Biochar properties and eco-friendly applications for climate change mitigation, waste management, and wastewater treatment: A review

NA Qambrani, MM Rahman, S Won, S Shim… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Pyrolysis is one of the most promising technologies for the conversion of biomass into high-
value products such as bio-oil, syngas, and biochar in the absence of oxygen. High yield …

[HTML][HTML] A review on disposal and utilization of phytoremediation plants containing heavy metals

Z Liu, KQ Tran - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2021 - Elsevier
The reasonable disposal of plant biomass containing heavy metals (HMs) is a difficult
problem for the phytoremediation technology. This review summarizes current literature that …

Thermal treatment of sewage sludge: A comparative review of the conversion principle, recovery methods and bioavailability-predicting of phosphorus

Y Zhu, Y Zhai, S Li, X Liu, B Wang, X Liu, Y Fan, H Shi… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Phosphorus is a nutrient that is essential to nature and human life and has attracted
attention because of its very limited reserves. Dwindling phosphorus reserves and soaring …

Comparative assessment of municipal sewage sludge incineration, gasification and pyrolysis for a sustainable sludge-to-energy management in Greece

MC Samolada, AA Zabaniotou - Waste management, 2014 - Elsevier
For a sustainable municipal sewage sludge management, not only the available technology,
but also other parameters, such as policy regulations and socio-economic issues should be …

Pyrolysis for biochar purposes: a review to establish current knowledge gaps and research needs

JJ Manyà - Environmental science & technology, 2012 - ACS Publications
According to the International Biochar Initiative (IBI), biochar is a charcoal which can be
applied to soil for both agricultural and environmental gains. Biochar technology seems to …

Increasing textile circulation—Consequences and requirements

H Dahlbo, K Aalto, H Eskelinen… - Sustainable production and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The global textile fiber production, consumption of textiles and amounts of textile waste are
constantly growing. The increase of textile waste has also been demonstrated in sorting …

Potential of biochar use in building materials

M Legan, AŽ Gotvajn, K Zupan - Journal of environmental management, 2022 - Elsevier
A critical review of the articles dealing with biochar in terms of the reuse of biomass waste in
building materials and its impact on material properties was conducted using five different …

[HTML][HTML] Distribution of PAHs, PCBs, and PCDD/Fs in products from full-scale relevant pyrolysis of diverse contaminated organic waste

E Sørmo, KM Krahn, GØ Flatabø, T Hartnik… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Biomass pyrolysis is the anoxic thermal conversion of biomass into a carbon rich, porous
solid, often called biochar. This could be a better waste management alternative for …

A review on the thermal treatment of heavy metal hyperaccumulator: Fates of heavy metals and generation of products

X Cui, J Zhang, X Wang, M Pan, Q Lin, KY Khan… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Phytoremediation is perceived as a promising technique for remediation of heavy metal
(HM) contaminated soils, while the harvested HM-enriched hyperaccumulator biomass …

Microplastics mitigation in sewage sludge through pyrolysis: the role of pyrolysis temperature

BJ Ni, ZR Zhu, WH Li, X Yan, W Wei, Q Xu… - … & Technology Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
Sewage sludge is an important source of introducing microplastics into the environment, and
thus, effective mitigation of microplastics in the sludge is in urgent need. Herein, the effect of …