Chemical process route selection is one of the key decisions taken during the preliminary design stage of process plant development. A chemical process route is defined as the raw material(s) and the sequence of reaction ...
Agricultural waste-based biorefinery merges waste and production sectors to develop a circular economy. One such biorefinery product, 5-(hydroxymethyl) furfural (5-HMF) has gained increasing interest as a versatile platform ...
The introduction of a novel chemical cell disruption method with economic and environmental feasibility to increase the lipid extraction yield is of paramount importance to enhance the commercialization drive of microalgae ...
Drought, a consequence of prolonged precipitation deficiencies, is a significant hazard exacerbated by climate change. Sri Lanka, highly susceptible to extreme climatic events, faces drought as its most prominent hazard, ...
For the life cycle scenario of bioethanol production from unutilized rice straw, the life cycle stage of paddy rice cultivation can be excluded with a zero-inventory allocation rule, i.e., rice straw with no applied ...
Black pepper is an agricultural crop that is extensively used as a spice and as an additive in
numerous other applications. Postharvest drying of pepper is an important step to enhance the
pepper quality and shelf life. ...
Anaerobic co-digestion is a prominent and environmentally friendly technology in agricultural, domestic and industrial bio waste management. It is the most economical and effective method for treating animal waste bedded ...
A new aspect of work that covers Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste recycling and application in coating industry is presented through this report. It was shown that chemical recycled PET can be used in the manufacturing ...
This research investigated the issues of vehicular-emitted pollution in Kandy City, a
valley-like environment experiencing severe air pollution problems due to a higher
traffic volume, topographical aspect, and prevailing ...
Water Hyacinth (WH) is an undesirable plant in the aquatic vegetation with a proven record
of the possibility as a raw material to produce bioethanol. One of the advantages of using
water hyacinth as a bioethanol feedstock ...
Anaerobic digestion offers an attractive solution for recovering energy from rice straw (RS)
which is a lignocellulosic agricultural residue produced in huge quantities in Asia and
Africa. Given the high solids content ...
Natural rubber latex (NRL) is the primary resource in developing thin film products including NRL gloves. These comprehensive applications of NRL are lead to the widespread formation of discarded solid material. Majority ...
The marine microalga Tisochrysis lutea is renowned for its ability to synthesize fucoxanthin and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), which are nutritionally valuable high- value compounds. Although numerous studies in literature ...
Microalgal lipids have become a potential candidate for biofuel production in recent years. High lipid accumulation and shorter doubling time enabling higher growth rate are foremost factors in microalgae to compete with ...
Textile and apparel industry produces huge quantities of wastewater with unfixed dyes, which generate colour and toxicity in discharged water, creating environmental pollution. Physical and chemical effluent decolourization ...
Biogas is emitted from landfills, anaerobic digesters, and many other biomass
sources. Emitted biogas is usually burnt in order to reduce greenhouse effect and to
get energy. Burning of biogas emits several pollutants, ...
Industrial glove industry is a glooming industry which focuses performance enhancement with lowest possible cost. Abrasion resistance is one of the main performance indicators of an industrial glove. Abrasion resistance ...
Solid tire industry is a rapidly growing industry all over the world with a very high demand for different kinds of material handling equipment manufacturing companies. In this case, resilient tires are playing a major ...
The solid biomass especially the wood has been used as a source of energy for centuries in the
world. However, the present world has started giving it a more value not because it is known
for a longer time. But as a ...
Rubber-clay nanocomposites at low nanoclay loadings are generally prepared using mechanical mixing method as similar to mixing of conventional fillers with rubber. However, the resultant properties prepared with mixing ...