Exploitation of lignocellulosic-based biomass biorefinery: a critical review of renewable bioresource, sustainability and economic views

Z Chen, L Chen, KS Khoo, VK Gupta, M Sharma… - Biotechnology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Urbanization has driven the demand for fossil fuels, however, its overly exploited resource
has caused severe damage on environmental pollution. Biorefining using abundant …

Sugarcane bagasse pyrolysis: A review of operating conditions and products properties

NT Miranda, IL Motta, R Maciel Filho… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Production of biofuels via biomass pyrolysis has received a strong emphasis since it may
produce a wide variety of renewable fuels in liquid (bio-oil), solid (biochar), and gas …

Recent insights into lignocellulosic biomass pyrolysis: a critical review on pretreatment, characterization, and products upgrading

ZE Zadeh, A Abdulkhani, O Aboelazayem, B Saha - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Pyrolysis process has been considered to be an efficient approach for valorization of
lignocellulosic biomass into bio-oil and value-added chemicals. Bio-oil refers to biomass …

Advances and future directions of biochar characterization methods and applications

AD Igalavithana, S Mandal, NK Niazi… - Critical reviews in …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Biochar is a carbon-rich by-product of the thermal conversion of organic feedstocks and is
primarily used as a soil amendment. Identification and quantification of biochar properties …

[HTML][HTML] Examining sorption of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in biochars and other carbon-rich materials

J Fabregat-Palau, M Vidal, A Rigol - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The use of carbon-rich sorbents to remove and/or immobilize perfluoroalkyl substances
(PFAS) in contaminated environmental scenarios is attracting increasing interest. The …

Microwave pyrolysis of coal, biomass and plastic waste: a review

A Suresh, A Alagusundaram, PS Kumar… - Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
Growing concerns over climate change have prompted the quest for renewable energies to
mitigate adverse impacts caused by the excessive use of fossil fuels. In particular, using …

Characteristics and chlorine reactivity of biochar-derived dissolved organic matter: Effects of feedstock type and pyrolysis temperature

LP Li, YH Liu, D Ren, JJ Wang - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Increasing biochar application worldwide may release more biochar-derived dissolved
organic matter (BDOM) to the source water for drinking water supply. However, it is unclear …

[HTML][HTML] Electrochemical sensor based on biochar and reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite for carbendazim determination

MVS Sant'Anna, SWMM Carvalho, A Gevaerd… - Talanta, 2020 - Elsevier
For the first time, a nanocomposite based on biochar and reduced graphene oxide (rGO)
was employed to construct a modified carbon paste electrode and applied for the …

Hydrothermal carbonization, torrefaction and slow pyrolysis of Miscanthus giganteus

M Wilk, A Magdziarz - Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
The main aim of the paper is to analyze the effect of different pretreatment processes (HTC,
torrefaction and slow pyrolysis) on the properties of Miscanthus giganteus. In this study, the …

Relationship of the physicochemical properties of novel ZnO/biochar composites to their efficiencies in the degradation of sulfamethoxazole and methyl orange

MG Gonçalves, PA da Silva Veiga, MR Fornari… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Three different composites were produced, based on zinc oxide and biochar (ZnO/biochar),
varying the type of biomass (Salvinia molesta: SM; exhausted husk of black wattle: EH; and …