Invasive water hyacinth: Ecology, impacts and prospects for the rural economy

I Harun, H Pushiri, AJ Amirul-Aiman, Z Zulkeflee - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Water hyacinth (WH) is notorious for causing severe environmental degradation and being
an economic burden to manage. However, it offers substantial prospects if exploited …

Water hyacinth for energy and environmental applications: A review

F Li, X He, A Srishti, S Song, HTW Tan… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
This review is focused on the sustainable management of harvested water hyacinth (WH) via
thermochemical conversion to carbonaceous materials (CMs), biofuels, and chemicals for …

Synthesis, Characteristics, Oil Adsorption, and Thermal Insulation Performance of Cellulosic Aerogel Derived from Water Hyacinth

TTV Nguyen, N Tri, BA Tran, T Dao Duy, ST Nguyen… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Cellulosic aerogel from water hyacinth (WH) was synthesized to address the dual
environmental issues of water hyacinth pollution and the production of a green material …

Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms.) as an alternative raw material for the production of bio-compost and handmade paper

MN Islam, F Rahman, SA Papri, MO Faruk… - Journal of environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Water hyacinth (WH) is considered as the worst aquatic weed in the world because of its
rapid growth and fast spread into new areas of fresh water bodies. We investigated the …

Green and sustainable zero-waste conversion of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) into superior magnetic carbon composite adsorbents and supercapacitor …

A Saning, S Herou, D Dechtrirat, C Ieosakulrat… - RSC …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Troublesome aquatic weed, water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) was converted into solid
and liquid fractions via green and energy-saving hydrothermal carbonization (HTC). The …

An assessment of different integration strategies of hydrothermal carbonisation and anaerobic digestion of water hyacinth

AE Brown, JMM Adams, OR Grasham… - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
Water hyacinth (WH) is an invasive aquatic macrophyte that dominates freshwater bodies
across the world. However, due to its rapid growth rate and wide-spread global presence …

Alternative Low-Cost Treatment for Real Acid Mine Drainage: Performance, Bioaccumulation, Translocation, Economic, Post-Harvest, and Bibliometric Analyses

YG Wibowo, H Safitri, IBI Malik, Sudibyo, S Priyanto - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Environmental pollution due to industrial activities has been reported since 1760, dating
back to the first industrial revolution. One industrial activity that has led to major …

Utilizing the aquatic waste and investigation on water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) natural plant in to the fibre composite: Waste recycling

A Ajithram, JTW Jappes, I Siva, NC Brintha - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2022 - Elsevier
Nowadays, natural fibres are mostly used as reinforcement material instead of using
synthetic fibre because of their environmentally friendly characteristics. Water hyacinth is a …

Recovering tradition in globalising rural China: handicraft birdcages in Da'ou village

F Fois, M Woods, Y Yang, X Zheng - Sociologia Ruralis, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This article explores a historic rural craft tradition as the focus of economic development
through the valorisation of the local cultural heritage, or culture economy. The case‐study …

Influence of extraction methods on mechanical, absorption and morphological properties of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) natural fibre composites …

A Ajithram, JT Winowlin Jappes… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The goal of this research is to identify different types of water hyacinth plant fibre extraction
methods, and what effect each of those methods has on mechanical, absorption and …