tomato and coffee ground biomass", Waste and Biomass Valorization, 9(9), 1607-1617 (2018).
  35. Sohail S Qazi, Dongbing Li, Cedric  Briens, Franco  Berruti, and Mamdouh M. Abou-Zaid, “Antioxidants from Pyrolytic Kraft Lignins Derived from Fluidized-Bed Fast Pyrolysis”, Molecules, 22, 3, 372 (2017). Open Access.
  36. Yangxue Zhou, Franco  Berruti, Charles Greenhalf, Xiaohong  Tian, and Hugh Henry, “Increased retention of soil nitrogen over winter by biochar application: implications of biochar pyrolysis temperature for plant nitrogen availability”, Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 236, 61-68 (2017).
  37. Luis Luque, Stijn Oudenhoven, Roel Westerhof, Guus van Rossum, Franco Berruti, Sascha Kersten, and Lars Rehmann, “Comparison of ethanol production from corn cobs and switch grass following a pyrolysis-based biorefinery approach”, Biotechnology for Biofuels, 9(1), 242 (2016).
  38. Mohammad Hossain, Ian M. Scott, Franco Berruti and Cedric Briens, “Application of 1D and 2D MFR reactor technology for the isolation of insecticidal and anti-microbial properties from pyrolysis bio-oils”, Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B, Pesticides, Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes, 51(12), 860-867 (2016).
  39. Luis Luque, Valerie Orr, Sean Chen, Roel Westerhof, Stijn Oudenhoven, Guus van Rossum, Sascha Kersten, Franco Berruti, and Lars Rehmann, "Lipid accumulation from pinewood pyrolysates by Rhodosporidium diobovatum and Chlorella vulgaris for biodiesel production", Bioresource Technology, 214, 660-669 (2016).
  40. Sonil Nanda, Ajay K Dalai, Franco Berruti, Janusz Kozinski, “Biochar as an exceptional bioresource for energy, agronomy, carbon sequestration, activated carbon and specialty materials”, Waste and Biomass Valorization, 7 (2), 201-235 (2016) [WINNER OF BEST PAPER AWARD , Waste and Biomass Valorization, 2016].
  41. Andrea Undri, Mamdouh Abou-Zaid, Franco Berruti, Cedric Briens, Piero Frediani, Luca Rosi, Marco Frediani “A simple procedure for chromatographic analysis of bio-oils from pyrolysis”, Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 114, 208-221 (2015).
  42. Dongbing Li; Cedric Briens; Franco Berruti, “Improved lignin pyrolysis for phenolics production in a bubbling bed reactor - Effect of bed materials”, Bioresource Technology, 189, 7-14 (2015).
  43. Andrea Undri, Mamdouh Abou-Zaid, Cedric Briens, Franco Berruti, Luca Rosi, Mattia Bartoli, Marco Frediani, Piero Frediani, “Bio-oil from pyrolysis of wood pellets using a microwave multimode oven and different microwave absorbers”, Fuel, 153, 464-482 (2015).
  44. Mohammad M. Hossain, Ian M. Scott, Franco Berruti, Cedric Briens, “Optimizing Pyrolysis Reactor Operating Conditions to Increase Nicotine Recovery from Tobacco Leaves”, Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 112, 80-87 (2015).
  45. Matt Klaas, Charles Greenhalf, Franco Berruti, Cedric Briens, “Optimisation of Hydrogen Production by Steam Reforming of Chars Derived from Lumber and Agricultural Residues”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 40 (9), 3642-3647 (2015).
  46. Dongbing Li, Franco Berruti and Cedric Briens, “Oxidative Pyrolysis of Kraft Lignin in a Bubbling Fluidized Bed Reactor with Air”, Biomass and Bioenergy, 76, 96-107 (2015).
  47. Mohammad Latifi, Franco Berruti and Cedric Briens, “Thermal and Catalytic Gasification of Bio-Oils in the Jiggle Bed Reactor for Syngas Production” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 40 (17), 5856-5868 (2015).
  48. Luis A. Cáceres, Brian D. McGarvey, Cedric Briens, Franco Berruti, Ken K.-C. Yeung, Ian M. Scott, “Insecticidal properties of pyrolysis bio-oil from greenhouse tomato residue biomass”, Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 112, 333-340 (2015).
  49. Valentina Lago, Cedric Briens and Franco Berruti, "Mixing and Operability Characteristics of Mechanically Fluidized Reactors for the Pyrolysis of Biomass”, Powder Technology, 274, 205-212 (2015).

 

PAPERS IN REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

  1. Marco Chiappero*, Franco Berruti, Ondřej Mašekc, Silvia Fiore, “Impact of biochar on the anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge”, 29th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, EUBCE2021, April 26-29, 2021, Marseille, France (*WINNER of the EUBCE Student Presentation Award).
  2. Griffin Loebsack, Franco Berruti, Naomi Klinghoffer and Ken Yeung, “Biochar as an Adsorbent for Removal of Organic Compounds in Water: Investigation of Adsorption Mechanisms”, WasteEng, May 31-June 4, 2021, Guelph.
  3. Roberta Lotito, Sonil Nanda, Chiara Barbiero, Franco Berruti, Maria Laura Mastellone, Estimation of H2S Emissions from a Canadian Landfill Site During Winter Using Inverse Modelling: A Case Study, Sardinia 2019, 17th International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium, Forte Village, Cagliari, Sept. 30-Oct. 4, 2019.
  4. Buendia-Kandia, C. Greenhalf, C. Barbiero, E. Rondags, E. Guedon, A. Dufour, C. Briens, F. Berruti, “Pyrolysis for biorefinery: Production of biofuels and building blocks by fermentation of bio-oil”, Pyro2018, 22nd International Symposium on Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, Kyoto, Japan, June 3-8, 2018.
  5. Franco Berruti, Anastasia Colomba, and Cedric Briens, “Activation of Pyrolytic Bio-Char from Olive Residues: A Predictive Model for Yield and Surface Area”, ISCRE 25, Florence, Italy, May 20-23, 2018.
  6. Silvia Fiore, Alberto Colomba, Anastasia Colomba, Cedric Briens, Franco Berruti, “Mercury Adsorption with Bio-Chars Produced from Waste Biomass”, ISCRE 25, Florence, Italy, May 20-23, 2018.
  7. Silvia Fiore, Marina Morando, Cedric Briens, and Franco Berruti “Investigation of innovative and conventional pyrolysis of ligneous and herbaceous biomasses for biochar production”, “Biochar: Production, Characterization and Applications” ECI Conference, Alba, Italy, August 20-25, 2017.
  8. Devon Barry, Cedric Briens and Franco Berruti, “Pyrolysis of sewage sludge for the production of biochar”, “Biochar: Production, Characterization and Applications” ECI Conference, Alba, Italy, August 20-25, 2017.
  9. Chiara Barbiero, Stefano Tacchino, Franco Berruti and Cedric Briens, “Bio-char production from the worst invasive plant in Canada”, “Biochar: Production, Characterization and Applications” ECI Conference, Alba, Italy, August 20-25, 2017.
  10. Douglas M. Cuthbertson, Franco Berruti, Cedric Briens and Umberto Berardi, “Production of biochar and development of predictive methods for determining performance in value-added composite materials”, “Biochar: Production, Characterization and Applications” ECI Conference, Alba, Italy, August 20-25, 2017.
  11. Hamid Trimech, Raffaella Ocone, Anastasia Colomba and Franco Berruti, “Biochar for removal of pollutants from aqueous solutions”, “Biochar: Production, Characterization and Applications” ECI Conference, Alba, Italy, August 20-25, 2017.
  12. Silvia Fiore, Tommaso Marengo, Cedric Briens and Franco Berruti, “Arsenic removal from drinking water by means of low cost biochars derived from miscanthus and coconut shell”, “Biochar: Production, Characterization and Applications” ECI Conference, Alba, Italy, August 20-25, 2017.
  13. Dongbing Li, Franco Berruti and Cedric Briens, “Autothermal fast pyrolysis of woody residues and wastes for the production of wood adhesives”, Waste-to-Resources 2017, Proceedings of VII International Symposium MBT and MRF, May 16-18, 2017, Hannover, Germany, M. Kuehle-Weidemeier and K. Buescher Eds., Cuvillier Verlag Gottingen, 215-226, 2017.
  14. Anastasia Colomba, Mohammad Latifi, Dongbing Li, Franco Berruti and Cedric Briens, “Production of activated carbons from biomass waste for environmental applications”, Waste-to-Resources 2017, Proceedings of VII International Symposium MBT and MRF, May 16-18, 2017, Hannover, Germany, M. Kuehle-Weidemeier and K. Buescher Eds., Cuvillier Verlag Gottingen, 640-652, 2017.
  15. Dongbing Li, Franco Berruti, and Cedric Briens, “Adhesives from biomass pyrolysis”, 5th International Conference on Green Process Engineering (GPE 2016), Mt. Tremblant, Quebec, Canada, June 19-24, 2016.
  16. Devon Barry, Cedric Briens, Franco Berruti, “Pyrolysis of residues from well-established biochemical processes for biomass conversion into liquid fuel”, 5th International Conference on Green Process Engineering (GPE 2016), Mt. Tremblant, Quebec, Canada, June 19-24, 2016.
  17. Anastasia Colomba, Franco Berruti, Cedric Briens, “Using the jiggled bed reactor to develop activated carbons from biomass residues”, 5th International Conference on Green Process Engineering (GPE 2016), Mt. Tremblant, Quebec, Canada, June 19-24, 2016.
  18. Chiara Barbiero, Charles Greenhalf, Cedric Briens, Franco Berruti, “Influence of pre-treatment on grass pyrolysis for high value products”, 5th International Conference on Green Process Engineering (GPE 2016), Mt. Tremblant, Quebec, Canada, June 19-24, 2016.
  19. Valentina Lago, Devon Barry, Cedric Briens, Franco Berruti, “Fundamental study and applications to biomass pyrolysis of the mechanically fluidized reactor”, 5th International Conference on Green Process Engineering (GPE 2016), Mt. Tremblant, Quebec, Canada, June 19-24, 2016.
  20. Mohammad Latifi, Franco Berruti, Cedric Briens, “Catalytic property of olivine for bio-oil gasification”, 5th International Conference on Green Process Engineering (GPE 2016), Mt. Tremblant, Quebec, Canada, June 19-24, 2016.
  21. Dhiraj Kankariya, Stefano Tacchino, Franco Berruti, Cedric Briens, “Development of a mobile, 100 kg/h plant for pyrolysis, using a mechanically fluidized reactor”, 5th International Conference on Green Process Engineering (GPE 2016), Mt. Tremblant, Quebec, Canada, June 19-24, 2016.
  22. Mohammad Hossain, Chiara Barbiero, Franco Berruti, Cedric Briens, Ian Scott, “Integrating batch pyrolysis and fractional condensation (2D MFR) to get high value products from biomass”, 5th International Conference on Green Process Engineering (GPE 2016), Mt. Tremblant, Quebec, Canada, June 19-24, 2016.
  23. Maksym Dosta, Steffen Klöver, Valentina Lago, Stefan Heinrich, Cedric Briens, Franco Berruti, “DEM simulation of wood pellets dynamics in a mechanically fluidized reactor”, 15th International Conference on Fluidization, Montebello, Quebec, Canada, May 22-27, 2016.
  24. Majid Hamidi, Franco Berruti, and Cedric Briens, “Development and study of measurement methods for bogging in a fluidized bed”, 15th International Conference on Fluidization, Montebello, Quebec, Canada, May 22-27, 2016.
  25. Stefano Tacchino, Clément Villemont, Francisco Sanchez Careaga, Franco Berruti, Cedric Briens, Patrice Mangin, “Pyrolysis of Wood in a Large-Scale Mechanically Fluidized Reactor”, Pyro 2016, Nancy, France, May 9-12, 2016.
  26. Charles Greenhalf, Nubla Mahmood, Charles Xu, Chiara Barbiero, Cedric Briens, Franco Berruti, Paul Ege, and Helge Kittelsen, “Woody Biomass Pyrolysis and Biooil Upgrading by Hydrodeoxygenation (HDO)”, Pyro 2016, Nancy, France, May 9-12, 2016.
  27. Giorcelli, M., Khan, A.A., Tagliaferro, Savi, P., Berruti, F., “Microwave characterization of polymer composite based on Biochar: A comparison of composite behaviour for Biochar and MWCNTs”, Proceedings 7th IEEE International NanoElectronics Conference, INEC 2016, Volume 2016-October, Article 7589387, Chengdu, China; May 9-11, 2016.
  28. Stefano Tacchino, Francisco Javier Sanchez Careaga, Cedric Briens, Franco Berruti, Clement Villemont, Patrice Mangin, Simon Barnabé, “Mechanically Fluidized Reactor for the Conversion of Waste Biomass to Valuable Products”, TC Biomass, Chicago, Ill., USA, Nov. 2-5, 2015.
  29. Dongbing Li, Cedric Briens and Franco Berruti, “Autothermal Fast Pyrolysis of Wood Residues for Wood Adhesives”, Biorefinery I, Chania, Crete, Greece, September 27-October 2, 2015.
  30. Anastasia Colomba, Franco Berruti and Cedric Briens, “Production of activated carbons from pyrolytic biochar”, Biorefinery I, Chania, Crete, Greece, September 27-October 2, 2015.
  31. Mohammad Hossain, Cedric Briens and Franco Berruti, “A New Two-dimensional Pyrolysis Process for Concentrating and Separating High-value Liquid Products from Plant Biomass”, Biorefinery I, Chania, Crete, Greece, September 27-October 2, 2015.
  32. Mauro Giorcelli, Aamer Abbas Khan, Patrizia Savi, Franco Berruti, Alberto Tagliaferro, “Electrical Characterization of Different Carbon Based Polymer Composites”, Biorefinery I, Chania, Crete, Greece, September 27-October 2, 2015.

 

NON-REFEREED TECHNICAL ARTICLES

  1. Maren Oelbermann, Franco Berruti and Vicky Lévesque, “Biochar and its use in Soil: Lessons from Temperate Agriculture”, OMAFRA Communications (2019).
  2. Berruti, F., Masek, O., and R. Ocone, “Sustainability: Understanding Biochar”, TCE The Chemical Engineer, No. 855. (2012), pp. 36-38

 

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

  1. Kang Kang, Sadegh Papari, Hanieh Bamdad, Sonil Nanda, Ajay K. Dalai, Franco Berruti, "Algae as a bioresource for clean fuels, carbon sequestration and wastewater reclamation", Chapter #1 in "Algal Biorefinery - Developments, Challenges and Opportunities", Routledge (Taylor and Francis), A.K. Dalai, V.V. Goud, S. Nanda, V.B. Borugadda Eds. (2020).
  2. Hanieh Bamdad, Griffin Loebsack, Naomi Klinghoffer, Ken Yeung, Kelly Hawboldt and Franco Berruti, “Applications of biochar in gas/water purification and in contaminated soil remediation”, Chapter 15 in “Biochar: Emerging Applications”, IOP, Alberto Tagliaferro, Carlo Rosso, Mauro Giorcelli Eds. (2020).
  3. Naomi Klinghoffer, "Applications of Biochar Catalysts", Chapter 16 in “Biochar: Emerging Applications”, IOP, Alberto Tagliaferro, Carlo Rosso, Mauro Giorcelli Eds. (2020).
  4. Arshdeep Singh, Sonil Nanda, and Franco Berruti, “A Review of Thermochemical and Biochemical Conversion of Miscanthus to Biofuels", Chapter in “Biorefinery of Alternative Resources: Targeting Green Fuels and Platform Chemicals”, Editors: Nanda, Sonil, N. Vo, Dai-Viet, Sarangi, Prakash Kumar, Springer Nature, 195-220 (2020).

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

  1. Peter Daginis, Franco Berruti and Eric Savory “Development of A Full Scale Cough Simulator”, Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering Conference, University of Alberta, Edmonton, June 5-8, 2021.
  2. Griffin Loebsack, Naomi Klinghoffer, Ken Yeung, Franco Berruti, “Applications of Biochar as an Adsorbent in Water Purification: Adsorption Mechanisms”, E-Pyro2021 Conference, Ghent, Belgium, April 12-13, 2021.
  3. Neha Batta, Franco Berruti, Lars Rehmann, Cesar Moreira, “Bridging thermochemical and biochemical conversion: impact of biochar addition on the anaerobic digestion of aqueous pyrolysis fractions for biogas production”, 2020 Thermal & Catalytic Sciences Virtual Symposium, Pullman, Wa, USA, Oct. 5-7, 2020.
  4. Shokooh Karami, Sadegh Papari, Naomi Klinghoffer, Franco Berruti, “Slow pyrolysis of vomitoxin-contaminated corn in a batch reactor”, 2020 Thermal & Catalytic Sciences Virtual Symposium, Pullman, Wa, USA, Oct. 5-7, 2020.

 

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

  1. Franco Berruti, “Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass and Waste to BioIndustrial Resources”, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China (June 15, 2021).
  2. Franco Berruti, “Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass and Waste to BioIndustrial Resources”, University of Sherbrooke, Que., (May 27, 2021).
  3. Franco Berruti, “R&D Activities of the NSERC Industrial Research Chair in “Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass and Waste to BioIndustrial Resources”, OFA Research Day, (May 6, 2021).
  4. Franco Berruti, “Pyrolytic Conversion of Biomass Residues and Wastes, into Value-Added Products”, CERESiS Advisory Board Meeting, (April 22, 2021).
  5. Franco Berruti, “Pyrolytic Conversion of Biomass Residues and Wastes, including Invasive Grassy Species (Phragmites), into Value-Added Products”, Bruce Power and Nuclear Innovation Institute, “Carbon Sequestration & Offsets Workshop: Exploring Opportunities between Nuclear and Agriculture”, (April 7, 2021).
  6. Franco Berruti, “R&D Activities of the NSERC Industrial Research Chair in “Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass and Waste to BioIndustrial Resources”, Presentation to Ontario Federation of Agriculture Board Meeting, (March 24, 2021).