Fueling sustainability: Co-pyrolysis of microalgae biomass and waste plastics for renewable energy and waste mitigation

A Nawaz, H Haddad, MA Shah, S Uddin… - Biomass and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The rising worldwide need for energy, driven by industrial expansion, population increase,
and transportation demands, poses a substantial issue. Microalgae are extremely promising …

Algal biofuels: Technological perspective on cultivation, fuel extraction and engineering genetic pathway for enhancing productivity

PR Yaashikaa, MK Devi, PS Kumar - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Vast utilization and subsequent depletion of fossil fuels have forced to development of new
approaches for finding a suitable alternative to fossil fuels. Algae remain a promising tool for …

[HTML][HTML] Synergistic interaction between scrap tyre and plastics for the production of sulphur-free, light oil from fast co-pyrolysis

WN Dewi, Q Zhou, M Mollah, S Yang, I Ilankoon… - Waste Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Fast co-pyrolysis offers a sustainable solution for upcycling polymer waste, including scrap
tyre and plastics. Previous studies primarily focused on slow heating rates, neglecting …

Activation of poplar and spirulina with H3PO4: Marked influence of biological structures of the biomasses on evolution structure of activated carbon

J Liang, C Li, S Zhang, BA Mohamed, L Wang… - Fuel Processing …, 2023 - Elsevier
Terrestrial and aquatic biomasses can theoretically be used as feedstocks for producing
activated carbon (AC). However, their differences in composition and biological structure …

Co-pyrolysis of chrome-tanned leather shavings with wheat straw: Thermal behavior, kinetics and pyrolysis products

J Liu, Z Zhang, M Zhang, MGA Kaya, F Wang, K Tang - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The thermal behavior and kinetics of chrome-tanned leather shavings (CLS)/wheat straw
(WS) blends at different mass ratios during co-pyrolysis were investigated, and the pyrolysis …

Co-pyrolysis of bamboo biomass with polypropylene coverall: Distributed activation energy modeling and pyrolysate composition studies

S Chakraborty, K Mohanty, R Vinu - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
This study evaluates the pyrolysis kinetics and resource recovery potential from mixtures of
bamboo sawdust (BS) biomass, and a COVID-19 waste material, body coverall (BC). The …

Catalytic co-pyrolysis of Chlorella vulgaris and urea: Thermal behaviors, product characteristics, and reaction pathways

Z Huang, Z Yu, M Li, Y Bin, X Zhang, C Wei… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The catalytic pyrolysis behavior of Chlorella vulgaris (CV) with urea (UR), and its product
distribution were investigated using TG-FTIR and Py-GC/MS. The mechanism of formation of …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced biofuel production by co-pyrolysis of distiller's grains and waste plastics: A quantitative appraisal of kinetic behaviors and product characteristics

G Li, T Yang, W **ao, X Yao, M Su, M Pan, X Wang… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Pyrolysis of biomass feedstocks can produce valuable biofuel, however, the final products
may present excessive corrosion and poor stability due to the lack of hydrogen content. Co …

Microwave catalytic co-pyrolysis of chlorella vulgaris and oily sludge: Characteristics and bio-oil analysis

C Chen, H Ling, S Qiu, X Huang, D Fan, J Zhao - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Co-pyrolysis of Chlorella vulgaris (CV) and Oily sludge (OS) under different mixing ratios
were investigated by microwave furnace. NiO, activated carbon (AC) and their 1: 1 …

Comparative study of the catalytic co-pyrolysis of microalgae (Chlorella Vulgaris) and polypropylene with acid and base catalysts toward valuable chemicals …

X Gao, Z Zhou, J Wang, H Tian, M Qing, L Jiang… - Fuel Processing …, 2023 - Elsevier
The co-pyrolysis of microalgae with plastic for valuable chemical production is promising to
address the inferiority of microalgae conversion while solving waste plastic problems. A …