Nanotechnology-powered innovations for agricultural and food waste valorization: A critical appraisal in the context of circular economy implementation in developing …

B Preethi, N Karmegam, S Manikandan… - Process Safety and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology is revolutionizing agricultural and food waste in underdeveloped countries
via sustainable agriculture and circular economy application. This review critically assesses …

Aviation fuel based on wastewater-grown microalgae: Challenges and opportunities of hydrothermal liquefaction and hydrotreatment

BB Marangon, J de Siqueira Castro… - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
The current technical issues related to the conversion of algal biomass into aviation biofuel
through hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) and the upgrading of bio-oil through hydrotreatment …

In-situ catalytic upgrading of bio-oils from rapid pyrolysis of torrefied giant miscanthus (Miscanthus x giganteus) over copper‑magnesium bimetal modified HZSM-5

V Chaerusani, Y Ramli, ACA Zahra, P Zhang… - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, fast pyrolysis of both raw and torrefied giant miscanthus (GM) is investigated in
detail. It is found that the pyrolysis of torrefied GM results in higher distribution of phenols …

Catalytic conversion of biomass and plastic waste to alternative aviation fuels: A review

AR Aghamiri, P Lahijani - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2024 - Elsevier
The depletion of fossil fuel sources and the urgency to combat global warming have led to
extensive research into renewable energy alternatives. Among these alternatives, biofuel is …

Combined production of biofuel precursors, platform chemicals, and catalyst material from the integral processing of rice bran

JHC Wancura, M Albarello, SR Hollas, A Schulz… - Energy Conversion and …, 2024 - Elsevier
This research reports first-time results regarding the complete processing of rice bran
through the combination of extraction, processing hydrothermal, sulfonation, and trans …

Investigation of the effect of metal-impregnated catalyst on the kinetics of lignocellulosic biomass waste pyrolysis

A Raj, PK Ghodke - Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The study investigates the kinetic and thermodynamic characteristics of the lumber industry's
mixed waste wood (as lignocellulosic biomass) catalytic pyrolysis in the presence of an …

Nitrogen-doped porous biocarbon materials originated from heavy bio-oil and their CO2 adsorption characteristics

J Tang, B Li, YM Isa, X Xie, A Kozlov, M Penzik… - Biomass and …, 2024 - Elsevier
To realize the high-value utilization of biocoke derived from heavy bio-oil, N-doped porous
biocarbon materials were prepared through co-pyrolysis of biocoke with urea and KOH …

Continuous flow upgrading of lignin pyrolysis oils to drop-in bio-hydrocarbon fuels over noble metal catalysts

H Kim, J Lee, Y Kim, JM Ha, YK Park… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Although there are many studies on the noble metal-based catalysts for the
hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of lignin model compounds such as phenols, HDO studies on …

Semi-continuous hydrothermal processing of pine sawdust for integrated production of fuels precursors and platform chemicals

BA Puhl, CP Draszewski, FD Vezaro… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
This research reports data for the integrated obtaining of fermentable sugars (FSs), bio-oil
(BO), and hydro-char (HC)–all fuel precursors–as well as platform chemicals (PCs–acetic …

A critical review on the production and upgradation of sustainable biocrude from hydrothermal liquefaction of Canadian-grown agricultural biomass

V Chaudhary, S Awadakkam, VB Borugadda… - Sustainable Energy & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Oxygenated biocrude produced from hydrothermal liquefaction is of great interest as it
originated from renewable feedstocks. However, they cannot be processed immediately in …