[HTML][HTML] Adsorption of pollutants from wastewater by biochar: a review

N Jagadeesh, B Sundaram - Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Biochar is a functional material prepared under controlled thermal decomposition of organic
feedstocks from crops, forestry residues, sewage sludge, algal biomass, and poultry manure …

Valorization of fruit wastes for circular bioeconomy: Current advances, challenges, and opportunities

YK Leong, JS Chang - Bioresource technology, 2022 - Elsevier
The demands for fruits and processed products have significantly increased following the
surging human population growth and rising health awareness. However, an enormous …

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 …

Biochar production via pyrolysis of citrus peel fruit waste as a potential usage as solid biofuel

A Selvarajoo, YL Wong, KS Khoo, WH Chen, PL Show - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Renewable energy sources such as biomass have been proven to be one of the promising
sustainable alternatives to fossil fuels. However, using biomass directly as a fuel is less …

Immobilization of microbes on biochar for water and soil remediation: A review

C Wu, D Zhi, B Yao, Y Zhou, Y Yang, Y Zhou - Environmental Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Biochar has caught great attention over the last decade with the loose and porous structure,
and carbon stability provides suitable living conditions for the growth and activity of …

Valorization of municipal wastes using co-pyrolysis for green energy production, energy security, and environmental sustainability: A review

WAW Mahari, E Azwar, SY Foong, A Ahmed… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pyrolysis is a potential technology used for the transformation of municipal wastes into
energy products such as biofuel. Existing reviews on pyrolysis mainly focus on agroforestry …

Microwave vacuum pyrolysis of waste plastic and used cooking oil for simultaneous waste reduction and sustainable energy conversion: Recovery of cleaner liquid …

SS Lam, WAW Mahari, YS Ok, W Peng… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Microwave vacuum pyrolysis was examined and compared to conventional pyrolysis for its
technical and economic feasibility in co-processing of waste plastic and used cooking oil …

A review of microwave pyrolysis as a sustainable plastic waste management technique

PHM Putra, S Rozali, MFA Patah, A Idris - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The high demand for plastic has led to plastic waste accumulation, improper disposal and
environmental pollution. Even though some of this waste is recycled, most ends up in …

Comparison study on the ammonium adsorption of the biochars derived from different kinds of fruit peel

X Hu, X Zhang, HH Ngo, W Guo, H Wen, C Li… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Application of biochars to remove inorganic nitrogen (NH 4+, NO 2−, NH 3, NO, NO 2, N 2 O)
from wastewater and agricultural fields has gained a significant interest. This study aims to …

Fruit and vegetable peels: utilization of high value horticultural waste in novel industrial applications

H Kumar, K Bhardwaj, R Sharma, E Nepovimova… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Fruits and vegetables are the highly used food products amongst the horticultural crops.
These items are consumed uncooked, nominally cooked or fully cooked, according to their …