Biofuels for a sustainable future

Y Liu, P Cruz-Morales, A Zargar, MS Belcher, B Pang… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Rapid increases of energy consumption and human dependency on fossil fuels have led to
the accumulation of greenhouse gases and consequently, climate change. As such, major …

Fruit and vegetable waste management: Conventional and emerging approaches

I Esparza, N Jiménez-Moreno, F Bimbela… - Journal of environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Valorization of Fruit and Vegetable Wastes (FVW) is challenging owing to logistic-
related problems, as well as to their perishable nature and heterogeneity, among other …

Sustainable management of food waste; pre-treatment strategies, techno-economic assessment, bibliometric analysis, and potential utilizations: A systematic review

AM Elgarahy, MG Eloffy, A Alengebawy… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Food waste (FW) contains many nutritional components such as proteins, lipids, fats,
polysaccharides, carbohydrates, and metal ions, which can be reused in some processes to …

Biological production of medium-chain carboxylates through chain elongation: an overview

J Wang, Y Yin - Biotechnology Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
Medium chain carboxylates (MCCs) have wide applications in various industries, but the
traditional MCCs production methods are costly and unsustainable. Anaerobic fermentation …

Resource recovery from wastewater by biological technologies: opportunities, challenges, and prospects

D Puyol, DJ Batstone, T Hülsen, S Astals… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Limits in resource availability are driving a change in current societal production systems,
changing the focus from residues treatment, such as wastewater treatment, toward resource …

Food loss and waste: measurement, drivers, and solutions

ES Spang, LC Moreno, SA Pace… - Annual Review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
It has been estimated that one-third of global food is lost or wasted, entailing significant
environmental, economic, and social costs. The scale and impact of food loss and waste …

Technologies for biofuel production: current development, challenges, and future prospects

D Kour, KL Rana, N Yadav, AN Yadav… - Prospects of renewable …, 2019 - Springer
The global energy demand is increasing day by day, with which substantial risk to the
environment is also increasing. The consumption of the fuel, as well as the demand, is …

A comprehensive review of Design of experiment (DOE) for water and wastewater treatment application-Key concepts, methodology and contextualized application

BCY Lee, MS Mahtab, TH Neo, IH Farooqi… - Journal of Water …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Design of experiment (DOE) is a robust design methodology that can be used to
solve various water engineering problems. It aims to obtain the maximal results from data …

Liquid biofuels from the organic fraction of municipal solid waste: a review

EM Barampouti, S Mai, D Malamis, K Moustakas… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
The valorisation of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) in the circular
economy context is of outmost importance. This review aimed to examine the state-of-the-art …

Biofuel generation from potato peel waste: current state and prospects

O Awogbemi, DVV Kallon, AO Owoputi - Recycling, 2022 - mdpi.com
Growing environmental concerns, increased population, and the need to meet the
diversification of the source of global energy have led to increased demand for biofuels …