Sustainable management of food waste; pre-treatment strategies, techno-economic assessment, bibliometric analysis, and potential utilizations: A systematic review

AM Elgarahy, MG Eloffy, A Alengebawy… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Food waste (FW) contains many nutritional components such as proteins, lipids, fats,
polysaccharides, carbohydrates, and metal ions, which can be reused in some processes to …

Valorization of biomass-derived polymers to functional biochar materials for supercapacitor applications via pyrolysis: Advances and perspectives

C Yang, H Wu, M Cai, Y Zhou, C Guo, Y Han, L Zhang - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Polymers from biomass waste including plant/forest waste, biological industrial process
waste, municipal solid waste, algae, and livestock are potential sources for renewable and …

Sustainable catalysts for biodiesel production: the potential of CaO supported on sugarcane bagasse biochar

VM e Melo, GF Ferreira, LV Fregolente - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2024 - Elsevier
Biodiesel production faces environmental and economic challenges due to the use of
homogeneous catalysts, such as NaOH, KOH, NaOCH 3, and KOCH 3. Despite their good …

Valorization of hazard waste: Efficient utilization of white brick waste powder in the catalytic production of biodiesel from waste cooking oil via RSM optimization …

AH Abu-Ghazala, HH Abdelhady, AA Mazhar… - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The target of this study is to utilize hazardous white brick waste powder as a heterogeneous
catalyst for biodiesel production through the transesterification process of waste cooking oil …

Techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment of poly (butylene succinate) production using food waste

N Rajendran, J Han - Waste Management, 2023 - Elsevier
In this present study, the production of poly (butylene succinate)(PBS) from food waste was
investigated and critical factors were evaluated. The economic feasibility of the process was …

Synthesis, catalysts and enhancement technologies of biodiesel from oil feedstock–A review

L Wang, H Wang, J Fan, Z Han - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Biodiesel is considered as one of the most promising alternative fuels due to the depletion of
fossil fuels and the need to cope with potential energy shortages in the future. This article …

[HTML][HTML] Application of biochar derived from crops residues for biofuel production

O Awogbemi, DV Von Kallon - Fuel Communications, 2023 - Elsevier
Crop residues are a major component of lignocellulosic biomass waste generated from the
agriculture sector. Improper management of these wastes pollutes the environment …

Food waste digestate as biofertilizer and their direct applications in agriculture

P Sharma, A Bano, K Verma, M Yadav, S Varjani… - Bioresource Technology …, 2023 - Elsevier
A useful way to reduce food waste (FW) environmental impact is by turning it into
biofertilizer. The conversion of FW into biogas can be used for agricultural applications after …

Effective transesterification of castor oil to biodiesel catalyzed by novel carbon-based calcium composite

L Zhang, J Xin, K Liu, G Wei, D Xiong, W Lan - Energy Conversion and …, 2024 - Elsevier
A novel carbon-based calcium catalyst was prepared through impregnation-calcination
method, and was successfully applied as an effective catalyst for transesterification of castor …

Techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment of cellulose nanocrystals production from wood pulp

N Rajendran, T Runge, RD Bergman, P Nepal… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are biobased materials with many desirable properties such
as high aspect ratio, mechanical strength, crystalline nature, and biodegradability. This study …