Towards a sustainable paradigm of waste-to-energy process: Enhanced anaerobic digestion of sludge with woody biochar
Yanwen Shen,Jessica L. Linville,Patricia Anne A. Ignacio-de Leon,Robin P. Schoene,Meltem Urgun-Demirtas +4 more
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In this article, two woody biochar, namely pinewood (PBC) and white oak biochar (WOBC), were used as additives during anaerobic digestion (AD) of WWTP sludge to enhance methane production at mesophilic and thermophilic temperatures.About:
This article is published in Journal of Cleaner Production.The article was published on 2016-11-01 and is currently open access. It has received 175 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Biochar & Digestate.read more
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Advances towards understanding and engineering direct interspecies electron transfer in anaerobic digestion
Sajib Barua,Bipro Ranjan Dhar +1 more
TL;DR: A state-of-art review focusing on the fundamental mechanisms, key microbial players, the role of electrical conductivity, the effectiveness of various conductive additives, the significance of substrate characteristics and organic loading rates in promoting DIET in anaerobic digestion is presented.
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A critical review on sustainable biochar system through gasification: Energy and environmental applications.
Siming You,Yong Sik Ok,Yong Sik Ok,Season S. Chen,Daniel C.W. Tsang,Eilhann E. Kwon,Jechan Lee,Chi-Hwa Wang +7 more
TL;DR: The physicochemical properties and yield of biochar through the diverse gasification conditions associated with various types of biomass were extensively evaluated and relevant challenges and solutions were suggested in this review.
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A critical review on biochar for enhancing biogas production from anaerobic digestion of food waste and sludge
Manish Kumar,Manish Kumar,Shanta Dutta,Siming You,Gang Luo,Shicheng Zhang,Pau Loke Show,Ankush D. Sawarkar,Lal Singh,Daniel C.W. Tsang +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, a review scrutinizes the key roles of biochar as an additive and emphasizes the influences of bio-char characteristics on the anaerobic digestion processes and their capability to address the foremost challenges.
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A review of biochar properties and their roles in mitigating challenges with anaerobic digestion
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors highlight the challenges with the AD process and the limitations of the various conventional approaches in its management, and present an exposition of the characteristics of biochar and the physico-chemical properties that can simultaneously promote AD process stability, increase biomethane yield rate and the agronomic quality of digestate.
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Biochar-based adsorbents for carbon dioxide capture: A critical review
Pavani Dulanja Dissanayake,Siming You,Avanthi Deshani Igalavithana,Yinfeng Xia,Amit Bhatnagar,Souradeep Gupta,Harn Wei Kua,Sumin Kim,Jung Hwan Kwon,Daniel C.W. Tsang,Yong Sik Ok,Yong Sik Ok +11 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the potential of using pristine and engineered biochar as CO2 capturing media, as well as the factors influencing the CO2 adsorption capacity of biochar and issues related to the synthesis biochar-based CO2 adorbents, are summarized and evaluated.
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