Application of a novel biological-nanoparticle pretreatment to Oscillatoria acuminata biomass and coculture dark fermentation for improving hydrogen production

M El-Sheekh, M Elshobary, E Abdullah… - Microbial Cell …, 2023 - Springer
Background Energy is the basis and assurance for a world's stable development; however,
as traditional non-renewable energy sources deplete, the development and study of …

Liquid hot water pretreatment of multi feedstocks and enzymatic hydrolysis of solids obtained thereof

M Michelin, JA Teixeira - Bioresource Technology, 2016 - Elsevier
Agricultural feedstocks (brewers' spent grain–BSG, corncob–CC, corn husk–CH, wheat
straw–WS and Luffa sponge–LS) were pretreated by liquid hot water (LHW) in order to …

Alkaline hydrolysis of biomass as an alternative green method for bioplastics preparation: In situ cellulose nanofibrillation

D Merino, A Athanassiou - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Mild acid hydrolysis of various plant residues has been proposed in recent years as a novel
way of transforming biomass into bioplastics. However, the alkaline hydrolysis of such …

Bioethanol Production Optimization from KOH-Pretreated Bombax ceiba Using Saccharomyces cerevisiae through Response Surface Methodology

M Ghazanfar, M Irfan, M Nadeem, HA Shakir, M Khan… - Fermentation, 2022 - mdpi.com
The present study was based on the production of bioethanol from alkali-pretreated seed
pods of Bombax ceiba. Pretreatment is necessary to properly utilize seed pods for …

Valorization of Bombax ceiba Waste into Bioethanol Production through Separate Hydrolysis and Fermentation and Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation

M Ghazanfar, M Nadeem, HA Shakir, M Khan, I Ahmad… - Fermentation, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this study, Seed pods of B. ceiba were used as a novel, cheap, and sustainable feedstock
for second-generation bioethanol production. B. ceiba waste was pretreated with NaOH …

Statistical optimization of saccharification of alkali pretreated wheat straw for bioethanol production

M Irfan, U Asghar, M Nadeem, R Nelofer… - Waste and biomass …, 2016 - Springer
In this study saccharification of alkali treated wheat straw was optimized by Box–Behnken
design using three variables at three levels. FTIR, XRD and Scanning electron microscopy …

Enzymatic hydrolysis of hemicellulose from pretreated Finger millet (Eleusine coracana) straw by recombinant endo-1, 4-β-xylanase and exo-1, 4-β-xylosidase

SB Jamaldheen, A Thakur, VS Moholkar… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study focuses on enzymatic saccharification of hemicellulose part of the pretreated
Finger millet straw (FMS) for production of xylose. The variation in the carbohydrate …

Valorization of sugar extracted from wheat straw for eco-friendly polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production by Bacillus megaterium MTCC 453

RSK Sachan, I Devgon, A Karnwal… - Bioresource Technology …, 2024 - Elsevier
The valorization of wheat straw can be applied to produce sustainable bioproducts. The
objective of this study is to produce a sustainable bioplastic; Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) …

Physicochemical characterisation of barley straw treated with sodium hydroxide or urea and its digestibility and in vitro fermentability in ruminants

M Bachmann, SD Martens, Y Le Brech, G Kervern… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The development of strategies to overcome the shortage of forage due to persistently low
rainfall is becoming a central task for animal nutrition in research and practice. In this study …

Improving the properties of botanical concrete based on waste concrete, wood, and kraft lignin powder

R Wei, Y Sakai - Powder Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Botanical concrete (BC) is a novel sustainable material that can simultaneously recycle
concrete and wood waste without using cement. It has potential for use provided its high …