Hydrothermal carbonization of food waste for sustainable biofuel production: Advancements, challenges, and future prospects

S Wu, Q Wang, M Fang, D Wu, D Cui, S Pan… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the improvement of living standards, food waste (FW) has become one of the most
important organic solid wastes worldwide. Owing to the high moisture content of FW …

An overview of the recent trends on the waste valorization techniques for food wastes

A Nayak, B Bhushan - Journal of environmental management, 2019 - Elsevier
A critical and up-to-date review has been conducted on the latest individual valorization
technologies aimed at the generation of value-added by-products from food wastes in the …

Hydrothermal carbonization of food waste as sustainable energy conversion path

HS Le, WH Chen, SF Ahmed, Z Said, N Rafa… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Every day, a large amount of food waste (FW) is released into the environment, causing
financial loss and unpredictable consequences in the world, highlighting the urgency of …

[HTML][HTML] A review of post-consumption food waste management and its potentials for biofuel production

FH Pour, YT Makkawi - Energy Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
The global world production of food waste is expected to increase by 33% within the next
decade. The current annual food waste stands at around 1.6 billion tonnes, which is worth …

Conversion of food waste to energy: A focus on sustainability and life cycle assessment

A Sridhar, A Kapoor, PS Kumar, M Ponnuchamy… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Rapid industrialization and population growth have resulted in the wastage of significant
quantity of food globally throughout the value chain right from harvesting to storage …

Co-hydrothermal carbonization of food waste with yard waste for solid biofuel production: Hydrochar characterization and its pelletization

HB Sharma, BK Dubey - Waste Management, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, Co-HTC of food waste with yard waste was conducted for biofuel pellets
production, and also to understand any possible synergy between two feedstock types. The …

Emerging waste valorisation techniques to moderate the hazardous impacts, and their path towards sustainability

X Wang, C Li, CH Lam, K Subramanian, ZH Qin… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the recent boom in urbanisation, economy, and global population, the amount of
waste generated worldwide has increased tremendously. The World Bank estimates that …

Food waste management and sustainable waste to energy: Current efforts, anaerobic digestion, incinerator and hydrothermal carbonization with a focus in Malaysia

KA Shukla, ADABA Sofian, A Singh, WH Chen… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
In Malaysia, the challenge of managing the burgeoning volume of food waste in an
environmentally sustainable manner is critical, given the country's rapid urbanization and …

Turning food loss and food waste into Watts: A review of food waste as an energy source

F Economou, I Voukkali, I Papamichael, V Phinikettou… - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
Food loss (FL) and food waste (FW) have become severe global problems, contributing to
resource inefficiency and environmental degradation. Approximately 6% of greenhouse gas …

Integrated conversion technologies for sustainable agri-food waste valorization: A critical review

FO Kassim, CLP Thomas, OOD Afolabi - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2022 - Elsevier
The global increase in agri-food production results in a consequential societal requirement
to better manage the unavoidable and copious agri-food waste (AFW) generated throughout …