Conversion of biomass to biofuels and life cycle assessment: a review

AI Osman, N Mehta, AM Elgarahy, A Al-Hinai… - Environmental chemistry …, 2021 - Springer
The global energy demand is projected to rise by almost 28% by 2040 compared to current
levels. Biomass is a promising energy source for producing either solid or liquid fuels …

Integration of biogas systems into a carbon zero and hydrogen economy: a review

M Farghali, AI Osman, K Umetsu… - Environmental chemistry …, 2022 - Springer
The Ukraine conflict has put critical pressure on gas supplies and increased the price of
fertilisers. As a consequence, biogas has gained remarkable attention as a local source of …

Greenhouse gas emissions from inorganic and organic fertilizer production and use: A review of emission factors and their variability

E Walling, C Vaneeckhaute - Journal of Environmental Management, 2020 - Elsevier
Fertilizers have become an essential part of our global food supply chain and are necessary
to sustain our growing population. However, fertilizers can also contribute to greenhouse …

Valorization of agricultural waste for biogas based circular economy in India: A research outlook

R Kapoor, P Ghosh, M Kumar, S Sengupta… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
Environmental deterioration and the need for energy security are intrinsic problems linked
with the linear economy based on fossil fuels. Recently, a transformation to a sustainable …

[HTML][HTML] Space, time, and sustainability: The status and future of life cycle assessment frameworks for novel biorefinery systems

C Vance, J Sweeney, F Murphy - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
For stakeholders and decision makers within the bioeconomy, it is important that
sustainability assessment methodologies be holistic, reliable, and accurate. Life cycle …

Life cycle assessment of the integration of anaerobic digestion and pyrolysis for treatment of municipal solid waste

J Wang, SI Okopi, H Ma, M Wang, R Chen, W Tian… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
The integration of anaerobic digestion (AD) and pyrolysis (Py) could be a solution to
economically utilize the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW). However, it is …

Environmental life cycle assessment of polyhydroxyalkanoates production from cheese whey

F Asunis, G De Gioannis, G Francini, L Lombardi… - Waste Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Cheese whey (CW) is the main by-product of the dairy industry and is often considered one
of the main agro-industrial biowaste streams to handle, especially within the European …

A critical review on sustainable management and resource utilization of digestate

D Guan, J Zhao, Y Wang, Z Fu, D Zhang… - Process Safety and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion technology has gained significant attention as an organic solid waste
treatment method due to its favorable economic and environmental benefits. However, after …

Economic assessment of different biogas digestate processing technologies: A scenario-based analysis

C Herbes, U Roth, S Wulf, J Dahlin - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
The digestate of biogas plants is a nutrient-rich product whose value can be increased by
processing to improve transportability and transform it into a saleable fertilizer or soil …

Recycling of food waste to produce chicken feed and liquid fertiliser

Z Siddiqui, D Hagare, V Jayasena, R Swick… - Waste Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Most of the food waste (FW) generated by commercial activities and the majority of
household FW is collected as part of general waste, which is either incinerated or landfilled …