Vacuum pyrolysis incorporating microwave heating and base mixture modification: an integrated approach to transform biowaste into eco-friendly bioenergy products

S Ge, SY Foong, NL Ma, RK Liew, WAW Mahari… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
The escalating consumption of fossil fuels and dumping of palm kernel shells (PKS) drives
biofuel production to improve supply and waste disposal. To convert PKS into modified …

Microwave-assisted hydrothermal treatments for biomass valorisation: a critical review

Y Gao, J Remón, AS Matharu - Green Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The sustainable conversion of biomass into biofuels, chemicals and biomaterials has gained
increasing attention to ensure the well-being of present and future generations. Among the …

Optimisation and characterisation of hydrochar production from spent coffee grounds by hydrothermal carbonisation

OOD Afolabi, M Sohail, YL Cheng - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Current ways of managing spent coffee grounds (SCGs) are uneconomical and have
significant environmental impacts. Alternative approaches, such as hydrothermal …

[HTML][HTML] A review of hydrothermal carbonization of municipal sludge: Process conditions, physicochemical properties, methods coupling, energy balances and life …

Y Zhi, D Xu, G Jiang, W Yang, Z Chen, P Duan… - Fuel Processing …, 2024 - Elsevier
Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) is an effective way to harmlessly dispose municipal
sludge (MS). This work comprehensively reviewed critical hydrothermal parameters of HTC …

Bridging the gap to hydrochar production and its application into frameworks of bioenergy, environmental and biocatalysis areas

Á Fernández-Sanromán, G Lama, M Pazos… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) is a facile, low-cost and eco-friendly thermal conversion
process that has recently gained attention with a growing number of publications (lower 50 …

Hydrochar derived from green waste by microwave hydrothermal carbonization

Y Shao, Y Long, H Wang, D Liu, D Shen, T Chen - Renewable Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Green waste (GW), rich in cellulose and hemicellulose, is a valuable resource. Developing
alternative sustainable technologies to utilize GW is attracting increasing attention. In this …

Sustainable hydrothermal carbon for advanced electrochemical energy storage

X Zhang, T Cao, G Zhang, Q Liu, G Kong… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of advanced electrochemical energy storage devices (EESDs) is of great
necessity because these devices can efficiently store electrical energy for diverse …

Combustion behaviors of molded bamboo charcoal: Influence of pyrolysis temperatures

W Hu, Z Feng, J Yang, Q Gao, L Ni, Y Hou, Y He, Z Liu - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
To investigate the effect of pyrolysis temperatures on combustion behaviors of bamboo
charcoal, molded bamboo rods were carbonized from 200 to 800° C under the nitrogen …

Review on research achievements of blackwater anaerobic digestion for enhanced resource recovery

C Wen, Z Dai, F Cheng, H Cheng, Z Yang… - Environment …, 2024 - Springer
Blackwater (source-separated toilet wastewater) is highly concentrated in both organic
carbon and nutrients. A consensus prevails that blackwater is a valuable resource instead of …

To char or not to char? Review of technologies to produce solid fuels for resource recovery from faecal sludge

N Andriessen, BJ Ward, L Strande - Journal of Water, Sanitation …, 2019 - iwaponline.com
Resource recovery from faecal sludge can take many forms, including as a fuel, soil
amendment, building material, protein, animal fodder, and water for irrigation. Resource …