Waste-derived biochar for water pollution control and sustainable development

M He, Z Xu, D Hou, B Gao, X Cao, YS Ok… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Biochar, a carbon-rich material made from the partial combustion of biomass wastes, is an
emerging material of interest as it can remediate pollutants and serve as a negative carbon …

Biochar for agronomy, animal farming, anaerobic digestion, composting, water treatment, soil remediation, construction, energy storage, and carbon sequestration: a …

AI Osman, S Fawzy, M Farghali, M El-Azazy… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
In the context of climate change and the circular economy, biochar has recently found many
applications in various sectors as a versatile and recycled material. Here, we review …

A critical review on biochar for enhancing biogas production from anaerobic digestion of food waste and sludge

M Kumar, S Dutta, S You, G Luo, S Zhang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The conversion of food waste and sludge into biogas via anaerobic digestion technology is
gaining attention in recent years, which plays a significant role in waste valorization into …

Current status of biogas upgrading for direct biomethane use: A review

MU Khan, JTE Lee, MA Bashir, PD Dissanayake… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion produces biogas, a mixture of CH 4 and CO 2, where CH 4 is a low
cost, environmentally friendly, and renewable energy source. The application of biogas …

Waste biomass valorization for the production of biofuels and value-added products: A comprehensive review of thermochemical, biological and integrated processes

JA Okolie, EI Epelle, ME Tabat, U Orivri… - Process Safety and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Waste biomass can be converted to green fuels and value-added products via
thermochemical and biological conversion processes. The thermochemical processes …

Critical review on dewatering of sewage sludge: Influential mechanism, conditioning technologies and implications to sludge re-utilizations

B Wu, X Dai, X Chai - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstracts Sewage sludge (mainly composed of excessive bio-sludge) is an inevitable by-
product of biological wastewater treatment process and contains various toxic substances …

A review of biochar in anaerobic digestion to improve biogas production: performances, mechanisms and economic assessments

W Zhao, H Yang, S He, Q Zhao, L Wei - Bioresource Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) technology still faces some challenges including low methane
productivity, instable operation efficiency and undesired refractory substances degradation …

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 …

Biochar application in anaerobic digestion: Performances, mechanisms, environmental assessment and circular economy

L Chen, W Fang, J Liang, M Nabi, Y Cai… - Resources …, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding on effectiveness of biochar application in anaerobic digestion while
attaching importance to impact of this process on environment and circular economy have …

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 …