Insight into the recent advances of microwave pretreatment technologies for the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into sustainable biofuel

AT Hoang, S Nižetić, HC Ong, M Mofijur, SF Ahmed… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
The utilization of renewable lignocellulosic biomasses for bioenergy synthesis is believed to
facilitate competitive commercialization and realize affordable clean energy sources in the …

Microwave-assisted conversion of biomass and waste materials to biofuels

ZMA Bundhoo - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic and waste materials represent a considerable potential for biofuel
production. Currently, they are not fully utilised due to low biofuel yields from biological …

The impact of customer relationship management and company reputation on customer loyalty: The mediating role of customer satisfaction

RU Khan, Y Salamzadeh, Q Iqbal… - Journal of Relationship …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigates the impact of customer relationship management (CRM) and
company reputation on customer loyalty with customer satisfaction mediating the relation …

Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of empty fruit bunches of palm for bioethanol production using a microbial consortium of S. cerevisiae and T …

E Derman, R Abdulla, H Marbawi, MK Sabullah… - Fermentation, 2022 - mdpi.com
A simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) optimization process was carried
out on pretreated empty fruit bunches (EFBs) by employing the Response Surface …

Pretreatment methods for an effective conversion of oil palm biomass into sugars and high-value chemicals

ZN Akhlisah, R Yunus, ZZ Abidin, BY Lim… - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2021 - Elsevier
Oil palm biomass is a readily available raw material for production of green chemicals such
as levulinic acid and ethanol. One of the major problems on the conversion of this biomass …

Emerging nanotechnologies for targeting antimicrobial resistance

PJ Weldick, A Wang, AF Halbus, VN Paunov - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Antimicrobial resistance is a leading cause of mortality worldwide. Without newly approved
antibiotics and antifungals being brought to the market, resistance is being developed to the …

Antioxidant and UV-blocking properties of a carboxymethyl cellulose–lignin composite film produced from oil palm empty fruit bunch

MT Haqiqi, W Bankeeree, P Lotrakul… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Oil palm empty fruit bunch (EFB) pulp with the highest cellulose content of 83.42% was
obtained from an optimized process of acid pretreatment (0.5% v/v H2SO4), alkaline …

Breaking barriers for a green future: A comprehensive study on pre-treatment techniques for empty fruit bunches in the bio-based economy

A Javanmard, WMAW Daud, MFA Patah… - Process Safety and …, 2024 - Elsevier
This review article provides a comprehensive summary of the chemical and biological
approaches for pretreating empty fruit bunches (EFBs), a byproduct of the palm oil industry …

Microwave-assisted acid pretreatment for enhancing enzymatic saccharification of sugarcane trash

E Hermiati, RPB Laksana, W Fatriasari… - Biomass Conversion …, 2020 - Springer
Sugarcane trash (ST) is an abundant but underused biomass left in the field when the
sugarcane is harvested. However, there are only a few studies to evaluate pretreatment of …

High‐Yield Alpha‐Cellulose from Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunches by Optimizing Thermochemical Delignification Processes for Use as Microcrystalline Cellulose

S Susi, M Ainuri, W Wagiman… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Oil palm empty fruit bunches (OPEFB) are lignocellulosic materials that are a by‐product of
the palm oil industry, which have less use and utilization is still limited. OPEFB's high …