A critical review of pretreatment technologies to enhance anaerobic digestion and energy recovery

MR Atelge, AE Atabani, JR Banu, D Krisa, M Kaya… - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
Biogas production from different waste resources still has limitations due to its complex
structure and slowly biodegradable nature. To improve methane yield and anaerobic …

Biogas from microalgae: Technologies, challenges and opportunities

HM Zabed, S Akter, J Yun, G Zhang, Y Zhang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Production of biogas from microalgae has been receiving significant attention since 1950s,
as microalgae are capable of rapidly growing in the non-arable land area and accumulating …

A critical review on anaerobic digestion of microalgae and macroalgae and co-digestion of biomass for enhanced methane generation

RG Saratale, G Kumar, R Banu, A Xia… - Bioresource …, 2018 - Elsevier
Biogas production using algal resources has been widely studied as a green and alternative
renewable technology. This review provides an extended overview of recent advances in …

Pretreatment techniques used in biogas production from grass

C Rodriguez, A Alaswad, KY Benyounis… - … and sustainable energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Grass is being considered as a potential feedstock for biogas production, due to its low
water consumption compared to other crops, and the fact that it can be cultivated in non …

Pretreatment of microalgae to improve biogas production: a review

F Passos, E Uggetti, H Carrère, I Ferrer - Bioresource technology, 2014 - Elsevier
Microalgae have been intensively studied as a source of biomass for replacing conventional
fossil fuels in the last decade. The optimization of biomass production, harvesting and …

Algal biorefinery models with self-sustainable closed loop approach: Trends and prospective for blue-bioeconomy

SV Mohan, M Hemalatha, D Chakraborty… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microalgae due to its metabolic versatility have received a focal attention in the biorefinery
and bioeconomy context. Microalgae products have broad and promising application …

A critical review of process parameters influencing the fate of antibiotic resistance genes in the anaerobic digestion of organic waste

N Haffiez, TH Chung, BS Zakaria, M Shahidi… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
The overuse and inappropriate disposal of antibiotics raised severe public health risks
worldwide. Specifically, the incomplete antibiotics metabolism in human and animal bodies …

A review on current advances in the energy and cost effective pretreatments of algal biomass: Enhancement in liquefaction and biofuel recovery

S Kavitha, R Gondi, RY Kannah, G Kumar… - Bioresource technology, 2023 - Elsevier
The main downside of utilizing algal biomass for biofuel production is the rigid cell wall
which confines the availability of soluble organics to hydrolytic microbes during biofuel …

[HTML][HTML] Yield improvements in anaerobic digestion of lignocellulosic feedstocks

B Hashemi, S Sarker, JJ Lamb, KM Lien - Journal of cleaner production, 2021 - Elsevier
The new EU bioenergy sustainability criteria demonstrate that bioenergy sustainability can
be a challenge (Schlegel and Kaphengst, 2007). In 1990s, the energy crops were the main …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrasound-assisted biological conversion of biomass and waste materials to biofuels: A review

ZMA Bundhoo, R Mohee - Ultrasonics sonochemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Ultrasound irradiation has been gaining increasing interests over the years to assist
biological conversion of lignocellulosic biomass and waste materials to biofuels. As such …