Municipal solid waste management: Dynamics, risk assessment, ecological influence, advancements, constraints and perspectives

S Vyas, P Prajapati, AV Shah, S Varjani - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Global energy consumption has been increasing in tandem with economic growth, putting
pressure on the world's supply of renewable energy sources. Municipal Solid waste (MSW) …

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 …

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 …

Mapping healthcare waste management research: Past evolution, current challenges, and future perspectives towards a circular economy transition

M Ranjbari, ZS Esfandabadi, T Shevchenko… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Improper healthcare waste (HCW) management poses significant risks to the environment,
human health, and socio-economic sustainability due to the infectious and hazardous nature …

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 …

A comprehensive review on recent biological innovations to improve biogas production, Part 2: Mainstream and downstream strategies

M Tabatabaei, M Aghbashlo, E Valijanian… - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
This review is aimed at detailing and discussing biological innovations and optimizations
including upstream, mainstream, and downstream approaches in biogas production …

Biogas production from food wastes: A review on recent developments and future perspectives

S Mirmohamadsadeghi, K Karimi, M Tabatabaei… - Bioresource Technology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Food wastes have a high biomethane production potential because of their high organic
matter contents. This review paper presents an overview on the fundamentals of anaerobic …

Environmental life cycle assessment of different biorefinery platforms valorizing municipal solid waste to bioenergy, microbial protein, lactic and succinic acid

B Khoshnevisan, M Tabatabaei, P Tsapekos… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
The progressive exhaustion of fossil energy resources and the environmental problems
provoked by the excessive use of these resources have driven us to transit from a fossil fuel …