Using nanocatalysts to upgrade pyrolysis bio-oil: A critical review

H Shahbeik, A Shafizadeh, VK Gupta, SS Lam… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
The unfavorable physicochemical properties of biomass pyrolysis bio-oil make it unsuitable
for use in energy/chemical infrastructure. Various physical/thermochemical methods should …

Co-pyrolysis technology for enhancing the functionality of sewage sludge biochar and immobilizing heavy metals

Z Fan, X Zhou, Z Peng, S Wan, ZF Gao, S Deng, L Tong… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Sewage sludge (SS) is a frequent and challenging issue for countries with big populations,
due to its massive output, significant hazard potential, and challenging resource utilization …

Review of influence of critical operation conditions on by-product/intermediate formation during thermal destruction of PFAS in solid/biosolids

J Zhang, L Gao, D Bergmann, T Bulatovic… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Poly-and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a large group of synthetic organofluorine
compounds. Over 4700 PFAS compounds have been produced and used in our daily life …

Parametric influence of process conditions on thermochemical techniques for biochar production: A state-of-the-art review

T Sharma, IG Hakeem, AB Gupta, J Joshi… - Journal of the Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Biochar refers to the carbonaceous black solid residue product obtained from the
thermochemical decomposition of waste biomass typically under oxygen-limited …

Enhancing the pyrolytic conversion of biosolids to value-added products via mild acid pre-treatment

IG Hakeem, P Halder, S Patel, A Sharma… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2023 - Elsevier
High concentrations of inorganic matter such as silicates, alkali and alkaline earth metals
(AAEMs), and heavy metals (HMs) in biosolids limit their pyrolysis conversion to high-value …

Comparison of Artificial Neural Networks and kinetic inverse modeling to predict biomass pyrolysis behavior

Y Zhong, Y Ding, G Jiang, K Lu, C Li - Journal of Analytical and Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
The prediction of biomass pyrolysis behavior has received immense research attention,
which has challenged scientists as well as industrialists. Currently, the main predictive tool is …

Elimination of microplastics, PFAS, and PPCPs from biosolids via pyrolysis to produce biochar: Feasibility and techno-economic analysis

AA Keller, W Li, Y Floyd, J Bae, KM Clemens… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Biosolids from municipal wastewater treatment contain many contaminants of emerging
concern, including microplastics (MPs), per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) …

A comprehensive review on the intricate processes involved in algae pyrolysis mechanism and possible migration of undesirable chemical elements

W Shen, S He, M Mu, B Cao, S Wang, SR Naqvi… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent times, algae have been potentially emerged as a viable third generation feedstock
for biofuels due to its renewable, environmentally friendly and sustainable characteristics …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of mild acid pre-treatment on the co-pyrolysis behaviour of biosolids and wheat straw

IG Hakeem, N Rathnayake, A Surapaneni… - Process Safety and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Co-pyrolysis of biosolids (BS) and wheat straw (WS), as well as their treated variants, was
performed in a fluidised bed reactor at 500℃. Under mild acid pre-treatment conditions (3 …

Enzymatic treatments for biosolids: An outlook and recent trends

OJ Quintero-García, H Pérez-Soler… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Wastewaters are nutrient-rich organic materials containing significant concentrations of
different nutrients, dissolved and particulate matter, microorganisms, solids, heavy metals …