Production processes, techno-economic and policy challenges of bioenergy production from fruit and vegetable wastes

H Adamu, U Bello, AU Yuguda, UI Tafida… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
The striking interest in the quest for adopting clean and renewable bioenergy is a proactive
step towards limiting the hike of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, global warming, climate …

A comprehensive review on current status and future perspectives of microbial volatile fatty acids production as platform chemicals

VK Varghese, BJ Poddar, MP Shah, HJ Purohit… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Volatile fatty acids (VFA), the secondary metabolite of microbial fermentation, are used in a
wide range of industries for production of commercially valuable chemicals. In this review …

Effect of thermal pretreatment on chemical composition, physical structure and biogas production kinetics of wheat straw

AA Rajput, C Visvanathan - Journal of environmental management, 2018 - Elsevier
Hard lignocellulosic structure of wheat straw is the main hindrance in its anaerobic
digestion. Thus, a laboratory scale batch experiment was conducted to study the effect of …

Influence of pretreatment techniques on anaerobic digestion of pulp and paper mill sludge: a review

C Veluchamy, AS Kalamdhad - Bioresource technology, 2017 - Elsevier
Pulp and paper industry is one of the most polluting, energy and water intensive industries in
the world. Produced pulp and paper mill sludge (PPMS) faces a major problem for handling …

[HTML][HTML] Source separation, transportation, pretreatment, and valorization of municipal solid waste: a critical review

X Zhang, C Liu, Y Chen, G Zheng, Y Chen - Environment, development …, 2022 - Springer
Waste sorting is an effective means of enhancing resource or energy recovery from
municipal solid waste (MSW). Waste sorting management system is not limited to source …

Synergistic effect of alkaline pretreatment and magnetite nanoparticle application on biogas production from rice straw

MJ Khalid, A Waqas, I Nawaz - Bioresource technology, 2019 - Elsevier
Agricultural residues have high potential for biogas production, complex lignocellulosic
structure is however the main hindrance in their bioconversion. This research focuses on …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges in developing strategies for the valorization of lignin—A major pollutant of the paper mill industry

DD Mandal, G Singh, S Majumdar… - Environmental Science and …, 2023 - Springer
Apart from protecting the environment from undesired waste impacts, wastewater treatment
is a crucial platform for recovery. The exploitation of suitable technology to transform the …

Key issues in modeling and optimization of lignocellulosic biomass fermentative conversion to gaseous biofuels

K Kucharska, I Hołowacz, D Konopacka-Łyskawa… - Renewable energy, 2018 - Elsevier
The industrial-scale production of lignocellulosic-based biofuels from biomass is expected to
benefit society and the environment. The main pathways of residues processing include …

Pretreatment technologies for industrial effluents: Critical review on bioenergy production and environmental concerns

D Prabakar, VT Manimudi, T Mathimani… - Journal of environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
The implementation of different pretreatment techniques and technologies prior to effluent
discharge is a direct result of the inefficiency of several existing wastewater treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Studies on evaluation of surfactant coupled sonication pretreatment on Ulva fasciata (marine macroalgae) for enhanced biohydrogen production

AV Snehya, MA Sundaramahalingam… - Ultrasonics …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biohydrogen production from marine macroalgal biomass by advanced pre-treatment
strategies is considered a clean energy technology. The present study focuses on …