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Abu Hasan Johir

Bio: Abu Hasan Johir is an academic researcher from University of Technology, Sydney. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sorption & Biogas. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 38 publications receiving 1100 citations.

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TL;DR: In this paper, a single and competitive sorption of ionisable sulfonamides sulfamethazine, sulfamethyltoxazole and sulfathiazole on functionalized biochar was studied.

258 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, a facile strategy for reducing chemical usages in the production of high-performance activated carbon (AC) by introducing a crucial pre-pyrolysis step before chemical activation of biomass is presented.

160 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a bicomponent nanofibrous composite membrane was fabricated by electrospinning and was tested for desalination by direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD).

137 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a comprehensive assessment on the advantages and disadvantages of lignocellulosic pretreatment techniques, which have been studied at the lab-, pilot-and full-scale levels, is presented.

132 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the sorption of six phenolic endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) estrone (E1), 17β-estradiol (E2), estriol (E3), bisphenol A (BPA) and 4-tert-butylphenol (4tBP) by functionalized biochar through competitive interactions.

110 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, a review of different fouling mechanisms in the membrane distillation process, their possible mitigation and control techniques, and characterization strategies that can be of help in understanding and minimizing the fouling problem.

764 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a review on the preparation and application of electrospun nanofiber membranes as the barrier layer for water treatment, with emphasis on the reinforcement and post-treatment of electro-spun polymer membranes.

742 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide an updated review of studies related to membrane modules (plate and frame, tubular, spiral wound, and hollow fiber) and membrane characterization and discuss membrane cleaning and different pre-treatment technologies in place for RO desalination, such as feed-water pretreatment and biocides.

660 citations

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TL;DR: The source and production of biochar is summarized, its research status in the removal of organic pollutants is pointed out, the relevant adsorption parameters are introduced, its regeneration methods are summarizes, its application of engineering is studied, and the development prospects are described.

515 citations

01 Jan 2015
TL;DR: In this article, the chemical structure of lignocellulosic biomass and factors likely affect the digestibility of LCLs are discussed, and then an overview about the most important pretreatment processes available are provided.
Abstract: Lignocellulosic materials are among the most promising alternative energy resources that can be utilized to produce cellulosic ethanol. However, the physical and chemical structure of lignocellulosic materials forms strong native recalcitrance and results in relatively low yield of ethanol from raw lignocellulosic materials. An appropriate pretreatment method is required to overcome this recalcitrance. For decades various pretreatment processes have been developed to improve the digestibility of lignocellulosic biomass. Each pretreatment process has a different specificity on altering the physical and chemical structure of lignocellulosic materials. In this paper, the chemical structure of lignocellulosic biomass and factors likely affect the digestibility of lignocellulosic materials are discussed, and then an overview about the most important pretreatment processes available are provided. In particular, the combined pretreatment strategies are reviewed for improving the enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulose and realizing the comprehensive utilization of lignocellulosic materials.

448 citations