A critical review on biochar for enhancing biogas production from anaerobic digestion of food waste and sludge

M Kumar, S Dutta, S You, G Luo, S Zhang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The conversion of food waste and sludge into biogas via anaerobic digestion technology is
gaining attention in recent years, which plays a significant role in waste valorization into …

[HTML][HTML] A critical review on dry anaerobic digestion of organic waste: Characteristics, operational conditions, and improvement strategies

Z Wang, Y Hu, S Wang, G Wu, X Zhan - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2023 - Elsevier
The development and utilization of bioenergy from various biomass can effectively reduce
our dependence on fossil fuels and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. The dry anaerobic …

Emerging applications of biochar-based materials for energy storage and conversion

WJ Liu, H Jiang, HQ Yu - Energy & environmental science, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Global warming, environmental pollution, and an energy shortage in the current fossil fuel
society may cause a severe ecological crisis. Storage and conversion of renewable …

Review of biochar role as additive in anaerobic digestion processes

M Chiappero, O Norouzi, M Hu, F Demichelis… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) could be considered as a mature technology and nowadays it can
still play a pivot role because of the urgent need to provide renewable energy sources and …

Syntrophy mechanism, microbial population, and process optimization for volatile fatty acids metabolism in anaerobic digestion

Y Zhang, C Li, Z Yuan, R Wang, I Angelidaki… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The low efficiency and stability of anaerobic digestion (AD) has always hindered its wide
application. The accumulation of volatile fatty acids (VFAs) cause acidification and inhibition …

The role of biochar on alleviating ammonia toxicity in anaerobic digestion of nitrogen-rich wastes: A review

Y Cai, M Zhu, X Meng, JL Zhou, H Zhang… - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper reviewed the mechanisms of biochar in relieving ammonia inhibition. Biochar
affects nitrogen-rich waste's anaerobic digestion (AD) performance through four ways …

Methane production and conductive materials: a critical review

G Martins, AF Salvador, L Pereira… - Environmental science & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conductive materials (CM) have been extensively reported to enhance methane production
in anaerobic digestion processes. The occurrence of direct interspecies electron transfer …

Recent advances in bio-based carbon materials for anaerobic digestion: A review

Y Abbas, S Yun, Z Wang, Y Zhang, X Zhang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, the great interest in improving anaerobic digestion (AD) process resulted in
the use of different types of additives or accelerants to exploit several profitable synergies …

Application of nanoparticles in biofuels: an overview

PT Sekoai, CNM Ouma, SP Du Preez, P Modisha… - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
Biofuels are fast advancing as alternative sources of renewable energy due to their non-
polluting features and cost-competitiveness in comparison to fossil fuels. However, in order …

Conductive material engineered direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) in anaerobic digestion: mechanism and application

P Gahlot, B Ahmed, SB Tiwari, N Aryal… - … technology & innovation, 2020 - Elsevier
Biological syntrophy can be defined as a nutritional condition where various syntrophic
microorganisms mutually synergize their metabolic activities to break down complex organic …