RETRACTED: Pyrolysis: An effective technique for degradation of COVID-19 medical wastes

S Dharmaraj, V Ashokkumar, R Pandiyan… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
A journal-wide investigation by Elsevier's Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics team
identified violations of the journal's policies on conflict of interest related to the submission …

[HTML][HTML] Potential of pyrolysis processes in the waste management sector

D Czajczyńska, L Anguilano, H Ghazal… - Thermal science and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The fundamentals of pyrolysis, its latest developments, the different conditions of the process
and its residues are of great importance in evaluating the applicability of the pyrolysis …

Bamboo for producing charcoal and biochar for versatile applications

K Chaturvedi, A Singhwane, M Dhangar, M Mili… - Biomass Conversion …, 2024 - Springer
Bamboo, the fastest-growing plant, has several unique characteristics that make it
appropriate for diverse applications. It is low-cost, high-tensile, lightweight, flexible, durable …

Sustainable improvement of soil health utilizing biochar and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: A review

N Gujre, A Soni, L Rangan, DCW Tsang, S Mitra - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
Conservation of soil health and crop productivity is the central theme for sustainable
agriculture practices. It is unrealistic to expect that the burgeoning crop production demands …

Effect of various biochars on physical, mechanical, and microstructural characteristics of cement pastes and mortars

MH Javed, MA Sikandar, W Ahmad, MT Bashir… - Journal of Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
Using waste materials to replace a fraction of cement in concrete is economical and
ecologically beneficial. In this work, cement pastes and mortars were fabricated with five …

Attributes of wood biochar as an efficient adsorbent for remediating heavy metals and emerging contaminants from water: a critical review and bibliometric analysis

N Boraah, S Chakma, P Kaushal - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Heavy metals and emerging contaminants (ECs) are the group of pollutants that have drawn
extensive attention during recent years due to high-level toxicity, even at low concentrations …

A comprehensive review on the production of alternative fuel through medical plastic waste

A Kumar, HS Pali, M Kumar - Sustainable Energy Technologies and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper aims to critically review the production of alternative fuels through medical plastic
waste. In the recent past, medical plastic waste has been disposed of and incinerated in the …

An overview of torrefied bioresource briquettes: quality-influencing parameters, enhancement through torrefaction and applications

MA Waheed, OA Akogun, CC Enweremadu - Bioresources and …, 2022 - Springer
In recent years, the need for clean, viable and sustainable source of alternative fuel is on the
rampage in the global space due to the challenges posed by human factors including fossil …

Biochar surface oxygenation by ozonization for super high cation exchange capacity

G Kharel, O Sacko, X Feng, JR Morris… - ACS Sustainable …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Biochar cation exchange capacity (CEC) is a key property central to better retention of soil
nutrients and reduction of fertilizer runoff. This paper reports a breakthrough process to …

Risk assessment of low-temperature biochar used as soil amendment on soil mesofauna

I Gruss, JP Twardowski, A Latawiec… - … Science and Pollution …, 2019 - Springer
Biochar as a carbon-rich highly porous substance has been proposed for use in agriculture
and horticulture as a soil amendment. One of the main concerns of this application of …