Sustainable biofuel and bioenergy production from biomass waste residues using microwave-assisted heating: A comprehensive review

AA Arpia, WH Chen, SS Lam, P Rousset… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
With drastic fossil fuel depletion and environmental deterioration concerns, a move towards
a more sustainable bioenergy-based economy is essential. Lately, the application of …

Technical challenges in scaling up the microwave technology for biomass processing

IJ Siddique, AA Salema, E Antunes, R Vinu - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microwave (MW)-assisted heating is one of the emerging technologies for biomass
conversion into energy, fuels, and chemicals. It is claimed to be energy efficient, time-saving …

Sustainability issues along the coffee chain: From the field to the cup

JA Barreto Peixoto, JF Silva… - … Reviews in Food …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The coffee industry is one of the most important commercial value chains worldwide.
Nonetheless, it is also associated to several social, economic, and environmental concerns …

Biofuels production through biomass pyrolysis—a technological review

MI Jahirul, MG Rasul, AA Chowdhury, N Ashwath - Energies, 2012 - mdpi.com
There has been an enormous amount of research in recent years in the area of thermo-
chemical conversion of biomass into bio-fuels (bio-oil, bio-char and bio-gas) through …

A review on the susceptor assisted microwave processing of materials

M Bhattacharya, T Basak - Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Microwave processing has received significant attention based on the energy efficient
volumetric processing. The internal heat generation during the microwave heating …

Fast microwave-assisted pyrolysis of wastes for biofuels production–A review

Y Zhang, Y Cui, S Liu, L Fan, N Zhou, P Peng… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microwave-assisted pyrolysis of waste suffers from the problem that the waste generally has
low microwave absorptivity thereby resulting in low heating rate and low pyrolysis …

A review of chemicals to produce activated carbon from agricultural waste biomass

KS Ukanwa, K Patchigolla, R Sakrabani, E Anthony… - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
The choice of activating agent for the thermochemical production of high-grade activated
carbon (AC) from agricultural residues and wastes, such as feedstock, requires innovative …

A review on the microwave-assisted pyrolysis technique

F Motasemi, MT Afzal - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
Pyrolysis is a promising bioconversion technique for energy recovery, waste management,
and converting biomass into useful energy products which has attracted considerable …

[HTML][HTML] Progress in preparation and application of modified biochar for improving heavy metal ion removal from wastewater

PM Godwin, Y Pan, H Xiao, MT Afzal - Journal of Bioresources and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Modified biochar (BC) is reviewed in its preparation, functionality, application in wastewater
treatment and regeneration. The nature of precursor materials, preparatory conditions and …

Food waste pyrolysis by traditional heating and microwave heating: A review

H Li, J Xu, SM Nyambura, J Wang, C Li, X Zhu, X Feng… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Food waste has extensive sources and can be produced in every stage of the supply chain.
Traditional landfills and incineration of food waste are deteriorating our environment. As a …