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Analysis of hybrid waste-to-energy for medium-sized cities
(2013-06-15)
Urban centers have a huge demand for electricity and the growing problem of the solid waste management generated by their population, a relevant social and administrative problem. The correct disposal of the municipal solid ...
A new approach to Grits waste management as filler in gypsum plasters
(2022-01-01)
The reuse of industrial waste plays a crucial role in avoiding environmental impacts caused by incorrect disposal. The industrial production commonly generates huge volumes of wastes and also, increase costs associated to ...
Use of Industrial Waste to Produce Ceramic Coatings on Metal
(European Center Sustainable Development, 2019-01-01)
Industrial processes are activities that produce large amounts of wastes. Often these wastes are disposed in dam or landfills, occupying large areas and causing environmental damage such as the contamination of water and ...
Oil wastes as unconventional substrates for rhamnolipid biosurfactant production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa LBI
(2005-09-01)
Oil wastes were evaluated as alternative low-cost substrates for the production of rhamnolipids by Pseudomonas aeruginosa LBI strain. Wastes obtained from soybean, cottonseed, babassu, palm, and corn oil refinery were ...
Isolated and fermented orange and grape wastes: Bromatological characterization and phytase, lipase and protease source
(2022-05-01)
The aims of this study were to evaluate the bromatological characterization of isolated and fermented crude orange and grape wastes, and to investigate the presence and activities of phytase, lipase and protease in them. ...
Hydrothermal treatments applied to agro- and forest-industrial waste to produce high added-value compounds
(North Carolina State University. Department of Wood and Paper Science, 2017-01)
Agro- and forest-industrial wastes are abundant and low cost sources of carbohydrates and phenolic compounds, which can be converted into biofuels, biomaterials, and high added-value compounds by different pathways in small ...
Orange and mango byproducts: agro-industrial waste as source of bioactive compounds and botanical versus commercial description: a review
(2015)
Vegetal origin agro-industrial wastes are seen as a problem since the beginning of the industrial processes; however, they are becoming attractive as raw material for numerous purposes such as active enzymes and in the ...
Development of an Index to Evaluate the Environmental Performance of Sugar-Energy Production Plants
(2020-10-01)
Few studies address how to measure the impacts of the sugar-energy industry on the environment and human health. Thus, in this paper, an index (Iepa) to evaluate the impacts of the sugar-energy manufacturing process on the ...
Clastogenicity of landfarming soil treated with sugar cane vinasse
(2013-02-01)
The addition of nutrients and/or soil bulking agents is used in bioremediation to increase microbial activity in contaminated soils. For this purpose, some studies have assessed the effectiveness of vinasse in the ...