Can wood-feeding termites solve the environmental bottleneck caused by plastics? A critical state-of-the-art review

R Al-Tohamy, SS Ali, M Zhang, M Sameh… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The abundance of synthetic polymers has become an ever-increasing environmental threat
in the world. The excessive utilization of plastics leads to the accumulation of such …

Microalgae-mediated bioremediation: current trends and opportunities-a review

SS Ali, LHS Hassan, M El-Sheekh - Archives of Microbiology, 2024 - Springer
Environmental pollution poses a critical global challenge, and traditional wastewater
treatment methods often prove inadequate in addressing the complexity and scale of this …

Effective degradation of tetracycline and real pharmaceutical wastewater using novel nanocomposites of biosynthesized ZnO and carbonized toner powder

MM Gaber, M Samy, EA El-Bestawy, H Shokry - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, novel nanohybrids of biosynthesized zinc oxide (ZnO) and magnetite-
nanocarbon (Fe 3 O 4–NC) obtained from the carbonization of toner powder waste were …

[HTML][HTML] Benefits of pretreated water hyacinth for enhanced anaerobic digestion and biogas production

S Manigandan, TR Praveenkumar, A Anderson… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aimed to investigate the potential of water hyacinth (WH) for biogas production.
For this, three sample combinations were studied. Each combination comprised WH in …

Anaerobic digestion of lignocellulosic waste for enhanced methane production and biogas-digestate utilization

OA Awadalla, WA Atawy, MY Bedaiwy, SS Ali… - Industrial Crops and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic biomass is an important source for nutrient management in agricultural
systems and has a largely unexploited potential for biogas production. The digestates from …

Recovering biogas and nutrients via novel anaerobic co-digestion of pre-treated water hyacinth for the enhanced biogas production

F Daniel, M Sekar, B Gavurová, C Govindasamy… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The present investigation explores the feasibility of generating biogas from water hyacinth
(WH) through a pretreatment process. The WH samples were subjected to a high …

A novel strategy for improving ammonia resistance of acidogenesis using domesticated sludge combined with nZVI addition in an ambient anaerobic digestion system

Z Lv, X Pan, ZL Ye, D **e, G Cai, N Lv, Y Li - Water Research, 2025 - Elsevier
High ammonia stress, which inhibited the performance and stability of anaerobic digestion
(AD) systems, is considered a bottleneck problem. To improve the performance of ambient …

Valorization of water hyacinth to biomethane and biofertilizer through anaerobic digestion technology

F Karouach, WB Bakrim, A Ezzariai, I Mnaouer… - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
The purpose of this research study is to determine the effects of co-digestion of water
hyacinth weed plant harvested from Lake Tana in Ethiopia and manures collected from two …

[HTML][HTML] Examining alternative carbon resources for sustainable energy generation: A comprehensive review

A Ray, AK Bhonsle, J Singh, J Trivedi, N Atray - Next Energy, 2025 - Elsevier
The excessive usage and limited availability of fossil fuels have put enough impetus on
researchers to find alternative energy sources to control the energy crisis and reduce climate …

Improvement of water hyacinth bioconversion by different organic and mineral acid pretreatment and the effect of post-pretreatment washing

MP Gundupalli, P Tantayotai, S Chuetor… - Bioenergy …, 2023 - Springer
Water hyacinth is a non-edible plant having a severe impact on aquatic ecosystems through
native vegetation displacement and lower dissolved oxygen concentration. High cellulose …