Microplastics in environment: global concern, challenges, and controlling measures

G Lamichhane, A Acharya, R Marahatha… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Plastic pollution in various forms has emerged as the most severe environmental threat.
Small plastic chunks, such as microplastics and nanoplastics derived from primary and …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of sustainable approaches for bioenergy production from agro-industrial wastes

LG Nair, K Agrawal, P Verma - Energy Nexus, 2022 - Elsevier
Biofuels are perfect replacements for conventional fossil fuels, as they are environmentally
friendly, non-polluting, locally available, sustainable, renewable, and accessible. The …

Assessment of pretreatment strategies for valorization of lignocellulosic biomass: path forwarding towards lignocellulosic biorefinery

G Chaudhary, N Chaudhary, S Saini, Y Gupta… - Waste and Biomass …, 2024 - Springer
The continuous depletion of fossil resources, energy-crisis, and environmental pollution has
become the main drivers for the transition of linear petroleum-refinery to a sustainable …

Lignocellulosic ethanol production from cotton stalk: An overview on pretreatment, saccharification and fermentation methods for improved bioconversion process

PK Keshav, C Banoth, SN Kethavath… - Biomass Conversion and …, 2021 - Springer
Cotton stalk is the most widely generated agricultural residue with lower economic
importance, and can be employed as a feedstock in lignocellulosic biorefinery for the …

A low-cost approach for the generation of enhanced sugars and ethanol from rice straw using in-house produced cellulase-hemicellulase consortium from A. niger P …

J Kaur, P Chugh, R Soni, SK Soni - Bioresource Technology Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
A natural variant of Aspergillus niger P-19 was used for the in-house production of cellulase-
hemicellulase consortium for efficient and low-cost saccharification of rice straw. Solid-state …

Recent developments in the application of kraft pulping alkaline chemicals for lignocellulosic pretreatment: Potential beneficiation of green liquor dregs waste

Y Sewsynker-Sukai, AN David, EBG Kana - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic waste has offered a cost-effective and food security-wise substrate for the
generation of biofuels and value-added products. However, its recalcitrant properties …

Microbial xylanases: a helping module for the enzyme biorefinery platform

N Bhardwaj, P Verma - Bioenergy research: evaluating …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The continuous increase in the energy demand has resulted in a gradual depletion of fossil
fuel resources and an increase in greenhouse gas (GHG) emission. As an alternate the …

Microbial conversion of waste biomass into bioethanol: current challenges and future prospects

N Verma, V Kumar - Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2021 - Springer
Fast exhaustion of fossil fuel stocks, as well as problems allied with air pollution, has created
a worldwide attention in searching for alternative, renewable lignocellulosic macromolecule …

Assessment of the ability of Meyerozyma guilliermondii P14 to produce second-generation bioethanol from giant reed (Arundo donax) biomass

A Sidana, S Kaur, SK Yadav - Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2023 - Springer
The present study was aimed to evaluate the ability of Meyerozyma guilliermondii P14 to
produce bioethanol from pretreated biomass of giant reed (Arundo donax). The wild yeast …

Microwave-assisted hydrotropic pretreatment as a new and highly efficient way to cellulosic ethanol production from maize distillery stillage

M Dawid, K Grzegorz - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2021 - Springer
Aim of the study was to assess the suitability of the combined use of microwave radiation
and sodium cumene sulfonate under optimized process conditions for the preparation of …