A review of lignocellulosic biomass-based shape-stable composite phase change materials

M Sun, Q Wang, H Di - Journal of Energy Storage, 2023 - Elsevier
Improving the utilization rate of clean energy such as solar energy has immense significance
for future environmental improvement worldwide. Phase change materials (PCMs), due to …

Food waste management and sustainable waste to energy: Current efforts, anaerobic digestion, incinerator and hydrothermal carbonization with a focus in Malaysia

KA Shukla, ADABA Sofian, A Singh, WH Chen… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
In Malaysia, the challenge of managing the burgeoning volume of food waste in an
environmentally sustainable manner is critical, given the country's rapid urbanization and …

Synthesis of antibacterial fluorescent carbon dots and green coal-like hydrochar from tea Industry byproducts via hydrothermal carbonization

P Duarah, B Debnath, MK Purkait - Industrial Crops and Products, 2024 - Elsevier
This study introduces an experimental framework employing hydrothermal carbonization
(HTC) for the valorisation of factory tea waste as a solid fuel. Employing a centre composite …

Analysis of fuel properties of hydrochar derived from food waste and biomass: evaluating varied mixing techniques pre/post-hydrothermal carbonization

S Wu, Q Wang, D Cui, X Wang, D Wu, J Bai… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
To address the pressing need for reducing carbon emissions linked to fossil fuels, there is
an urgent requirement to explore cleaner fuel options as substitutes for traditional fossil …

Turning food loss and food waste into Watts: A review of food waste as an energy source

F Economou, I Voukkali, I Papamichael, V Phinikettou… - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
Food loss (FL) and food waste (FW) have become severe global problems, contributing to
resource inefficiency and environmental degradation. Approximately 6% of greenhouse gas …

Recycling food waste to agriculture through hydrothermal carbonization sustains food-energy-water nexus

H Xu, T Chen, Y Shan, K Chen, N Ling, L Ren… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Recycling underutilized resources from food waste (FW) to agriculture through hydrothermal
carbonization (HTC) has been proposed to promote a circular economy (CE) in food-energy …

Hydrothermal carbonization of fruit peels of varied origin forms hydrochar of distinct capability for adsorption of methylene blue

S Kousar, M Fan, K Javed, M Rashid, S Zhang… - Journal of Water Process …, 2024 - Elsevier
Fruit peel is an important category of food waste with high moisture content, and
hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) is an efficient route to produce hydrochar (HC) for …

Optimization of hydrothermal carbonization of food waste as sustainable energy conversion approach: Enhancing the properties of hydrochar by landfill leachate …

S Fallah, N Alavi, O Tavakoli, A Shahsavani… - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) is a controversial biomass that can
be converted into renewable energy by hydrothermal carbonization (HTC). The landfill …

Dry torrefaction and continuous thermochemical conversion for upgrading agroforestry waste into eco-friendly energy carriers: Current progress and future prospect

S Sun, Q Wang, X Wang, C Wu, X Zhang, J Bai… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Agroforestry Waste (AW) is seen as a carbon neutral resource. However, the poor quality of
AW reduced its potential application value. Even more unfortunately, chlorine in AW led to …

Production of biomass-based carbon materials in hydrothermal media: A review of process parameters, activation treatments and practical applications

Q Wang, H Sun, S Wu, S Pan, D Cui, D Wu, F Xu… - Journal of the Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
The depletion of fossil fuels heralds the rise of renewable energy resources. Biomass is the
most widespread renewable energy resource that can be used not only as an energy …