Exergoenvironmental analysis of bioenergy systems: A comprehensive review

M Aghbashlo, Z Khounani… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bioenergy systems are expected to expand over the coming decades due to their potential
to address energy security and environmental pollution challenges. Nevertheless, any …

Two decades of research on waste management in the circular economy: Insights from bibliometric, text mining, and content analyses

M Ranjbari, M Saidani, ZS Esfandabadi, W Peng… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Achieving environmental sustainability and transition from a linear economy to a circular
economy (CE) highly relies on effective waste management (WM) and how waste is treated …

Lignocellulosic biomass based biorefinery: A successful platform towards circular bioeconomy

JR Banu, S Kavitha, VK Tyagi, M Gunasekaran… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Biorefining of second-generation feedstock gains more attention to improve the living
standards and promote circular bioeconomy. The biorefinery concept made an effort to make …

Exergetic sustainability analysis of municipal solid waste treatment systems: A systematic critical review

S Soltanian, SA Kalogirou, M Ranjbari, H Amiri… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The growing volume of municipal solid waste (MSW) generated worldwide often undergoes
open dumping, landfilling, or uncontrolled burning, releasing massive pollutants and …

Recent developments in lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment with a focus on eco-friendly, non-conventional methods

A Sidana, SK Yadav - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Recalcitrant nature of lignocellulosic biomass is a major hurdle in the holistic utilization of
cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin in biorefinery operations. Pretreatment of lignocellulosic …

A critical review of the effects of pretreatment methods on the exergetic aspects of lignocellulosic biofuels

S Soltanian, M Aghbashlo, F Almasi… - Energy Conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pretreatment process is the key technological step in lignocellulose bioconversion into
biofuel owing to its robust molecular structure. This pivotal process can markedly affect the …

Pretreatment of lignocelluloses for enhanced biogas production: A review on influencing mechanisms and the importance of microbial diversity

S Mirmohamadsadeghi, K Karimi, R Azarbaijani… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
As one of the most efficient methods for waste management and sustainable energy
production, anaerobic digestion (AD) countenances difficulties in the hydrolysis of …

Sustainable production of levulinic acid and its derivatives for fuel additives and chemicals: progress, challenges, and prospects

M Sajid, U Farooq, G Bary, MM Azim, X Zhao - Green Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Levulinic acid (LA) is one of the most promising biomass-derived platform chemicals owing
to its wider convertibility to a large number of commodity chemicals. Numerous LA …

A comprehensive review on recent biological innovations to improve biogas production, part 1: upstream strategies

M Tabatabaei, M Aghbashlo, E Valijanian… - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
This study reviews the innovations and optimizations in biogas production from the
biological perspective reported by recently published patents and research works. The …

Progress in the torrefaction technology for upgrading oil palm wastes to energy-dense biochar: A review

PNY Yek, YW Cheng, RK Liew, WAW Mahari… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The growing health and environmental concerns associated with the consumption of fossil
energy sources catalyze the production of biofuels as renewable energy carriers for heat …