A critical review on livestock manure biorefinery technologies: Sustainability, challenges, and future perspectives

B Khoshnevisan, N Duan, P Tsapekos… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
An ever increasing demand for animal protein products has posed serious challenges for
managing the increasing quantities of livestock manure. The choice of treatment …

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 …

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 …

Techno-economic investigation and dual-objective optimization of a stand-alone combined configuration for the generation and storage of electricity and hydrogen …

A Dadak, SA Mousavi, M Mehrpooya, A Kasaeian - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, a solar driven co-generation structure of hydrogen and electricity is techno-
economically investigated to be installed in the Farakhi village. In addition, a combined …

Benefits of solar photovoltaic systems for low-income families in social housing of Korea: Renewable energy applications as solutions to energy poverty

J Lee, MMC Shepley - Journal of Building Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of the Korean government's
sustainable energy policy providing solar photovoltaic (PV) systems for low-income …

CO2 utilization: Turning greenhouse gas into fuels and valuable products

MN Anwar, A Fayyaz, NF Sohail, MF Khokhar… - Journal of environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study critically reviews the recent developments and future opportunities pertinent to the
conversion of CO 2 as a potent greenhouse gas (GHG) to fuels and valuable products. CO 2 …

Comprehensive exergoeconomic analysis of a municipal solid waste digestion plant equipped with a biogas genset

M Aghbashlo, M Tabatabaei, S Soltanian… - Waste management, 2019 - Elsevier
A comprehensive exergoeconomic performance analysis of a municipal solid waste
digestion plant integrated with a biogas genset was conducted throughout this study in order …

Exergy analysis of a lignocellulosic-based biorefinery annexed to a sugarcane mill for simultaneous lactic acid and electricity production

M Aghbashlo, M Mandegari, M Tabatabaei, S Farzad… - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
This study was aimed at exergetically analyzing a lignocellulosic biorefinery annexed to a
sugar mill for simultaneous lactic acid and electricity production using sugarcane bagasse …

A review on beet sugar industry with a focus on implementation of waste-to-energy strategy for power supply

MA Rajaeifar, SS Hemayati, M Tabatabaei… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Among the various agri-food sub-sectors, sugar production is specifically ranked among the
top energy-intensive industries in which massive amounts of various fossil energy carriers …