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 …

Impact of pretreatment on food waste for biohydrogen production: a review

JR Banu, J Merrylin, TMM Usman, RY Kannah… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Food waste (FW) can be utilized as a raw material to produce energy such as hydrogen via
fermentation, which is a more attractive and environmentally friendly approach compared to …

Biohydrogen production from waste activated sludge pretreated by combining sodium citrate with ultrasonic: Energy conversion and microbial community

G Yang, J Wang - Energy conversion and management, 2020 - Elsevier
Proper pretreatment of waste activated sludge is commonly needed before biohydrogen
fermentation due to its complex floc structure. Considering that the outer-layer extracellular …

Overview of pretreatment technologies on vegetable, fruit and flower market wastes disintegration and bioenergy potential: Indian scenario

V Mozhiarasi - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Disposal of segregated organic fractions of centralized wholesale market wastes (ie
vegetable, fruit and flower markets waste) in dumpsites/landfills are not only a serious issue …

[HTML][HTML] Recent insight into anaerobic digestion of lignocellulosic biomass for cost effective bioenergy generation

AP Eswari, YK Ravi, S Kavitha, JR Banu - e-Prime-Advances in Electrical …, 2023 - Elsevier
The progress of clean alternative energy sources is of very essential owing to the increase in
an energy crisis and the escalating problems of climatic change. In this regard, bioenergy …

Present scenario and future scope of food waste to biofuel production

S Dhiman, G Mukherjee - Journal of Food Process Engineering, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Food waste is the outcome of different food processing practices that have not been reused
and are disposed of as waste. Food wastes are rich in a wide variety of organic constituents …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into Biohydrogen Production Through Dark Fermentation of Food Waste: Substrate Properties, Inocula, and Pretreatment Strategies

D Gbiete, S Narra, D Mani Kongnine, MM Narra… - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
The growing population and economic expansion have led to increased energy demand
while presenting complex waste generation and management challenges, particularly in …

Indexing energy and cost of the pretreatment for economically efficient bioenergy generation

Preethi, R Banu. J - Frontiers in Energy Research, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The growing necessity for energy worldwide has led to the hunt for an interminable solution
in the form of sustainable energy generation. To accomplish sustainability, these problems …

Ultrasonic assisted petha waste water pretreatment of rice straw for optimum production of methane and ethanol using mixed microbial culture

D Kumari, R Singh - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study describes a novel green approach of waste to energy generation without
use of any chemical in the pretreatment process. Lignocellulosic waste Rice Straw (RS) was …

A novel intensified anaerobic co-digestion process for high-quality biomethane production using ultrasound energy: Optimization and robustness tests with ML-RSM …

A Ahmad, AK Yadav, A Pal, S Hasan - Energy Conversion and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Biogas, a viable substitute for petroleum-based fuels, faces limitations in conventional
production methods, which are slow and yield low outputs. Process intensification …