Chemical, physical and biological methods to convert lignocellulosic waste into value-added products. A review

S Periyasamy, V Karthik, P Senthil Kumar… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
Actual agricultural practices produce about 998 million tonnes of agricultural waste per year.
Therefore, converting lignocellulosic wastes into energy, chemicals, and other products is a …

Bioethanol from various types of banana waste: A review

AN Sawarkar, N Kirti, A Tagade, SP Tekade - Bioresource Technology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Various types of banana waste (BWs) generated after banana crop cultivation have
tremendous potential for bioethanol production. The present review paper aims to bring …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in biotechnological valorization of agro-food wastes (AFW): Optimizing integrated approaches for sustainable biorefinery and circular …

TPC Ezeorba, ES Okeke, MH Mayel… - Bioresource Technology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Achieving renewable clean energy to meet increasing global demand and counter
overreliance on depleting unsustainable sources has recently drawn significant research …

Banana pseudostem-inspired fluidic photothermal structure towards efficient solar steam generation and continuous salt rejecting

J Li, R Lv, G Li, W Luo, J Wang, M Xia, P Zhao, Y Chen… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar-driven steam generation (SSG) is emerging as a promising off-grid strategy to relieve
freshwater shortage. In recent years, extensive research works have been conducted to …

A novel adsorption process for the removal of salt and dye from saline textile industrial wastewater using a three-stage reactor with surface modified adsorbents

K Prasanna - Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Handling wastewater generated from textile industries is strenuous due to various xenobiotic
and hazardous pollutants, which includes multi-category carcinogenic dyes. The existing …

Comprehensive chemical characterization study of three major fruit residues from São Paulo State (Brazil): banana pseudostem, orange bagasse, and guava seed …

RM Vieira, AR Gonçalves, M Brienzo - Journal of Material Cycles and …, 2024 - Springer
Chemical characterization is a crucial step and decision tool before any application of fruit
crop residues. This study aims to evaluate the applicability of traditional chemical …

Comprehensive review on the nutritional and therapeutic value of banana by-products and their applications in food and non-food sectors

N Choudhury, C Nickhil, SC Deka - Food Bioscience, 2023 - Elsevier
Bananas, as a widely cultivated tropical fruit, generate significant waste during processing,
posing environmental challenges when left untreated. However, these by-products contain …

Effects of particle size on the preparation of biomass samples for structural characterization

RM Vieira, PB Sanvezzo, MC Branciforti, M Brienzo - BioEnergy Research, 2023 - Springer
This study evaluates the effects of particle size on the preparation of sugarcane bagasse,
banana pseudostem, and orange bagasse for Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy …

The Potential of Lignocellulosic Biomass Hydrolysates for Microbial Oil Production Using Yeasts and Microalgae

LM Legodi, KLM Moganedi - International Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The use of food‐based biomass and arable land for bio‐oil and biofuel production could
compromise global food security. Therefore, renewable and environmentally friendly oils for …

Comparative assessment of autoclave-and microwave-facilitated seawater pretreatments for the enhancement of sugar recovery from banana pseudostem

T Hute, IA Sanusi, EBG Kana, EL Meyer… - Biomass Conversion …, 2024 - Springer
This study evaluated the efficacy of optimized autoclave-assisted seawater (A-SW) and
microwave-assisted seawater (M-SW) pretreatments in improving sugar production from …