Volume 11, Issue 2 | Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery

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Volume 11, Issue 2

April 2021

Special Issue: Sustainable Management of Organic Waste

Issue Editors:

Konstantinos Moustakas,
Maria Loizidou

43 articles in this issue

Editorial
Konstantinos Moustakas
Maria Loizidou
Editorial 17 February 2021 Pages: 205 - 205
Nutrient recycling: from waste to crop
D. Hidalgo
F. Corona
J. M. Martín-Marroquín
Original Article Open access 02 January 2020 Pages: 207 - 217
Effect of pretreatment techniques on enzymatic hydrolysis of food waste
Mir Edris Taheri
Erfaneh Salimi
Maria Loizidou
Original Article 10 April 2020 Pages: 219 - 226
Biogas from food waste through anaerobic digestion: optimization with response surface methodology
B. Deepanraj
N. Senthilkumar
Hwai Chyuan Ong
Original Article 27 February 2020 Pages: 227 - 239
Hydrogen production by dark fermentation process from pig manure, cocoa mucilage, and coffee mucilage
Carol J. Rangel
Mario A. Hernández
Paola A. Acevedo
Original Article 04 February 2020 Pages: 241 - 250
The role of emulsification as pre-treatment on the anaerobic digestion of oleic acid: process performance, modeling, and sludge metabolic properties
Alexandros Eftaxias
Vasileios Diamantis
Alexandros Aivasidis
Original Article 11 January 2020 Pages: 251 - 260
Phosphorus recovery by struvite from anaerobic co-digestion effluents during residual biomass treatment
Carolina Ochoa
Mario A. Hernández
Angélica M. Candela
Original Article 21 November 2020 Pages: 261 - 274
Technical feasibility of reforming anaerobic digestion and landfill biogas streams into bio-hydrogen
Isam Janajreh
Idowu Adeyemi
Sherien Elagroudy
Original Article 10 August 2020 Pages: 275 - 288
Biochar production from sewage sludge and microalgae mixtures: properties, sustainability and possible role in circular economy
Silvia Bolognesi
Giorgia Bernardi
Andrea G. Capodaglio
Original Article 20 December 2019 Pages: 289 - 299
Biochars obtained from freshwater biomass—green macroalga and hornwort as Cr(III) ions sorbents
Jakub Mokrzycki
Izabela Michalak
Piotr Rutkowski
Original Article Open access 24 February 2020 Pages: 301 - 313
Assessing the influence of biochars on the hydraulic properties of a loamy sand soil
M. Stylianou
C. F. Panagiotou
P. Papanastasiou
Original Article 04 November 2020 Pages: 315 - 323
Thermal conversion of flax shives through slow pyrolysis process: in-depth biochar characterization and future potential use
B. Khiari
A. Ibn Ferjani
M. Jeguirim
Original Article 27 February 2020 Pages: 325 - 337
Development of biomass-derived biochar for agronomic and environmental remediation applications
M. Waqas
Z. Asam
A. S. Nizami
Review Article 17 August 2020 Pages: 339 - 361
Biomass valorization and phytoremediation as integrated Technology for Municipal Solid Waste Management for developing economic context
Prabuddhi Wijekoon
Chathuranga Wickramasinghe
Meththika Vithanage
Review Article 23 June 2020 Pages: 363 - 382
Bioremediation of hexavalent chromium-contaminated wastewater by Bacillus thuringiensis and Staphylococcus capitis isolated from tannery sediment
Gopal Suresh
Balamuralikrishnan Balasubramanian
Arumugam Veera Ravi
Original Article 08 January 2021 Pages: 383 - 391
Effects of a combination of biomass addition and atmosphere on combustion characteristics and kinetics of oily sludge
Shuanghui Deng
Xuchao Lu
Xiaohe Xiong
Original Article 01 April 2020 Pages: 393 - 407
Flame propagation and burning characteristics of pulverized biomass for sustainable biofuel
Muhammad Azam Saeed
Muhammad Farooq
Herodotos N. Phylaktou
Original Article 15 July 2020 Pages: 409 - 417
Waste biomass to methanol–optimisation of gasification agent to feed ratio
J. Haydary
P. Šuhaj
J. Husár
Original Article 17 April 2020 Pages: 419 - 428
Experimental investigation of downdraft biomass gasifier fed by sugarcane bagasse and coconut shells
Muhammad Awais
Wei Li
Muhammad Ajmal
Original Article 26 March 2020 Pages: 429 - 444
Techno-economic assessment of an integrated biomass gasification, electrolysis, and syngas biomethanation process
Lorenzo Menin
Stergios Vakalis
Marco Baratieri
Original Article 28 February 2020 Pages: 445 - 459
Individual torrefaction parameter enhances characteristics of torrefied empty fruit bunches
Mohamad Azri Sukiran
Wan Mohd Ashri Wan Daud
Soh Kheang Loh
Original Article 16 June 2020 Pages: 461 - 472
Thermochemical conversion of apple seeds before and after supercritical CO₂ extraction: an assessment through evolved gas analysis
J. Paini
V. Benedetti
F. Patuzzi
Original Article 08 July 2020 Pages: 473 - 488
Ultrasound-assisted extraction ameliorates the physicochemical properties of defatted mulberry seed protein to promote lipid production in Schizochytrium sp. SR21
Wen-Jing Li
Yu-Rong Bian
Jun Wang
Original Article 11 February 2020 Pages: 489 - 502
β-Glucosidase production by Trichoderma reesei and Thermoascus aurantiacus by solid state cultivation and application of enzymatic cocktail for saccharification of sugarcane bagasse
Priscila Aparecida Casciatori Frassatto
Fernanda Perpétua Casciatori
Roberto da Silva
Original Article 25 January 2020 Pages: 503 - 513
Simulation and optimization of combined acid pretreatment and enzymatic saccharification of medical cotton waste
Georgios Giakoumakis
Anthi Karnaouri
Dimitrios Sidiras
Original Article 06 April 2020 Pages: 515 - 526
Defatted silkworm pupae hydrolysates as a nitrogen source to produce polysaccharides and flavonoids using Phellinus baumii
Zong-Nan Li
Wen-Jing Li
Fu-An Wu
Original Article 23 June 2020 Pages: 527 - 537
Valorization of olive mill wastewater towards the production of L-asparaginases
Alicia Paz
Efstratios Nikolaivits
Evangelos Topakas
Original Article 20 April 2020 Pages: 539 - 546
A new olive oil production scheme with almost zero wastes
Alexis G. Pantziaros
Xenofon A. Trachili
Christakis A. Paraskeva
Original Article 08 February 2020 Pages: 547 - 557
Evaluation of date seed (Phoenix dactylifera L.) oil as crop base stock for environment friendly industrial lubricants
Mohammed Shabbir Ahmed
K. Prabhakaran Nair
Mohammad Rehan
Original Article 13 April 2020 Pages: 559 - 568
A short review of green extraction technologies for rice bran oil
Silvia Fraterrigo Garofalo
Tonia Tommasi
Debora Fino
Review Article Open access 16 July 2020 Pages: 569 - 587
Spent coffee ground as second-generation feedstuff for dairy cattle
D. San Martin
M. Orive
J. Zufía
Original Article 25 January 2020 Pages: 589 - 599
The influence of Bacillus subtilis 87Y isolated from Eisenia fetida on the growth of pathogenic and probiotic microorganisms
I. Szmigiel
J. Suchodolski
A. Krasowska
Original Article Open access 28 December 2019 Pages: 601 - 608
Valorization of residual walnut biomass from forest management and wood processing for the production of bioactive compounds
Adela Fernández-Agulló
M. Sonia Freire
Julia González-Álvarez
Original Article 13 January 2020 Pages: 609 - 618
Residual Mexican biomasses for bioenergy and fine chemical production: correlation between composition and specific applications
Luigi di Bitonto
Hilda Elizabeth Reynel-Ávila
Carlo Pastore
Original Article 01 February 2020 Pages: 619 - 631
On the evaluation of filtered and pretreated cheese whey as an electron donor in a single chamber microbial fuel cell
G. Antonopoulou
I. Ntaikou
G. Lyberatos
Original Article 28 February 2020 Pages: 633 - 643
Integral use of orange peel waste through the biorefinery concept: an experimental, technical, energy, and economic assessment
M. Ortiz-Sanchez
J.C. Solarte-Toro
C.A. Cardona-Alzate
Original Article 08 February 2020 Pages: 645 - 659
Valorisation of restaurant food waste under the concept of a biorefinery
E. Salimi
M. E. Taheri
Maria Loizidou
Original Article 13 February 2020 Pages: 661 - 671
Increasing the volumetric productivity of fermentative ethanol production using a fed-batch vacuferm process
Vasiliki Kachrimanidou
Anestis Vlysidis
Ioannis K. Kookos
Original Article 18 March 2020 Pages: 673 - 680
The integral use of aromatic plants: prefeasibility comparison of stand-alone and biorefinery processes using thyme (Thymus vulgaris) as base case
Paula Andrea Marín-Valencia
Estefanny Carmona-Garcia
Carlos Ariel Cardona Alzate
Original Article 04 May 2020 Pages: 681 - 691
Downstream processing and characterization of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) produced by mixed microbial culture (MMC) and organic urban waste as substrate
Laura Lorini
Andrea Martinelli
Francesco Valentino
Original Article Open access 06 June 2020 Pages: 693 - 703
Carbon monoxide fermentation to bioplastic: the effect of substrate adaptation on Rhodospirillum rubrum
Beatrice Mongili
Debora Fino
Original Article Open access 18 July 2020 Pages: 705 - 714
Leaching behaviour of stabilised expansive soil with biomass bottom ashes as eco-agents
Adela P. Galvín
Antonio López-Uceda
Auxi Barbudo
Original Article 23 May 2020 Pages: 715 - 725
Two-stage optimisation for malachite green removal using activated date pits
M. Hijab
J. Saleem
G. McKay
Original Article Open access 23 June 2020 Pages: 727 - 740