Waste-derived biochar for water pollution control and sustainable development

M He, Z Xu, D Hou, B Gao, X Cao, YS Ok… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Biochar, a carbon-rich material made from the partial combustion of biomass wastes, is an
emerging material of interest as it can remediate pollutants and serve as a negative carbon …

The application of life cycle assessment (LCA) to wastewater treatment: A best practice guide and critical review

L Corominas, DM Byrne, JS Guest, A Hospido, P Roux… - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Life cycle assessment (LCA) has been widely applied in the wastewater industry, but
inconsistencies in assumptions and methods have made it difficult for researchers and …

Spatiotemporal pattern of greenhouse gas emissions in China's wastewater sector and pathways towards carbon neutrality

WJ Du, JY Lu, YR Hu, J **ao, C Yang, J Wu, B Huang… - Nature Water, 2023 - nature.com
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the wastewater sector are a major contributor to the
overall GHG emissions of all countries, however, there is currently a lack of global, national …

[HTML][HTML] From wastewater treatment to water resource recovery: Environmental and economic impacts of full-scale implementation

M Faragò, A Damgaard, JA Madsen, JK Andersen… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
To reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote resource recovery, many wastewater
treatment operators are retrofitting existing plants to implement new technologies for energy …

Membrane-based technology in water and resources recovery from the perspective of water social circulation: A review

H Wang, J Yang, H Zhang, J Zhao, H Liu… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this review, the application of membrane-based technology in water social circulation was
summarized. Water social circulation encompassed the entire process from the acquirement …

A critical review: emerging bioeconomy and waste-to-energy technologies for sustainable municipal solid waste management

TH Tsui, JWC Wong - Waste Disposal & Sustainable Energy, 2019 - Springer
Municipal solid waste (MSW) management has emerged as probably the most pressing
issue many governments nowadays are facing. Traditionally, Waste-to-Energy (WtE) is …

Sustainable disposal of excess sludge: Incineration without anaerobic digestion

X Hao, Q Chen, MCM van Loosdrecht, J Li, H Jiang - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Handling excess sludge produced by wastewater treatment is a common problem
worldwide. Due to limited space available in landfills, as well as difficulties involved in using …

Ultra-fast green hydrogen production from municipal wastewater by an integrated forward osmosis-alkaline water electrolysis system

GS Cassol, C Shang, AK An, NK Khanzada… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Recent advancements in membrane-assisted seawater electrolysis powered by renewable
energy offer a sustainable path to green hydrogen production. However, its large-scale …

[HTML][HTML] The hydrogen economy-Where is the water?

P Woods, H Bustamante, KF Aguey-Zinsou - Energy Nexus, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract “Green hydrogen”, ie hydrogen produced by splitting water with a carbon “free”
source of electricity via electrolysis, is set to become the energy vector enabling a deep …

Sustainable development of phosphorus recovery: From a product perspective

M Cheng, C Shi, L Hao, X Wang, X Guo, R Liu… - Sustainable Production …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the continuous exploitation and loss of phosphorus (P) resources and the challenging
natural closed-loop recovery of P, the P crisis has become an issue that must be urgently …