Review of feedstock pretreatment strategies for improved anaerobic digestion: From lab-scale research to full-scale application

H Carrere, G Antonopoulou, R Affes, F Passos… - Bioresource …, 2016 - Elsevier
When properly designed, pretreatments may enhance the methane potential and/or
anaerobic digestion rate, improving digester performance. This paper aims at providing …

Can anaerobic digestion be a suitable end-of-life scenario for biodegradable plastics? A critical review of the current situation, hurdles, and challenges

G Cazaudehore, R Guyoneaud, P Evon… - Biotechnology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Growing concern regarding non-biodegradable plastics and the impact of these materials on
the environment has promoted interest in biodegradable plastics. The intensification of …

Nutrient recovery technologies integrated with energy recovery by waste biomass anaerobic digestion

H Ma, Y Guo, Y Qin, YY Li - Bioresource technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion widely considered as a promising waste biomass disposal treatment
approach, is attracting increasing interest in all corners of the globe. However, due to the …

Acclimation to extremely high ammonia levels in continuous biomethanation process and the associated microbial community dynamics

H Tian, IA Fotidis, E Mancini, L Treu, A Mahdy… - Bioresource …, 2018 - Elsevier
Acclimatized anaerobic communities to high ammonia levels can offer a solution to the
ammonia toxicity problem in biogas reactors. In the current study, a stepwise acclimation …

Anaerobic digestion of microalgal biomass: challenges, opportunities and research needs

C Gonzalez-Fernandez, B Sialve… - Bioresource …, 2015 - Elsevier
Integration of anaerobic digestion (AD) with microalgae processes has become a key topic
to support economic and environmental development of this resource. Compared with other …

Impact of organic loading rate in volatile fatty acids production and population dynamics using microalgae biomass as substrate

JA Magdalena, S Greses, C González-Fernández - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Volatile fatty acids (VFAs) are regarded as building blocks with a wide range of applications,
including biofuel production. The traditional anaerobic digestion used for biogas production …

Emerging microalgae-based biofuels: Technology, life-cycle and scale-up

BB Marangon, IB Magalhães, A Pereira, TA Silva… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Microalgae biomass is a versatile feedstock with a variable composition that can be
submitted to several conversion routes. Considering the increasing energy demand and the …

Insight on zero waste approach for sustainable microalgae biorefinery: Sequential fractionation, conversion and applications for high-to-low value-added products

B Cheirsilp, W Maneechote - Bioresource Technology Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Microalgae, especially oleaginous species, have gained much attention as bioenergy
feedstocks in response to uprising energy crisis, lessening natural resources, and climate …

From piggery wastewater nutrients to biogas: microalgae biomass revalorization through anaerobic digestion

B Molinuevo-Salces, A Mahdy, M Ballesteros… - Renewable Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Microalgae grown in swine wastewater were used as a promising strategy to produce
renewable energy by coupling wastewater bioremediation and biomass revalorization. The …

Sustainable microalgal biomass valorization to bioenergy: key challenges and future perspectives

A Tawfik, S Ismail, M Elsayed, MA Qyyum, M Rehan - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The global trend is shifting toward circular economy systems. It is a sustainable
environmental approach that sustains economic growth from the use of resources while …