A review of pretreatment methods to improve agri-food waste bioconversion by black soldier fly larvae

DA Peguero, M Gold, D Vandeweyer… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
As the world population increases, food demand and agricultural activity will also increase.
However,~ 30–40% of the food produced today is lost or wasted along the production chain …

Multiple strategies for the development of multienzyme complex for one-pot reactions

BA Farhan, L Zhihe, S Ali, TA Shah, L Zhiyu… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
The main intention in the modern era is to make life and activities on earth more comfortable
by adding necessary products through biological machinery. Millions of tons of biological …

Alkaline-thermal and mild ultrasonic pretreatments for improving biomethane yields: Impact on structural properties of chestnut shells

H Şenol - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
The high fiber content of chestnut shells (CS) makes biomethane production inefficient when
using the anaerobic digestion (AD) method. Therefore, this study has evaluated for the first …

Improving anaerobic digestion of corn straw by using solid-state urea pretreatment

Z **e, H Zou, Y Zheng, SF Fu - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The resistant structure and high carbon/nitrogen ratio (C/N) of cellulosic substrate are the
barriers during their anaerobic digestion (AD). Solid-state urea pretreatment was developed …

Optimization strategy of Co3O4 nanoparticles in biomethane production from seaweeds and its potential role in direct electron transfer and reactive oxygen species …

MA Hassaan, MR Elkatory, MA El-Nemr, S Ragab… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
In the present study, three process parameters optimization were assessed as controlling
factors for the biogas and biomethane generation from brown algae Cystoceira myrica as …

Biomethane production from Arachis hypogea shells: effect of thermal pretreatment on substrate structure and yield

KO Olatunji, DM Madyira, NA Ahmed… - Biomass Conversion and …, 2024 - Springer
The complex lignocellulosic arrangement of Arachis hypogea shells is the major hindrance
during its anaerobic digestion process. This work emphasizes the application of thermal …

Bio-based films/nanopapers from lignocellulosic wastes for production of added-value micro-/nanomaterials

BMR Guimarães, MV Scatolino, MA Martins… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
The growing demand for products with lower environmental impact and the extensive
applicability of cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) have received attention due to their attractive …

Physico-chemical characterization of walnut shell biochar from uncontrolled pyrolysis in a garden oven and surface modification by ex-situ chemical magnetization

RR Nair, A Schaate, LF Klepzig, AE Turcios… - Clean Technologies and …, 2023 - Springer
The shells of walnuts (WS) are major refuse in the global fruits and nuts trade. This,
otherwise discarded, lignin-rich material can be carbonized to biochar—a value-added …

Pretreatment of lignocellulosic materials to enhance their methane potential

A Oliva, S Papirio, G Esposito, PNL Lens - … Energy Technologies for …, 2022 - Springer
Lignocellulosic materials (LMs) are the most abundant residues on the planet and have a
huge potential for methane production. Several strategies have been tested to enhance the …

Optimization of biomethane production from sweet sorghum bagasse using artificial neural networks combined with particle swarm algorithm

L Machineni, GR Anupoju - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
In the face of international movement away from fossil fuels caused pollution menace, many
research labs are rushing towards next big breakthrough via effective biorefinery …