A technical review of bioenergy and resource recovery from municipal solid waste

S Nanda, F Berruti - Journal of hazardous materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Population growth, rapid urbanization, industrialization and economic development have led
to the magnified municipal solid waste generation at an alarming rate on a global scale …

Thermochemical conversion of plastic waste to fuels: a review

S Nanda, F Berruti - Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2021 - Springer
Plastics are common in our daily lifestyle, notably in the packaging of goods to reducing
volume, enhancing transportation efficiency, keeping food fresh and preventing spoilage …

Chemistry and specialty industrial applications of lignocellulosic biomass

JA Okolie, S Nanda, AK Dalai, JA Kozinski - Waste and Biomass …, 2021 - Springer
Lignocellulosic feedstocks are gaining increased popularity for novel industrial applications
because of their availability and bio-renewability. Using lignocellulosic materials, especially …

Review of biochar role as additive in anaerobic digestion processes

M Chiappero, O Norouzi, M Hu, F Demichelis… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) could be considered as a mature technology and nowadays it can
still play a pivot role because of the urgent need to provide renewable energy sources and …

A review of biomass pyrolysis gas: Forming mechanisms, influencing parameters, and product application upgrades

Y Zhang, Y Liang, S Li, Y Yuan, D Zhang, Y Wu, H Xie… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Biomass energy has become the fourth largest energy source following coal, oil, and natural
gas due to its abundantly available sources. At present, pyrolysis oil and biochar are the …

Activated carbon from lignocellulosics precursors: A review of the synthesis methods, characterization techniques and applications

P González-García - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Activated carbon is a porous material that has been in many important ages of the human
history. Lignocellulosic precursors and biomass sources have become important materials …

Lignocellulosic biomass pyrolysis: A review of product properties and effects of pyrolysis parameters

T Kan, V Strezov, TJ Evans - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Pyrolysis is one of the thermochemical technologies for converting biomass into energy and
chemical products consisting of liquid bio-oil, solid biochar, and pyrolytic gas. Depending on …

Production and utilization of biochar: A review

JS Cha, SH Park, SC Jung, C Ryu, JK Jeon… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Biochar produced during the thermochemical decomposition of biomass not only reduces
the amount of carbon emitted into the atmosphere, but it is also an environment-friendly …

Effect of pyrolysis temperature and correlation analysis on the yield and physicochemical properties of crop residue biochar

X Zhang, P Zhang, X Yuan, Y Li, L Han - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to evaluate how pyrolysis temperature influences the yield and
physicochemical properties of biochar. We produced biochar from four feedstocks (wheat …

A review on subcritical and supercritical water gasification of biogenic, polymeric and petroleum wastes to hydrogen-rich synthesis gas

JA Okolie, S Nanda, AK Dalai, F Berruti… - … and sustainable energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic feedstocks such as forestry biomass and agricultural crop residues can be
utilized to generate biofuels and biochemicals. In addition, a large amount of non-plant …