Effective pretreatment of lignin-rich coconut wastes using a low-cost ionic liquid

SO Anuchi, KLS Campbell, JP Hallett - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Coconut husks and shells are underutilised agricultural feedstocks in the bio-based industry.
These biomass wastes have a higher lignin content than other woody biomass and have …

A comparative study of heavy metals removal using agricultural waste biosorbents

B Tokay, I Akpınar - Bioresource Technology Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
The adsorption capabilities of rice husk, coconut coir and moringa seeds were evaluated for
the first time under the same experimental conditions for the removal of copper (Cu), nickel …

An integrated green process: Subcritical water, enzymatic hydrolysis, and fermentation, for biohydrogen production from coconut husk

M Muharja, F Junianti, D Ranggina, T Nurtono… - Bioresource …, 2018 - Elsevier
The objective of this work is to develop an integrated green process of subcritical water
(SCW), enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation of coconut husk (CCH) to biohydrogen. The …

Biohydrogen production from acidic and alkaline hydrolysates of paddy straw using locally isolated facultative bacteria through dark fermentation

J Mechery, DM Thomas, CSP Kumar, L Joseph… - Biomass Conversion …, 2021 - Springer
The hydrogen production from hydrolysates of acid and alkali pretreated paddy straw using
locally isolated facultative bacteria, Proteus mirabilis, was investigated. Acidic and alkaline …

Enhancement of sugar production from coconut husk based on the impact of the combination of surfactant-assisted subcritical water and enzymatic hydrolysis

M Muharja, DK Umam, D Pertiwi, J Zuhdan… - Bioresource …, 2019 - Elsevier
The role of three kinds of surfactant (by means of PEG, Tween 80, and SDS) on subcritical
water (SCW) hydrolysis of coconut husk towards the reducing sugar production was studied …

Effect of severity factor on the subcritical water and enzymatic hydrolysis of coconut husk for reducing sugar production

M Muharja, N Fadhilah, RF Darmayanti… - Bulletin of Chemical …, 2020 - journal.bcrec.id
Preventing the further degradation of monomeric or oligomeric sugar into by-product during
biomass conversion is one of the challenges for fermentable sugar production. In this study …

Understanding the effect of low-concentrated protic ionic liquids (PILs) on coconut (Cocos nucifera) residues

MP Gundupalli, K Bano, TK Panda… - Biomass Conversion …, 2024 - Springer
Concentrated protic ionic liquid (PIL) without dilution has increased saccharification
efficiency due to the solubilization of hemicellulose and lignin compounds. However …

Batch and continuous fixed-bed adsorption of antibiotics from aqueous solution using stearic acid-activated carbon composite

AO Egbedina, BI Olu-Owolabi… - Energy, Ecology and …, 2023 - Springer
The use of water containing antibiotics can result in adverse effects on humans and other
living organisms. Therefore, it is essential to remove them from water. Adsorption is a …

Biotoxicity assessment and lignocellulosic structural changes of phosphoric acid pre-treated young coconut husk hydrolysate for biohydrogen production

SN Arisht, PM Abdul, CM Liu, SK Lin… - international journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Major sugar constituents in young coconut husk were found to be glucans (0.30 g/g husk),
while xylans were 0.10 g/g husk. Pre-treatments were carried out using phosphoric acid with …

Optimization of the alkali treatment on the tempo‐modified cellulosic nanoreinforcement in autoclaved epoxy matrix

K Mishra, S Sinha - Polymer Composites, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Investigators increased interest in composites with novel natural fibers beholds significant
progress globally over the past decade. Moringa oleifera seed filler is among the few newly …