Insights into biochar and hydrochar production and applications: a review

Z Zhang, Z Zhu, B Shen, L Liu - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Recently, there is an upsurge interest of using biomass derived char products in various
fields, in order to address some of the most urgent energy and environmental problems we …

Challenges and opportunities in microwave-assisted catalytic pyrolysis of biomass: A review

X Ren, MS Ghazani, H Zhu, W Ao, H Zhang… - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Microwave-assisted catalytic pyrolysis (MACP) is one of the emerging technologies for
efficiently converting the solid biomass residues to valuable products, including liquid bio-oil …

Valorization of biomass waste to engineered activated biochar by microwave pyrolysis: Progress, challenges, and future directions

SY Foong, RK Liew, Y Yang, YW Cheng… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biomass waste represents the promising surrogate of fossil fuels for energy recovery and
valorization into value-added products. Among thermochemical conversion techniques of …

Biochar properties and eco-friendly applications for climate change mitigation, waste management, and wastewater treatment: A review

NA Qambrani, MM Rahman, S Won, S Shim… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Pyrolysis is one of the most promising technologies for the conversion of biomass into high-
value products such as bio-oil, syngas, and biochar in the absence of oxygen. High yield …

Pyrolysis of high ash sewage sludge: Kinetics and thermodynamic analysis using Coats-Redfern method

SR Naqvi, R Tariq, Z Hameed, I Ali, M Naqvi… - Renewable energy, 2019 - Elsevier
This study aims to investigate the thermo-kinetics of high-ash sewage sludge using
thermogravimetric analysis. Sewage sludge was dried, pulverized and heated non …

Principles and potential of thermal hydrolysis of sewage sludge to enhance anaerobic digestion

P Gahlot, G Balasundaram, VK Tyagi, AE Atabani… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sewage sludge is rich source of carbon, nutrients, and trace elements and can be subjected
to proper treatment before disposal to fulfill government legislation and protect receiving …

Microwave-assisted pyrolysis of sewage sludge: A review

A Zaker, Z Chen, X Wang, Q Zhang - Fuel processing technology, 2019 - Elsevier
Microwave-assisted pyrolysis is considered a promising technique for the thermochemical
conversion of solid waste such as sewage sludge to useful energy products, including bio …

Biochar from microwave pyrolysis of biomass: A review

J Li, J Dai, G Liu, H Zhang, Z Gao, J Fu, Y He… - Biomass and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Microwave based technology is an alternative heating method and has already been
successfully used in biomass pyrolysis for biochar and biofuel production thanks to its fast …

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 …

Microwave assisted carbonization and activation of biochar for energy-environment nexus: A review

B Paramasivan - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Conventional thermochemical conversion techniques for biofuel production from
lignocellulosic biomass is often non-selective and energy inefficient. Microwave assisted …