Engineering pyrolysis biochar via single-step microwave steam activation for hazardous landfill leachate treatment

SS Lam, PNY Yek, YS Ok, CC Chong, RK Liew… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Improving the sustainability and cost-effectiveness of biochar production is crucial to meet
increased global market demand. Here, we developed a single-step microwave steam …

Production of modified biochar to treat landfill leachate using integrated microwave pyrolytic CO2 activation

PNY Yek, C Li, W Peng, CS Wong, RK Liew… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Improper handling of leachate in landfills leads to leakage to the surrounding environment
and pollute soil surface, runoff water and groundwater among other. A new approach that …

Self‐purging microwave pyrolysis: an innovative approach to convert oil palm shell into carbon‐rich biochar for methylene blue adsorption

SH Kong, SS Lam, PNY Yek, RK Liew… - Journal of Chemical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Oil palm shell (OPS) is a biomass widely available from palm oil mills. Self‐
purging microwave pyrolysis (SPMP) was performed to produce carbon‐rich biochar from …

Vacuum pyrolysis incorporating microwave heating and base mixture modification: an integrated approach to transform biowaste into eco-friendly bioenergy products

S Ge, SY Foong, NL Ma, RK Liew, WAW Mahari… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
The escalating consumption of fossil fuels and dumping of palm kernel shells (PKS) drives
biofuel production to improve supply and waste disposal. To convert PKS into modified …

Oil palm waste: An abundant and promising feedstock for microwave pyrolysis conversion into good quality biochar with potential multi-applications

RK Liew, WL Nam, MY Chong, XY Phang… - Process Safety and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Oil palm waste (OPW), comprising mainly of empty fruit bunch, mesocarp fiber, frond, trunk,
and palm kernel shell generated from palm oil industry, was collected, characterized, and …

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 …

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 …

Enhanced adsorption of aromatic VOCs on hydrophobic porous biochar produced via microwave rapid pyrolysis

J Lin, Z Xu, Q Zhang, Y Cao, O Mašek, H Lei… - Bioresource …, 2024 - Elsevier
To customize biochar suitable for efficient adsorption of benzene derivatives, this study
presents programmed microwave pyrolysis to produce hydrophobic porous biochar with low …

A review of biochar prepared by microwave-assisted pyrolysis of organic wastes

Y Zhang, S Fan, T Liu, W Fu, B Li - Sustainable Energy Technologies and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biochar is widely used in various fields due to its good physical and chemical properties.
The biochar prepared by microwave-assisted pyrolysis is affected by reaction parameters …

Chemically treated microwave-derived biochar: An overview

R Wahi, NFQ Zuhaidi, Y Yusof, J Jamel… - Biomass and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Biochar, a carbon-rich material, can be produced via microwave pyrolysis, as a more energy
and cost saving method compared to conventional externally heated pyrolysis. Biochar has …