Valorization of energy crops as a source for nanocellulose production–current knowledge and future prospects

JRA Pires, VGL Souza, AL Fernando - Industrial Crops and Products, 2019 - Elsevier
Countless years of industrialization have led to the continuous depletion of nonrenewable
resources and high levels of pollution. The overuse of nonrenewable resources has served …

Challenges in developing strategies for the valorization of lignin—A major pollutant of the paper mill industry

DD Mandal, G Singh, S Majumdar… - Environmental Science and …, 2023 - Springer
Apart from protecting the environment from undesired waste impacts, wastewater treatment
is a crucial platform for recovery. The exploitation of suitable technology to transform the …

Treatment of Eucalyptus chemical-mechanical pulp wastewater by coupling system of advanced catalytic oxidation and biodegradation: Synergistic effect of ozonation …

Z Jiang, MG Abdoulaye, T Wei, X Xiao, Y Liang… - Journal of Water …, 2023 - Elsevier
In addressing the issues concerning the challenging treatment, extensive discharge,
substantial organic pollution load, and the intricate composition of chemical-mechanical …

Exploring Planococcus sp. TRC1, a bacterial isolate, for carotenoid pigment production and detoxification of paper mill effluent in immobilized fluidized bed reactor

S Majumdar, R Priyadarshinee, A Kumar… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
Pulp and paper industry is one of the high priority sectors that generates large amount of
solid (sludge) and liquid (paper mill effluent) wastes. Making use of this huge quantity of …

Paper and pulp mill wastewater: characterization, microbial-mediated degradation, and challenges

A Kumar, AK Singh, M Bilal, S Prasad… - … in Paper and Wood …, 2022 - Elsevier
Paper industry uses huge amount of freshwater during different steps of the papermaking
process, and discharge highly contaminated toxic effluent in the environment. The paper …

Comparison of submerged and solid state pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse by Pandoraea sp. ISTKB: enzymatic and structural analysis

M Kumar, A Singhal, IS Thakur - Bioresource Technology, 2016 - Elsevier
Pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse by Pandoraea sp. ISTKB was evaluated under
submerged (SmF) and solid state (SSF) culture conditions. Number of bacteria was 2.7 times …

Biotransformation of paper mill sludge by Serratia marcescens NITDPER1 for prodigiosin and cellulose nanocrystals: A strategic valorization approach

S Majumdar, I Paul, S Dey, S Dutta, T Mandal… - Biochemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Paper mill sludge (PMS), a lignocellulosic waste from paper industry, is an ecological
burden of environmental concern. Present study explored PMS as substrate for prodigiosin …

SO2-alcohol-water (SAW) fractionation of Eldar pine (Pinus eldarica): effects of alcohol type on pulp and paper properties

A Tatari, MD Firouzabadi, A Ghasemian - European Journal of Wood and …, 2024 - Springer
Generally, ethanol is the alcohol commonly used in the SO2-alcohol-water (SAW)
fractionation process. In this study, Eldar pine (Pinus eldarica) was fractionated with different …

Production kinetics of β-carotene from Planococcus sp. TRC1 with concomitant bioconversion of industrial solid waste into crystalline cellulose rich biomass

S Majumdar, T Mandal, DD Mandal - Process Biochemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Cost effective bioprocessing of nutraceuticals in present global scenario is a matter of
concern. This study explored Paper mill sludge (PMS) and sugarcane bagasse (SCB) as …

New governance for circular economy: policy, regulation and market contexts for resource recovery from waste

P Purnell, APM Velenturf, R Marshall - 2019 - books.rsc.org
Ever since the step-changes in humans' extractive, manufacturing and product consumption
activity initiated by the Industrial Revolution occurred, our linear take–make–use–dispose …