Recycling municipal, agricultural and industrial waste into energy, fertilizers, food and construction materials, and economic feasibility: a review

X Peng, Y Jiang, Z Chen, AI Osman, M Farghali… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
The global amount of solid waste has dramatically increased as a result of rapid population
growth, accelerated urbanization, agricultural demand, and industrial development. The …

Progress on the lignocellulosic biomass pyrolysis for biofuel production toward environmental sustainability

AT Hoang, HC Ong, IMR Fattah, CT Chong… - Fuel Processing …, 2021 - Elsevier
The increasing energy demand and diminishing fossil fuel sources have called for the
exploration of new energy sources. To satisfy growing global energy demand and …

Hydrothermal pretreatment technologies for lignocellulosic biomass: A review of steam explosion and subcritical water hydrolysis

TR Sarker, F Pattnaik, S Nanda, AK Dalai, V Meda… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
The pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass enhances the conversion efficiency to produce
biofuels and value-added chemicals, which have the potential to replace fossil fuels …

Preparation, modification and environmental application of biochar: A review

J Wang, S Wang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
Biochar is a carbon-rich material which can be prepared from various organic waste
feedstock, such as agricultural wastes and municipal sewage sludge. Biochar has received …

A review on recent advances of biochar from agricultural and forestry wastes: Preparation, modification and applications in wastewater treatment

S Yu, W Zhang, X Dong, F Wang, W Yang, C Liu… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Biochar, an incredibly versatile and functional biomass material, has garnered significant
attention for its myriad applications in the field of wastewater treatment as adsorbents and …

Biochar-enhanced bioremediation of eutrophic waters impacted by algal blooms

Y Vasseghian, MM Nadagouda… - Journal of environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
The permanent problem of formation of algal blooms in water polluted with nitrogen and
phosphorus is one of the formidable environmental problems. Biochar has the potential to …

Hydrothermal carbonization of renewable waste biomass for solid biofuel production: A discussion on process mechanism, the influence of process parameters …

HB Sharma, AK Sarmah, B Dubey - Renewable and sustainable energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
The energy demand of the world is expected to reach 739 quadrillions BTU in 2040, which
therefore demand for exploring more alternative source of renewable energy. Waste …

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 …

A review of the hydrothermal carbonization of biomass waste for hydrochar formation: Process conditions, fundamentals, and physicochemical properties

T Wang, Y Zhai, Y Zhu, C Li, G Zeng - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) is a thermochemical conversion technique which is
attractive due to its ability to transform wet biomass into energy and chemicals without …

Biochar for wastewater treatment—conversion technologies and applications

G Enaime, A Baçaoui, A Yaacoubi, M Lübken - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Biochar as a stable carbon-rich material shows incredible potential to handle
water/wastewater contaminants. Its application is gaining increasing interest due to the …