Rice for food security: Revisiting its production, diversity, rice milling process and nutrient content

NA Mohidem, N Hashim, R Shamsudin, H Che Man - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
Rice is food consumed regularly and is vital for the food security of over half the world's
population. Rice production on a global scale is predicted to rise by 58 to 567 million tonnes …

Reviewing textile wastewater produced by industries: characteristics, environmental impacts, and treatment strategies

X Wang, J Jiang, W Gao - Water Science and Technology, 2022 - iwaponline.com
The textile industry is one of the most intensive industries in chemical products whose
wastewater contains hazardous dyes, pigments, dissolved/suspended solids, and heavy …

Removal of ceftriaxone sodium antibiotic from pharmaceutical wastewater using an activated carbon based TiO2 composite: Adsorption and photocatalytic …

M Abdullah, J Iqbal, MSU Rehman, U Khalid, F Mateen… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
The water pollution becomes a serious concern for the sustainability of ecosystems due to
the existence of pharmaceutical products (ceftriaxone (CEF) antibiotic). Even in low …

Progress of the pyrolyzer reactors and advanced technologies for biomass pyrolysis processing

M Raza, A Inayat, A Ahmed, F Jamil, C Ghenai… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the future, renewable energy technologies will have a significant role in catering to energy
security concerns and a safe environment. Among the various renewable energy sources …

Integrated adsorptive and photocatalytic degradation of pharmaceutical micropollutant, ciprofloxacin employing biochar-ZnO composite photocatalysts

M Amir, T Fazal, J Iqbal, AA Din, A Ahmed, A Ali… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The expensive carbonaceous substrates including graphene, reduced graphene oxide,
carbon nanotubes have been coupled with ZnO to improve the properties and photocatalytic …

Synthesis, characterization and sorption properties of biochar, chitosan and ZnO-based binary composites towards a cationic dye

H Roy, MS Islam, MT Arifin, SH Firoz - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Highlights The work analyzes the impact of chitosan and ZnO modification on surface and
sorption characteristics of Moringa oleifera biochar. Moreover, statistical analysis was used …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis, characterizations, and RSM analysis of Citrus macroptera peel derived biochar for textile dye treatment

H Roy, TR Prantika, MH Riyad, S Paul… - South African Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Textile wastewater discharging to the surface water body is a great concern because it
contains different pollutants such as dyes, organics, surfactants, inorganic salt and heavy …

Fabrication and characterization of effective biochar biosorbent derived from agricultural waste to remove cationic dyes from wastewater

AE Moharm, GA El Naeem, HMA Soliman… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
The main aim of this work is to treat sugarcane bagasse agricultural waste and prepare an
efficient, promising, and eco-friendly adsorbent material. Biochar is an example of such a …

A critical review on biochar for environmental applications

R Sivaranjanee, PS Kumar, G Rangasamy - Carbon Letters, 2023 - Springer
Water contamination is one of the most pressing environmental issues of the present. There
is a significant amount of interest in the slow pyrolysis of biomass to produce biochar, a solid …

Optimization of silica extraction from rice husk using response surface methodology and adsorption of safranin dye

M Gun, H Arslan, M Saleh, M Yalvac… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
This study aims to extract and optimize silica from rice husk (RH) using the response surface
methodology. The effects of temperature, potassium hydroxide to rice husk ratio (KOH: RH) …