Agricultural waste management strategies for environmental sustainability

B Koul, M Yakoob, MP Shah - Environmental Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Globally, abundant agricultural wastes (AWs) are being generated each day to fulfil the
increasing demands of the fast-growing population. The limited and/or improper …

Agro-waste for renewable and sustainable green production: A review

R Phiri, SM Rangappa, S Siengchin - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
Agriculture has a historical significance in human society and its present-day role as a vital
sector of the global economy is irrefutable. However, the increase in agricultural production …

Valorization of biomass waste to engineered activated biochar by microwave pyrolysis: Progress, challenges, and future directions

SY Foong, RK Liew, Y Yang, YW Cheng… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biomass waste represents the promising surrogate of fossil fuels for energy recovery and
valorization into value-added products. Among thermochemical conversion techniques of …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation of biomass torrefaction based on three major components: Hemicellulose, cellulose, and lignin

D Chen, A Gao, K Cen, J Zhang, X Cao, Z Ma - Energy conversion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, torrefaction of hemicellulose, cellulose, and lignin were studied at a series of
torrefaction temperatures (210, 240, 270, and 300° C) based on the properties of their three …

Microalgal biofuel production: Potential challenges and prospective research

AB Sathya, A Thirunavukkarasu, R Nithya, A Nandan… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Exponential growth in industrialization can be seen as a direct outcome of the urbanization
which results in the continuous depletion of natural energy reserves. The existence of …

Integrated approach for wastewater treatment and biofuel production in microalgae biorefineries

S Mehariya, RK Goswami, P Verma, R Lavecchia… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
The increasing world population generates huge amounts of wastewater as well as large
energy demand. Additionally, fossil fuel's combustion for energy production causes the …

Torrefaction of biomass: Production of enhanced solid biofuel from municipal solid waste and other types of biomass

KA Abdulyekeen, AA Umar, MFA Patah… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The rapid increase in population has been identified as one of the main reasons for the
abundance generation of municipal solid waste (MSW), which could be advantageous when …

Utilization of palm oil and its by-products in bio-asphalt and bio-concrete mixtures: A review

AM Al-Sabaeei, A Al-Fakih, S Noura… - … and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
This research aims to discuss the utilization of crude palm oil (CPO) and by-products
obtained from palm oil waste materials as biomaterials for green construction material …

Integrated process of lignocellulosic biomass torrefaction and pyrolysis for upgrading bio-oil production: A state-of-the-art review

L Dai, Y Wang, Y Liu, R Ruan, C He, Z Yu… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Renewable fuels or chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass have the potential to be a
substitute for fossil fuels, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions and diversifying …

Biochar production, activation and adsorptive applications: a review

BR Patra, A Mukherjee, S Nanda, AK Dalai - Environmental Chemistry …, 2021 - Springer
Rising global population and urbanization are major causes of waste generation, energy
demand and carbon emissions. The atmospheric CO 2 concentration has increased of 44 …