Review

Physicochemical Conversion Technologies of Biomass for Bioenergy Production

Volume: 9 Number: 4 October 8, 2025

Physicochemical Conversion Technologies of Biomass for Bioenergy Production

Abstract

Global energy consumption has continued to escalate due to rising population, urbanization, and industrialization. The world energy landscape has been dominated by fossil-based (FB) energy sources with attendant rising dangerous emissions, worsening air quality, and deteriorating ecosystems. Meeting the energy demand will require the conversion of biomass and other waste materials into renewable energy, including bioenergy as a sustainable and eco-friendly alternative to the debilitating FB energy sources. This study explores the various physicochemical conversion technologies for biomass conversion to bioenergy. The conversion of biomass to bioenergy through various technologies such as hydrothermal conversion processes, supercritical fluid extraction, microwave-assisted conversion, solvent liquefaction, hydrogenation, and carbonization processes yield biooil, biocrude, hydrochar, biochar, hydrogen, syngas, chemicals, and other bioproducts. The review concludes that physicochemical conversion technologies are easy to achieve, cost-effective, require little or no pretreatment, and ensure the production of high energy density products. The deployment of physicochemical techniques for biomass conversion will reduce overreliance on FB energy sources, contribute to energy security, and environmental sustainability. Development of innovative reactor designs, use of nanocatalysts, optimization, and modelling of process parameters, incentivizing waste conversion, and dilution of sociocultural biases against waste utilization will assist in overcoming the challenges associated with physicochemical biomass conversion and escalate bioenergy production from biomass

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Waste Management, Reduction, Reuse and Recycling, Materials Science and Technologies

Journal Section

Review

Publication Date

October 8, 2025

Submission Date

May 1, 2025

Acceptance Date

August 28, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 9 Number: 4

APA
Awogbemi, O., Desai, D. A., Kallon, D. V. V., & Akerele, A. U. (2025). Physicochemical Conversion Technologies of Biomass for Bioenergy Production. Turkish Journal of Engineering, 9(4), 643-660. https://doi.org/10.31127/tuje.1688455
AMA
1.Awogbemi O, Desai DA, Kallon DVV, Akerele AU. Physicochemical Conversion Technologies of Biomass for Bioenergy Production. TUJE. 2025;9(4):643-660. doi:10.31127/tuje.1688455
Chicago
Awogbemi, Omojola, Dawood A Desai, Daramy Vandi Von Kallon, and Ayodeji Usman Akerele. 2025. “Physicochemical Conversion Technologies of Biomass for Bioenergy Production”. Turkish Journal of Engineering 9 (4): 643-60. https://doi.org/10.31127/tuje.1688455.
EndNote
Awogbemi O, Desai DA, Kallon DVV, Akerele AU (October 1, 2025) Physicochemical Conversion Technologies of Biomass for Bioenergy Production. Turkish Journal of Engineering 9 4 643–660.
IEEE
[1]O. Awogbemi, D. A. Desai, D. V. V. Kallon, and A. U. Akerele, “Physicochemical Conversion Technologies of Biomass for Bioenergy Production”, TUJE, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 643–660, Oct. 2025, doi: 10.31127/tuje.1688455.
ISNAD
Awogbemi, Omojola - Desai, Dawood A - Kallon, Daramy Vandi Von - Akerele, Ayodeji Usman. “Physicochemical Conversion Technologies of Biomass for Bioenergy Production”. Turkish Journal of Engineering 9/4 (October 1, 2025): 643-660. https://doi.org/10.31127/tuje.1688455.
JAMA
1.Awogbemi O, Desai DA, Kallon DVV, Akerele AU. Physicochemical Conversion Technologies of Biomass for Bioenergy Production. TUJE. 2025;9:643–660.
MLA
Awogbemi, Omojola, et al. “Physicochemical Conversion Technologies of Biomass for Bioenergy Production”. Turkish Journal of Engineering, vol. 9, no. 4, Oct. 2025, pp. 643-60, doi:10.31127/tuje.1688455.
Vancouver
1.Omojola Awogbemi, Dawood A Desai, Daramy Vandi Von Kallon, Ayodeji Usman Akerele. Physicochemical Conversion Technologies of Biomass for Bioenergy Production. TUJE. 2025 Oct. 1;9(4):643-60. doi:10.31127/tuje.1688455
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