Slaughterhouse and poultry wastes: Management practices, feedstocks for renewable energy production, and recovery of value added products

V Mozhiarasi, TS Natarajan - Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2022 - Springer
The slaughterhouse and poultry industry is possibly one of the fastest-growing sectors
driven by the increasing demand in food availability. Subsequently, the wastes produced …

A review on chicken feather fiber (CFF) and its application in composites

AA Khan, H Parikh, MRN Qureshi - Journal of Natural Fibers, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The technological breakthrough in the field of natural composites has led to the introduction
of many new materials and products, which are environmentally friendly. As a result, there is …

Waste chicken feathers integrated with phase change materials as new inner insulation envelope for buildings

AR Abdulmunem, PM Samin, K Sopian… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recycling wastes, especially feathers in the construction sector, is considered a free source
to reduce environmental pollution. Integration of waste chicken feathers (WCF) in certain …

[PDF][PDF] Improving the brittle behaviour of high-strength concrete using keratin and glass fibres

K Abdelsamie, IS Agwa, BA Tayeh… - Adv. Concr …, 2021 - researchgate.net
Keratin fibres are waste products of the poultry industry. Natural materials made from
chicken feather fibres (CFFs) are used in concrete-reinforced composites in this study …

Thermal performances and environmental analysis of a new composite building material based on gypsum plaster and chicken feathers waste

M Ouakarrouch, K El Azhary, N Laaroussi… - Thermal Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The main objective of this paper is the improvement of the thermal properties of gypsum
plaster through mixing it with chicken feather waste, in order to be used in walls and ceiling …

Industrial sustainability of microbial keratinases: production and potential applications

CLA de Menezes, RC Santos, MV Santos… - World Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Keratinases are proteolytic enzymes with a particular ability to cleave peptide bonds in
keratin, and in other proteins. Due to their broad-spectrum of activity, keratinases are …

Biochemical Characterization and Application of Thermostable-Alkaline Keratinase From Bacillus halodurans SW-X to Valorize Chicken Feather Wastes

T Kaewsalud, K Yakul, K Jantanasakulwong… - Waste and Biomass …, 2021 - Springer
The production, purification, and characterization of thermostable-alkaline keratinase from
Bacillus halodurans SW-X (keratinase_SW-X), and its applicability towards the production of …

Intensified elimination of aqueous heavy metal ions using chicken feathers chemically modified by a batch method

R Chakraborty, A Asthana, AK Singh, S Yadav… - Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Modified chicken feathers (MCFs) were used as adsorbents for the removal of Co (II), Cu (II),
Fe (II) and Ni (II) heavy metal ions from water by varying pH, adsorbent concentration and …

In-situ production of amino acid-rich monoammonium phosphate from chicken feathers provides superior efficacy compared to physical blending

F He, Y Tan, X Zhou, T Luo, Z Yan, D Xu, X Wang - Waste Management, 2024 - Elsevier
A large amount of feather waste is discarded annually, leading to severe environmental
pollution problems. Meanwhile, to improve the utilization efficiency of phosphate fertilizers …

Catalytic activity of bimetallic (Ruthenium/Palladium) nano‐alloy decorated porous carbons toward reduction of toxic compounds

P Veerakumar, K Salamalai… - Chemistry–An Asian …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Chicken feather‐derived high‐surface‐area porous activated carbon (CFAC) material was
prepared using chemical activation. A new composite composed of Ru‐Pd nanoparticles …