Role of microalgae in achieving sustainable development goals and circular economy

AG Olabi, N Shehata, ET Sayed, C Rodriguez… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) set out 17 Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) to be achieved by 2030. These goals highlight key objectives …

Algae biotechnology for industrial wastewater treatment, bioenergy production, and high-value bioproducts

A Ahmad, F Banat, H Alsafar, SW Hasan - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
A growing world population is causing hazardous compounds to form at an increasingly
rapid rate, calling for ecological action. Wastewater management and treatment is an …

Strategies for improving biogas production of palm oil mill effluent (POME) anaerobic digestion: A critical review

YY Choong, KW Chou, I Norli - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
The sustainable practice in the palm oil industry, which provides the global most demanded
edible oil has a long way to be well developed. One of the most challenging problems is the …

Valorization of agro-industrial residues for production of commercial biorefinery products

TA Singh, M Sharma, M Sharma, GD Sharma… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Agro-food industrial residues (AFIRs) are produced in vast amounts around the world. These
wastes are commonly called lignocellulosic wastes that are a source of value-added …

Emission and injection characteristics of corn biodiesel blends in diesel engine

S Manigandan, P Gunasekar, J Devipriya, S Nithya - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
In recent years, industries have been investing to develop an alternative fuel to replace the
depleting petroleum products which emit higher emission. This paper investigates …

Enzymatic potential for the valorization of agro-industrial by-products

MCS Barcelos, CL Ramos, M Kuddus… - Biotechnology …, 2020 - Springer
Agro-industrial residues and by-products are a crescent environmental problem since they
are often discarded without proper treatment, and still have growing production. These …

Opportunities and challenges of microalgal cultivation on wastewater, with special focus on palm oil mill effluent and the production of high value compounds

MMA Nur, AGJ Buma - Waste and Biomass Valorization, 2019 - Springer
Abstract South East Asia dominates the production of palm oil worldwide. During the
traditional wet processing, palm oil mill effluent (POME) wastewater is generated which …

Synthesis and characterization of hydrochars produced by hydrothermal carbonization of oil palm shell

S Nizamuddin, NS Jaya Kumar, JN Sahu… - … Canadian Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) is applied to oil palm shells to produce a
solid fuel known as hydrochar. The effect of reaction temperatures 220–290° C at reaction …

Sustainable strategies for anaerobic digestion of oil palm empty fruit bunches in Indonesia: a review

S Suhartini, N Hidayat, NA Rohma, R Paul… - … of Sustainable Energy, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Indonesia has abundant oil palm empty fruit bunches (OPEFBs). However, high lignin
content in OPEFBs may hinder their valorisation to bioenergy resources, as its degradation …

Phytochemical screening, metabolite profiling and enhanced antimicrobial activities of microalgal crude extracts in co-application with silver nanoparticle

HA Hussein, DF Syamsumir, SAM Radzi… - Bioresources and …, 2020 - Springer
Background Microalgae is one of the major sources of natural compounds with antimicrobial
activity. The metabolite profiling of the extracts could identify the bioactive compounds based …