A comprehensive review on the preparation of biochar from digestate sources and its application in environmental pollution remediation

Z Fu, J Zhao, D Guan, Y Wang, J **e, H Zhang… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The preparation of biochar from digestate is one of the effective ways to achieve the safe
disposal and resource utilization of digestate. Nevertheless, up to now, a comprehensive …

Biorefinery of anaerobic digestate in a circular bioeconomy: Opportunities, challenges and perspectives

M Malhotra, K Aboudi, L Pisharody, A Singh… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
With the ever-increasing size of anaerobic digesters (AD), the management and disposal of
digestate have become a challenging task for AD operators. Anaerobic digestate is rich in …

Converting food waste into soil amendments for improving soil sustainability and crop productivity: a review

KN Palansooriya, PD Dissanayake… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
One-third of the annual food produced globally is wasted and much of the food waste (FW) is
unutilized; however, FW can be valorized into value-added industrial products such as …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of digestate-encapsulated biochar on plant growth, soil microbiome and nitrogen leaching

M Yan, H Tian, S Song, HTW Tan, JTE Lee… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The increasing amount of food waste and the excessive use of mineral fertilizers have
caused detrimental impacts on soil, water, and air quality. Though digestate derived from …

Organic contaminants removal and carbon sequestration using pig manure solid residue-derived biochar: A novel closed-loop strategy for anaerobic liquid digestate

Z Liu, S **e, H Zhou, L Zhao, Z Yao, H Fan, B Si… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion of livestock manure as a carbon-negative practice yields bioenergy and
biofertilizer. However, substantial antibiotics and benzenes contained in liquid and solid …

[HTML][HTML] Startup performance and microbial communities of a decentralized anaerobic digestion of food waste

YW Tiong, P Sharma, H Tian, TH Tsui, HT Lam… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
The aim of this work was to evaluate the feasibility of treating food waste generated from a
hawker centre in a pilot-scale anaerobic digester operating on site in an urban area of …

From waste to plate: Exploring the impact of food waste valorisation on achieving zero hunger

RD Tchonkouang, H Onyeaka, T Miri - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Hunger (811 million people, 2020) and food waste (931 million tonnes annually, 2020) are
long-standing interconnected challenges that have plagued humankind for centuries. Food …

Methanosarcina thermophila bioaugmentation and its synergy with biochar growth support particles versus polypropylene microplastics in thermophilic food waste …

JTE Lee, EY Lim, L Zhang, TH Tsui, H Tian, M Yan… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Both biochar supplementation as well as bioaugmentation have been shown in literature to
improve the methane yield of anaerobic digestion. In this study, the combination of both are …

An insight into microbial inoculants for bioconversion of waste biomass into sustainable “bio-organic” fertilizers: a bibliometric analysis and systematic literature review

JM Kiruba N, A Saeid - International journal of molecular sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The plant-microbe holobiont has garnered considerable attention in recent years,
highlighting its importance as an ecological unit. Similarly, manipulation of the microbial …

Potential of biogas residue biochar modified by ferric chloride for the enhancement of anaerobic digestion of food waste

X Li, S Chu, P Wang, K Li, Y Su, D Wu, B **e - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Biogas residue biochar (BRB) and BRB modified by ferric chloride (BRB-FeCl 3) were
applied to promote anaerobic digestion (AD) of food waste (FW), related mechanisms were …