Wood Waste Management and Products

Preface
Contents
About the Editors
Challenges and Opportunities in Wood Waste Utilization
	1 Overview of the Wood Industry and Its Residue
	2 Classification of Wood Waste
	3 Opportunities for Utilization of Wood Waste
		3.1 Biomass for Energy
		3.2 Secondary Products for the Construction Industry
		3.3 Additive Manufacturing (AM)
	4 Challenges in Wood Waste Utilization
	5 Future Outlook
	References
Life Cycle Assessment of Wood Waste
	1 Introduction
	2 Recycled Wood Waste
	3 Life Cycle Assessments Add Value
	References
Concern on Wood Waste Utilization: Environment and Economic Evaluation
	1 Wood Waste Resource
	2 Potential Usability of Wood Waste
	3 Economic Evaluation
	4 Wood Waste Management
	5 Conclusions
	References
Development and Performance of Wood Waste Briquettes in Pyrolysis Reactor
	1 Introduction
	2 Historical Developments in Briquette Manufacturing
	3 Source of Wood Waste
		3.1 Industrial Wood Wastages
		3.2 Municipal Wood Waste
	4 Briquette Manufacturing Methods
	5 Briquettes Manufacturing Technology
		5.1 Piston Press
		5.2 Hydraulic Press
		5.3 Screw Press
		5.4 Roller Press
	6 Pyrolysis Reactor
		6.1 Types of Pyrolysis Reactors
	7 Conclusions
	References
Wood Waste as a Renewable Energy Source: Effect of Pretreatment Technology for Sustainable Bioethanol Production
	1 Introduction
	2 Bioethanol Feedstocks
	3 Wood Waste as a Renewable Energy Source
	4 Pretreatment Technology from Wood Waste for Bioethanol Production
	5 Chemical Pretreatment
	6 Physiochemical Pretreatment
	7 Biological Pretreatment
	8 Conclusion
	References
Valorization of Wood Waste as Biosorbent for the Removal of Organic and Inorganic Contaminants in Water
	1 Introduction
	2 Wood Waste
	3 Physicochemical Characterization of Wood Waste as Biosorbent
	4 Application of Wood Waste for Adsorptive Removal of Organic Contaminants
	5 Application of Wood Waste for Adsorptive Removal of Inorganic Contaminants
	6 Challenges and Perspectives—SWOT Analysis
	7 Conclusion
	References
Present Scenario and Future Scope of the Use of Wood Waste in Wood Plastic Composites
	1 Introduction
		1.1 Wood Plastic Composites
		1.2 Biochar
	References
Viability of Building Materials Made of Wood Waste: Sustainability and Its Performances
	1 Introduction
	2 Wood Waste as Sustainable Building Material
	3 Applications of Wood Waste in Building Materials
		3.1 Concrete
		3.2 Insulating Building Material
		3.3 Thermal Insulator
		3.4 Sound Insulator
	4 Conclusion
	References
Building Material in Circular Economy: The Suitability of Wood Waste in Bio-concrete Development
	1 Introduction
	2 Development of CE and LCA in the Built Environment
	3 Production and Properties of Waste Wood Bio-concrete
	4 The Microstructure of Waste Wood Bio-concrete
	5 Mechanical Properties of Waste Wood Bio-concrete
	6 Ecological Consequences and Perspectives of the Production of WW Bio-concrete
	7 Applications of WW as an Aggregate or Cement Partial Substitute
	8 Conclusion
	References
Application of Wood Waste in Agriculture
	1 Introduction
	2 Treatment of Wood Waste
	3 Application of Wood Waste in Agriculture
		3.1 Mulching
		3.2 Soil Conditioner and Composting
		3.3 Poultry Bedding
	4 Challenges of Wood Waste in Agriculture
	5 Conclusion
	References
Potential Use of Residual sawdust—A Versatile, Inexpensive and Readily Available Bio-waste
	1 Sources of Material
		1.1 Industrial Wood Cutting Waste
		1.2 Manufactured Particles
	2 Energy Production
	3 Composite
	4 Animal Feed
	5 Adsorbent
	6 Nanocellulose
	7 Agricultural Cultivation Media
	8 Clay, Cement, Concrete and Building Materials
	9 Liquefaction
		9.1 Hydrothermal Liquefaction
		9.2 Co-solvent Liquefaction
		9.3 Organic Solvent Liquefaction
		9.4 Microwave-Assisted Liquefaction
	10 Conclusions
	References
The Possibility of Using Wood Peeler Core as The Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
	1 Introduction
	2 Source of Wood Peeler Core
		2.1 The Tree
		2.2 Hardwood and Softwood
		2.3 Sapwood and Heartwood
		2.4 Anatomical Properties
		2.5 Physical Properties
		2.6 Chemical Properties
		2.7 Mechanical Properties
	3 Effect of Species-Crude Extractive Ratio on the DSSCs’ Performance
		3.1 Properties and Performance of UV-Vis Absorption Spectra
		3.2 FTIR Analysis
		3.3 HOMO–LUMO Calculations and Optical Band Gap
		3.4 Characteristics of Current-Voltage (I–V) Curve
	4 Effect of Ruthenium (N719) Dye as Co-sensitizers on the Performance of DSSC
		4.1 The Dyes and DSSC Device’s Optical Properties
		4.2 Photovoltaic Performances
		4.3 Electrochemical Impedance Study
	5 Conclusion
	References
Effects of Treatments on Eucalyptus Waste to Produce Cement Composites
	1 Introduction
	2 Material and Methods
		2.1 Materials
		2.2 Test Methods
		2.3 Statistical Analysis
	3 Results and Discussions
		3.1 Wettability
	4 Conclusion
	References
Microwave Treatment on Wood Waste Product-A Review
	1 Introduction
	2 Wood-Plastic Composites (WPCs)
	3 Improvement of the Interface Region of WPCs
	4 Microwave Treatment
	5 Wood Drying with Microwave Irradiation
	6 Microwave Treatment of Wood-Plastic Composites
	7 Post-treatment of WPCs by Microwave Irradiation: Case Study Outline
		7.1 Materials and Method
		7.2 Preparing the Composites
		7.3 Results and Discussion
		7.4 Conclusion
	8 Summary
	References