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Effects of textile dyes on health and the environment and bioremediation potential of living organisms Open
The water is an essential resource for life on the planet and for human development. The textile industry is one of the anthropogenic activities that most consume water and pollute water bodies. Therefore, the present work aims to undertak…
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Biochar physicochemical properties: pyrolysis temperature and feedstock kind effects Open
Biochar is a pyrogenous, organic material synthesized through pyrolysis of different biomass (plant or animal waste). The potential biochar applications include: (1) pollution remediation due to high CEC and specific surface area; (2) soil…
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Paving the Way for Lignin Valorisation: Recent Advances in Bioengineering, Biorefining and Catalysis Open
Lignin is an abundant biopolymer with a high carbon content and high aromaticity. Despite its potential as a raw material for the fuel and chemical industries, lignin remains the most poorly utilised of the lignocellulosic biopolymers. Eff…
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General Techno-Economic Analysis of CO<sub>2</sub> Electrolysis Systems Open
The electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) has received significant attention in academic research, although the techno-economic prospects of the technology for the large-scale production of chemicals are unclear. In this work, …
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Recent updates on different methods of pretreatment of lignocellulosic feedstocks: a review Open
Lignocellulosic feedstock materials are the most abundant renewable bioresource material available on earth. It is primarily composed of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin, which are strongly associated with each other. Pretreatment proc…
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Formaldehyde stabilization facilitates lignin monomer production during biomass depolymerization Open
Formaldehyde protects and serves The lignin found in plants is a desirable renewable feedstock for fuels and other useful compounds. Breaking down such a strong, energy-dense polymer, however, requires pretreatment of plant biomass under h…
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Occurrence, identification and removal of microplastic particles and fibers in conventional activated sludge process and advanced MBR technology Open
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are acting as routes of microplastics (MPs) to the environment, hence the urgent need to examine MPs in wastewaters and different types of sludge through sampling campaigns covering extended periods of t…
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Ultrasound assisted extraction (UAE) of bioactive compounds from fruit and vegetable processing by-products: A review Open
Growing fruit and vegetable processing industries generates a huge amount of by-products in the form of seed, skin, pomace, and rind containing a substantial quantity of bioactive compounds such as polysaccharides, polyphenols, carotenoids…
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Recent Trends in the Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass for Value-Added Products Open
Lignocellulosic biomass (LCB) is the most abundantly available bioresource amounting to about a global yield of up to 1. 3 billion tons per year. The hydrolysis of LCB results in the release of various reducing sugars which are highly valu…
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A sustainable wood biorefinery for low–carbon footprint chemicals production Open
Every twig and splinter used Plant-based production of commodity chemicals faces steep competition from fossil resources, which are often cheaper and easier to partition. Sustainable use of renewable resources requires strategies for conve…
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Recent advances on the removal of dyes from wastewater using various adsorbents: a critical review Open
This review is focused on the origin of dye pollutants, their ecotoxicological effects and adsorptive removal using various types of adsorbents.
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Nanocellulose: Extraction and application Open
Recently, nanocellulose and its applications gain high attraction in both research and industrial areas due to its attractive properties such as excellent mechanical properties, high surface area, rich hydroxyl groups for modification, and…
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Synthetic Polymer Contamination in Bottled Water Open
Eleven globally sourced brands of bottled water, purchased in 19 locations in nine different countries, were tested for microplastic contamination using Nile Red tagging. Of the 259 total bottles processed, 93% showed some sign of micropla…
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Progress in biomass torrefaction: Principles, applications and challenges Open
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Lignocellulosic Biomass: Understanding Recalcitrance and Predicting Hydrolysis Open
Lignocellulosic biomass (LB) is an abundant and renewable resource from plants mainly composed of polysaccharides (cellulose and hemicelluloses) and an aromatic polymer (lignin). LB has a high potential as an alternative to fossil resource…
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Production and Application of Lignosulfonates and Sulfonated Lignin Open
Lignin is the largest reservoir of aromatic compounds on earth and has great potential to be used in many industrial applications. Alternative methods to produce lignosulfonates from spent sulfite pulping liquors and kraft lignin from blac…
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Microbial enzymes for the recycling of recalcitrant petroleum‐based plastics: how far are we? Open
Summary Petroleum‐based plastics have replaced many natural materials in their former applications. With their excellent properties, they have found widespread uses in almost every area of human life. However, the high recalcitrance of man…
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Guidelines for performing lignin-first biorefining Open
With these guidelines, we aim to unite the lignin-first biorefining research field around best practices for performing or reporting feedstock analysis, reactor design, catalyst performance, and product yields.
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Mechanisms and adsorption capacities of biochar for the removal of organic and inorganic pollutants from industrial wastewater Open
Currently, due to the rapid growth of urbanization and industrialization in developing countries, a large volume of wastewater is produced from industries that contain chemicals generating high environmental risks affecting human health an…
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Feedstock choice, pyrolysis temperature and type influence biochar characteristics: a comprehensive meta-data analysis review Open
Various studies have established that feedstock choice, pyrolysis temperature, and pyrolysis type influence final biochar physicochemical characteristics. However, overarching analyses of pre-biochar creation choices and correlations to bi…
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Catalytic conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into chemicals and fuels Open
In the search of alternative resources to make commodity chemicals and transportation fuels for a low carbon future, lignocellulosic biomass with over 180-billion-ton annual production rate has been identified as a promising feedstock. Thi…
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Diversity of Synthetic Dyes from Textile Industries, Discharge Impacts and Treatment Methods Open
Natural dyes have been used from ancient times for multiple purposes, most importantly in the field of textile dying. The increasing demand and excessive costs of natural dye extraction engendered the discovery of synthetic dyes from petro…
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Characterization of Cellulose Nanocrystals Produced by Acid-Hydrolysis from Sugarcane Bagasse as Agro-Waste Open
Sugarcane bagasse (SCB) is abundantly available agro-waste world-wide and has been used in different applications and its utilization as a source of cellulose attracting attention in the area of biomedical and other applications. The prese…
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Recent advances in ozone-based advanced oxidation processes for treatment of wastewater- A review Open
The wastewater reclamation is the need of today's world. Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) are considered as a good option for removing recalcitrant organic materials in wastewater by oxidation reactions with powerful, non-selective hydr…
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Characterization of Cellulosic Fibers by FTIR Spectroscopy for Their Further Implementation to Building Materials Open
Nowadays, the material recycling is a growing trend in development of building materials and therefore using of secondary raw materials for production new building materials is in accordance with sustainable development in civil engineerin…
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Techno-economic evaluation of integrated first- and second-generation ethanol production from grain and straw Open
One of the two main configurations can be chosen when designing an integrated first- and second-generation ethanol production plant from grain and straw: that producing biogas or that producing distiller's dried grains with solubles from t…
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Electrocatalytic upcycling of polyethylene terephthalate to commodity chemicals and H2 fuel Open
Plastic wastes represent a largely untapped resource for manufacturing chemicals and fuels, particularly considering their environmental and biological threats. Here we report electrocatalytic upcycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) …
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Functionalised heterogeneous catalysts for sustainable biomass valorisation Open
Functionalised heterogeneous catalysts show great potentials for efficient valorisation of renewable biomass to value-added chemicals and high-energy density fuels.
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Alginate-Based Edible Films and Coatings for Food Packaging Applications Open
Alginate is a naturally occurring polysaccharide used in the bio industry. It is mainly derived from brown algae species. Alginate-based edible coatings and films attract interest for improving/maintaining quality and extending the shelf-l…
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Towards industrial products from microalgae Open
Model projections show that production of high-value products from microalgae could be profitable nowadays and commodities will become profitable within 10 years.