Enhancement of methane production in anaerobic digestion process: A review

Y Li, Y Chen, J Wu - Applied energy, 2019 - Elsevier
With the increase of energy consumption and wastes generation due to human activities,
anaerobic digestion (AD), a technology which turns wastes into bio-energy, is receiving …

Multidimensional approaches of biogas production and up-gradation: opportunities and challenges

A Mishra, M Kumar, NS Bolan, A Kapley, R Kumar… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
The expanding interest towards biogas generation from biowaste via complex anaerobic
digestion (AD) opened new avenues in the improvement of biogas production processes …

The challenges and perspectives for anaerobic digestion of animal waste and fertilizer application of the digestate

M Samoraj, M Mironiuk, G Izydorczyk, A Witek-Krowiak… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The increase in livestock production creates a serious problem of managing animal waste
and by-products. Among the wide range of waste valorization methods available, anaerobic …

Life cycle assessment of food waste to energy and resources: Centralized and decentralized anaerobic digestion with different downstream biogas utilization

H Tian, X Wang, EY Lim, JTE Lee, AWL Ee… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) has been identified as an efficient food waste disposal technology
by many researchers. However, a holistic environmental investigation of different AD …

Recent advances of carbon-based additives in anaerobic digestion: A review

Q Zhang, Y Yang, L Hou, H Zhu, Y Zhang, J Pu… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is one of the paramount technologies for organic wastes treatment.
However, there still remain intractable issues including low digestibility and sluggish …

Recent advances in bio-based carbon materials for anaerobic digestion: A review

Y Abbas, S Yun, Z Wang, Y Zhang, X Zhang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, the great interest in improving anaerobic digestion (AD) process resulted in
the use of different types of additives or accelerants to exploit several profitable synergies …

Recognizing the challenges of anaerobic digestion: Critical steps toward improving biogas generation

M Rasapoor, B Young, R Brar, A Sarmah, WQ Zhuang… - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is one of the most promising technologies that can break the
complex organic substrate into biogas. However, biogas production from biomass waste and …

Engineered biochar: A multifunctional material for energy and environment

MK Awasthi - Environmental Pollution, 2022 - Elsevier
Biochar is a stable carbon-rich product loaded with upgraded properties obtained by thermal
cracking of biomasses in an oxygen-free atmosphere. The pristine biochar is further …

Sparking anaerobic digestion: promoting direct interspecies electron transfer to enhance methane production

Z Zhao, Y Li, Y Zhang, DR Lovley - Iscience, 2020 - cell.com
Anaerobic digestion was one of the first bioenergy strategies developed, yet the interactions
of the microbial community that is responsible for the production of methane are still poorly …

Effects of sludge thermal hydrolysis pretreatment on anaerobic digestion and downstream processes: mechanism, challenges and solutions

W Yan, H Xu, D Lu, Y Zhou - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermal hydrolysis pretreatment (THP), as a step prior to sludge anaerobic digestion (AD), is
widely applied due to its effectiveness in enhancing organic solids hydrolysis and …