Agro-industrial wastewater in a circular economy: Characteristics, impacts and applications for bioenergy and biochemicals

WJ Martinez-Burgos, EB Sydney, ABP Medeiros… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
The generation of agroindustrial byproducts is rising fast worldwide. The slaughter of
animals, the production of bioethanol, and the processing of oil palm, cassava, and milk are …

Resource recovery from sugarcane vinasse by anaerobic digestion–A review

AFR Silva, YL Brasil, K Koch, MCS Amaral - Journal of environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The increase in biofuel production by 2030, driven by the targets set at the 21st United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21), will promote an increase in …

Sugarcane wastes into commercial products: Processing methods, production optimization and challenges

SP Singh, M Jawaid, M Chandrasekar… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Sugarcane is a cash crop that has been a significant source of revenue in many countries
around the world. In the last few decades, sugarcane mills that were only intended for sugar …

Enhanced hydrogen production from sewage sludge by cofermentation with wine vinasse

M Tena, B Luque, M Perez, R Solera - International Journal of Hydrogen …, 2020 - Elsevier
The cofermentation of sewage sludge and wine vinasse at different mixing ratios to enhance
hydrogen production was investigated. Batch experiments were carried out under …

Improving the energy balance of ethanol industry with methane production from vinasse and molasses in two-stage anaerobic reactors

AES Junior, RM Duda, RA de Oliveira - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
Thermophilic anaerobic digestion is a viable option for processing sugarcane vinasse that
recovers energy in the form of methane. However, restarting real-scale vinasse-treating …

Oportunities and challenges of using constructed wetlands for the treatment of high-strength distillery effluents: A review

F Zurita, J Vymazal - Ecological Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Distillery wastewater (DWW) is a highly polluted industrial effluent generated during the
distillation step for the production of alcohol from some feedstocks such as sugarcane, corn …

Efficient bioremediation of distillery and dairy wastewaters: A three-stage biorefinery for high-quality aquaculture feed and bioenergy generation

SS Hashemi, M Abbasi-Riyakhuni, JFM Denayer… - Process Safety and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The present study is motivated by the need to address the environmental issues related to
dairy and ethanol plant wastewaters and to generate valuable products, including …

Recycling fertilizers from human excreta exhibit high nitrogen fertilizer value and result in low uptake of pharmaceutical compounds

F Häfner, OR Monzon Diaz, S Tietjen… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Recycling nutrients is essential for closing nutrient loops within a circular economy. Using
locally available resources such as human excreta to produce bio-based recycling fertilizers …

Nanomodified sugarcane bagasse biosorbent: synthesis, characterization, and application for Cu (II) removal from aqueous medium

JTT Carvalho, PA Milani, JL Consonni… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Biosorption is a technique widely used in the remediation of contaminated effluents, and its
main advantages are its easy applicability, high efficiency rate, versatility, and its economic …

Sugarcane vinasse and microalgal biomass in the production of pectin particles as an alternative soil fertilizer

SR Bettani, G de Oliveira Ragazzo, NL Santos… - Carbohydrate …, 2019 - Elsevier
High methoxyl pectin was used as biopolymeric matrix to produce a novel slow release soil
fertilizer added with sugarcane vinasse and lipid extracted microalgal (Desmodesmus …