Removal of pharmaceuticals from water using sewage sludge-derived biochar: A review

I Ihsanullah, MT Khan, M Zubair, M Bilal, M Sajid - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, considerable attention has been paid to the beneficial utilization of sewage
sludge to reduce the risks associated with sludge disposal. Besides other applications of …

Co-pyrolysis of biomass and plastic wastes: A review on reactants synergy, catalyst impact, process parameter, hydrocarbon fuel potential, COVID-19

KB Ansari, SZ Hassan, R Bhoi, E Ahmad - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Unprecedented growth in mixed plastic and biomass wastes such as plastic bags, drinking
water bottles, agro-and-forestry-waste, along with COVID-19 driven waste (facemask …

Characterizing sludge pyrolysis by machine learning: towards sustainable bioenergy production from wastes

H Shahbeik, S Rafiee, A Shafizadeh, D Jeddi, T Jafary… - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Sludge pyrolysis has sparked the interest of researchers because of its capability to dispose
of hazardous residues while producing valuable bioproducts. Numerous expensive and …

Pyrolysis of municipal sewage sludge for biofuel production: a review

OS Djandja, ZC Wang, F Wang, YP Xu… - Industrial & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Among the various problems the world is facing, two problems are addressed in this paper.
On the one hand, biomass, the fourth largest and most important renewable energy option …

Fe-doped biochar derived from waste sludge for degradation of rhodamine B via enhancing activation of peroxymonosulfate

T Zang, H Wang, Y Liu, L Dai, S Zhou, S Ai - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
The disposal and management of waste sludge is a considerable challenge for
environmental protection and resource utilization. Herein, sludge-based biochar material …

Pyrolysis temperature-switchable Fe-N sites in pharmaceutical sludge biochar toward peroxymonosulfate activation for efficient pollutants degradation

C Liang, H Sun, C Ling, X Liu, M Li, X Zhang, F Guo… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Pyrolysis of pharmaceutical sludge (PS) is a promising way of safe disposal and to recover
energy and resources from waste. The resulting PS biochar (PSBC) is often used as …

Pyrolysis of oil palm wastes for bioenergy in Malaysia: A review

G Su, NWM Zulkifli, HC Ong, S Ibrahim, Q Bu… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Oil palm wastes (OPWs) are important biomass resources, and approximately 127 million
tons of OPWs are generated from the oil palm industry annually in Malaysia. The scientific …

Co-pyrolytic mechanisms, kinetics, emissions and products of biomass and sewage sludge in N2, CO2 and mixed atmospheres

J Chen, J Zhang, J Liu, Y He, F Evrendilek… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
The co-pyrolysis technology of the second-generation feedstocks has both engineering and
environmental advantages towards resource recovery, waste stream reduction, and energy …

Co-pyrolysis re-use of sludge and biomass waste: Development, kinetics, synergistic mechanism and industrialization

M Ma, D Xu, Y Zhi, W Yang, P Duan, Z Wu - Journal of analytical and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The production and accumulation of sludge, as well as other biomass wastes, places a long-
term burden on the urban ecosystem. Pyrolysis is an advanced waste disposal technology …

Properties and adsorption mechanism of magnetic biochar modified with molybdenum disulfide for cadmium in aqueous solution

ZH Khan, M Gao, W Qiu, Z Song - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present the preparation of MoS 2-modified magnetic biochar (MoS 2@
MBC) as a novel adsorbent by a simple hydrothermal method. MoS 2@ MBC contains …