Life cycle assessment of sewage sludge treatment and disposal based on nutrient and energy recovery: A review

A Ding, R Zhang, HH Ngo, X He, J Ma, J Nan… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
With the acceleration of urbanization, the production of urban sludge is increasing rapidly.
To minimize resource input and waste output, it is crucial to execute analyses of …

Conversion of sewage sludge into biochar: A potential resource in water and wastewater treatment

A Gopinath, G Divyapriya, V Srivastava, AR Laiju… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Production of biochar from sewage sludge (SS) is consistent with the goal of sustainable
resource recovery and promotes a wastewater-based circular economy. Thermochemical …

Aluminum toxicity in plants and its possible mitigation in acid soils by biochar: A review

R Shetty, CSN Vidya, NB Prakash, A Lux… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Toxicity of aluminum (Al) is a serious problem for agricultural plants, especially due to
excessive soil acidification caused by continuous intensive agriculture and modified …

[HTML][HTML] Achieving environmentally sustainable growing media for soilless plant cultivation systems–A review

GE Barrett, PD Alexander, JS Robinson, NC Bragg - Scientia horticulturae, 2016 - Elsevier
Soilless cultivation is recognized globally for its ability to support efficient and intensive plant
production. While production systems vary, most utilize a porous substrate or growing …

Thermal treatment of sewage sludge: A comparative review of the conversion principle, recovery methods and bioavailability-predicting of phosphorus

Y Zhu, Y Zhai, S Li, X Liu, B Wang, X Liu, Y Fan, H Shi… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Phosphorus is a nutrient that is essential to nature and human life and has attracted
attention because of its very limited reserves. Dwindling phosphorus reserves and soaring …

A sustainable paradigm of sewage sludge biochar: valorization, opportunities, challenges and future prospects

S Singh, V Kumar, DS Dhanjal, S Datta, D Bhatia… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
The generation of sludge during wastewater treatment has drawn the attention of various
scientists on its toxicity and safety in lieu of its disposal in the environment. Source of sludge …

Biochars induced modification of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in soil and its impact on mobility and bioaccumulation of arsenic and cadmium

G Li, S Khan, M Ibrahim, TR Sun, JF Tang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2018 - Elsevier
Biochar application has attracted great attention due to its diverse uses and benefits in the
fields of environmental management and agriculture. Biochar modifies the composition of …

Soil contamination and sources of phthalates and its health risk in China: a review

H Lü, CH Mo, HM Zhao, L **ang, A Katsoyiannis… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Phthalates (PAEs) are extensively used as plasticizers and constitute one of the most
frequently detected organic contaminants in the environment. With the deterioration of eco …

Biochar as a sorbent for emerging contaminants enables improvements in waste management and sustainable resource use

L Li, D Zou, Z **ao, X Zeng, L Zhang, L Jiang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
Emerging contaminants have recently been recognized as new and significant water
pollutants and gained great of concerns because of their considerable effects on …

Biochar accelerates PAHs biodegradation in petroleum-polluted soil by biostimulation strategy

L Kong, Y Gao, Q Zhou, X Zhao, Z Sun - Journal of hazardous materials, 2018 - Elsevier
Sawdust and wheat straw biochars prepared at 300° C and 500° C were applied to
petroleum-polluted soil for an 84-day incubation to estimate their effectiveness on polycyclic …