2026 August - 17 articles
Fungal cellulases are key biocatalysts for lignocellulosic biomass valorization and the development of sustainable biorefineries. This review examines recent advances in the production of endoglucanase (EGL), exoglucanase (EXG), and β-glucosidas...
Tropical fruit processing generates substantial quantities of seed-derived by-products that remain underutilized despite their potential as sources of bioactive compounds, proteins, lipids, dietary fiber, and polysaccharides. This critical narrative...
Approximately 2.3 billion people still cook over open fires or on basic stoves using polluting fuels, generating indoor air pollution responsible for 3.7 million premature deaths annually. Progress toward real-world health impact has been constrained...
The sustainability of biomass utilization as a fuel is commonly assessed through thermodynamic and ecological methods—energy, exergy, and emergy analyses—applied in isolation, each with only partial scope. Their integration through multic...
Biomass-based bioenergy plants are commonly compared using aggregate indices that locate a system on a utilization scale but conceal the dimensional structure of its remaining deficit. This study extends the Biopolygeneration Diagnostic Index (BDI) b...
One of the main causes of deforestation in Sub-Saharan Africa is the massive use of wood as a fuel for cooking. To address this problem, a pellet gasifier was designed and built. To eliminate wood consumption, the pellets used are produced from agric...
Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of lignocellulosic biomass produces multiple product fractions, including solid residue (SR), heavy bio-oil (HBO), aqueous phase (AP), and light bio-oil (LBO). This study mainly applied principal component analysis (PC...
The textile industry generates dye-containing wastewater characterized by intense coloration, high salinity, elevated oxygen demand, and recalcitrant pollutants. Although conventional treatment technologies can remove color and reduce organic load, d...
This study evaluates the effect of thermal severity on the yield, structural evolution, and stability of biochar produced from rice husk via controlled pyrolysis. The raw biomass, containing 1.67 wt% moisture, 60.94 wt% volatiles, and 21.66-wt% fixed...
Sugarcane bagasse (SCB) represents an abundant lignocellulosic residue with significant potential for integrated biorefinery applications. In this study, an alkaline extraction process was optimized for lignin recovery from SCB using a Box–Behn...
Seventy-five thermophilic fungi capable of growing at 45 °C were isolated from sugarcane bagasse samples and cultivated under solid-state fermentation (SSF). Two isolates showing the highest xylanase and cellulase production were selected and ide...
A computational model of anisotropic biomass particle pyrolysis was developed to evaluate the influence of particle properties and operating conditions during fast pyrolysis. The model integrates multicomponent CRECK kinetics with intraparticle heat...
Biomass thermochemical conversion-derived hydrochar has been increasingly recognized as a functional resource for environmental remediation, but knowledge about the effect of the carbonization conditions on the surface chemistry and binding behaviour...
Chlorophyll, a natural photosynthetic pigment, is gaining interest for its sustainable and eco-friendly applications in renewable energy, particularly as a photosensitizer in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). This study investigates the feasibility...
Optimizing nutrient management is essential for improving the productivity and profitability of perennial bioenergy crops on marginal soils. This study evaluated the effects of mineral fertilization, a humic-based biostimulant, and a titanium-contain...
Accurate prediction of biomass pyrolysis products remains challenging due to the inherent complexity of thermochemical kinetics and the lack of mechanistic interpretability in modern Machine Learning (ML) models. This study addresses the black-box pr...
The valorization of vegetable-oil biomass into bio-based functional fluids offers a sustainable route for replacing petroleum-derived insulating liquids in power equipment. In this study, soybean and canola oils were used as renewable lipid feedstock...
