Agro-waste to sustainable energy: A green strategy of converting agricultural waste to nano-enabled energy applications

GM Rani, D Pathania, R Umapathi, S Rustagi… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The rising demands of the growing population have raised two significant global challenges
viz. energy crisis and solid-waste management, ultimately leading to environmental …

Perspective review on Municipal Solid Waste-to-energy route: Characteristics, management strategy, and role in circular economy

AT Hoang, PS Varbanov, S Nižetić, R Sirohi… - Journal of cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
The proper handling of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) is critical due to its high generation
rate and the potential to minimise environmental impacts by simultaneously reducing …

Municipal solid waste as a sustainable resource for energy production: State-of-the-art review

AV Shah, VK Srivastava, SS Mohanty… - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Solid waste treatment and disposal is a global challenge for the development of a
sustainable society. The problem has been exacerbated by a rise in waste products as a …

A review of the chemistry of anaerobic digestion: Methods of accelerating and optimizing process efficiency

A Anukam, A Mohammadi, M Naqvi, K Granström - Processes, 2019 - mdpi.com
The anaerobic digestion technology has been in existence for centuries and its underlying
theory established for decades. It is considered a useful technology for the generation of …

The anaerobic digestion process of biogas production from food waste: Prospects and constraints

SK Pramanik, FB Suja, SM Zain… - Bioresource Technology …, 2019 - Elsevier
The unrestrained release of huge quantities of food waste (FW) has become a significant
concern because it causes intensive environmental pollution. However, FW is a proper …

Effective utilization of rice straw in value-added by-products: A systematic review of state of art and future perspectives

R Singh, M Patel - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2022 - Elsevier
Rice is a conventional crop that is produced majorly in the South and the South-East regions
of Asia, leading to the generation of a considerable amount of biomass (Rice Straw) in the …

Wet organic waste treatment via hydrothermal processing: A critical review

MH Marzbali, S Kundu, P Halder, S Patel, IG Hakeem… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
There are several recent reviews published in the literature on hydrothermal carbonization,
liquefaction and supercritical water gasification of lignocellulosic biomass and algae. The …

Anaerobic co-digestion of wastewater sludge: A review of potential co-substrates and operating factors for improved methane yield

WL Chow, S Chong, JW Lim, YJ Chan, MF Chong… - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Anaerobic digestion has been widely employed in waste treatment for its ability to capture
methane gas released as a product during the digestion. Certain wastes, however, cannot …

Potential of biochar use in building materials

M Legan, AŽ Gotvajn, K Zupan - Journal of Environmental Management, 2022 - Elsevier
A critical review of the articles dealing with biochar in terms of the reuse of biomass waste in
building materials and its impact on material properties was conducted using five different …

Process characteristics, inhibition factors and methane yields of anaerobic digestion process, with particular focus on microalgal biomass fermentation

E Kwietniewska, J Tys - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
World׳ s energy demand has been constantly increasing for decades. Yet, fossil fuels stock,
which are used the most extensively nowadays, may be depleted soon. Moreover …