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Efforts toward performance enhancement of a stepped solar still for the concentration of sugarcane juice 提高阶梯式浓缩甘蔗汁太阳能蒸馏器性能的努力

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Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy Pub Date : 2025-07-15 DOI: 10.1002/ep.70039

Rahul Grewal, Ajay Prakash, Mahesh Kumar

{"title":"Efforts toward performance enhancement of a stepped solar still for the concentration of sugarcane juice","authors":"Rahul Grewal, Ajay Prakash, Mahesh Kumar","doi":"10.1002/ep.70039","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ep.70039","url":null,"abstract":"Concentrated sugarcane juice is a raw material used to manufacture a number of value-added products. At present, the sugar industry ingests the maximum amount of fuel for obtaining concentrated sugarcane juice, which in turn leads to degradation of the environment. This study addresses the unexplored application of aluminum nanoparticle-enhanced beeswax, a sustainable bio-PCM, in solar still systems (SSS) for sugarcane juice evaporation, evaluating its thermal performance using simple and modified collectors to enhance energy efficiency and promote eco-friendly distillation in rural settings, at a flow rate of 25 mL/min. Among the tested systems, the stepped solar still having nanoparticle mixed beeswax and a modified collector is found to be the most economical, thermally more stable, and eco-friendlier. This system produces a maximum distillate output (4930.2 g) with the most concentrated sugarcane juice having a brix value of 32.8°B. The average convective heat transfer coefficient is found to be maximum for the stepped solar still having nanoparticle mixed beeswax and a modified collector, which is 14.29 to 57.96% higher than the other developed units. This system is also found to lead other systems with maximum values of carbon credit earned ($1137.1), CO2 mitigation (56.85 tons), total productive cost ($0.96), thermal efficiency (64.8%) and exergy efficiency (3.91%). This study concludes that the stepped solar still having nanoparticle mixed beeswax and a modified collector might be an affordable and environmentally friendly tool to evaporate water from sugarcane juice, which could help the NCS industry in attaining the sustainability goal.","PeriodicalId":11701,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy","volume":"44 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145101296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Microalgae strains isolated from Wuliangye Industrial Park for efficient treating distillery wastewater 五粮液工业园区微藻菌株的高效处理

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Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy Pub Date : 2025-07-15 DOI: 10.1002/ep.70020

Qijun Li, Chunfang Yuan, Shijiang Chen, Zixi Gou, Li Liu, Han Wang, Wei Cong, Jia Zheng, Jian Su, Mingzhe An

{"title":"Microalgae strains isolated from Wuliangye Industrial Park for efficient treating distillery wastewater","authors":"Qijun Li, Chunfang Yuan, Shijiang Chen, Zixi Gou, Li Liu, Han Wang, Wei Cong, Jia Zheng, Jian Su, Mingzhe An","doi":"10.1002/ep.70020","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ep.70020","url":null,"abstract":"The treatment of distillery wastewater by microalgae is a promising low-carbon green technology for wastewater treatment. A key aspect of this process is the selection of appropriate microalgal strains. In this study, based on anaerobically treated distillery wastewater, Chlorella sorokiniana M7 with high decontamination efficiency was screened from Wuliangye wastewater treatment plant. This strain demonstrated superior decontamination efficiency compared to both Chlorella sp. (FACHB-30) and Tetradesmus obliquus (FACHB-12). Chlorella sorokiniana M7 exhibited optimal nitrogen and phosphorus removal efficiency at the carbon dioxide concentration of 2.5% and unsterilized wastewater, the removal rates for NH3-N and TP reached up to 100% and 90.39%, respectively. The findings from high-throughput sequencing suggested that as the duration of wastewater treatment with Chlorella M7 extends, there was a corresponding increase in the abundance of Fimbriimonadaceae, which played a pivotal role in enhancing the growth of Chlorella.","PeriodicalId":11701,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy","volume":"44 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145101336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Removal of adsorbable organic halides from wastewater: A review of advanced chemical and electrochemical processes 废水中可吸附有机卤化物的去除：先进化学和电化学工艺综述

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Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy Pub Date : 2025-07-15 DOI: 10.1002/ep.70053

Marco Carnevale Miino, Maria Cristina Collivignarelli, Stefano Bellazzi, Alessandro Abbà, Marco Baldi, Alberto Pietro Damiano Baltrocchi, Elena Cristina Rada, Vincenzo Torretta

{"title":"Removal of adsorbable organic halides from wastewater: A review of advanced chemical and electrochemical processes","authors":"Marco Carnevale Miino, Maria Cristina Collivignarelli, Stefano Bellazzi, Alessandro Abbà, Marco Baldi, Alberto Pietro Damiano Baltrocchi, Elena Cristina Rada, Vincenzo Torretta","doi":"10.1002/ep.70053","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ep.70053","url":null,"abstract":"To overcome the current limitations of conventional technologies for removing adsorbable organic halides (AOX) from wastewater, advanced chemical and electrochemical processes are attracting interest. This work aims to systematically review the latest findings for the removal of AOX compounds from wastewater, discussing the current main gaps and proposing possible tips for future research. Fenton and photo-Fenton, photocatalysis coupled with biological systems, and reductive processes showed encouraging results with up to 98%, 95%, and 75% of AOX mineralization, respectively. The analysis also highlighted that the studies were mainly carried out on real wastewater, but, except for Fenton and photo-Fenton, lab scale conditions are often far from the realistic ones, representing a huge gap. In all studies, a very low amount of volume has been used with significant concerns about the reliability of results in case of full-scale applications. For these reasons, the promising outcomes of chemical and electrochemical technologies for AOX removal should be fully validated before a possible application on real industrial and municipal wastewater treatment plants. In case of reductive processes, the reduction of approximately half of the AOX present in the wastewater needs days, which is not compatible with large-scale application. Moreover, more studies are also needed to understand the actual toxicity of the treated effluent to estimate the potential detrimental effect of by-products generated during the treatment. These results can be useful both for the scientific community and technical stakeholders to stimulate the scientific debate and increase awareness of these new approaches for AOX removal.","PeriodicalId":11701,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy","volume":"44 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://aiche.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ep.70053","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145101337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Systematic assessment of the technical performance, durability, cost, and environmental impact of sustainable concrete incorporating fly ash and ground granulated blast-furnace slag 系统评估掺有粉煤灰和矿渣颗粒的可持续混凝土的技术性能、耐久性、成本和环境影响

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Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy Pub Date : 2025-07-15 DOI: 10.1002/ep.70050

Trong-Phuoc Huynh, Quan Van Ho

{"title":"Systematic assessment of the technical performance, durability, cost, and environmental impact of sustainable concrete incorporating fly ash and ground granulated blast-furnace slag","authors":"Trong-Phuoc Huynh, Quan Van Ho","doi":"10.1002/ep.70050","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ep.70050","url":null,"abstract":"River sand (RS), the main fine aggregate used in the manufacturing of mortar and concrete, has been chronically and seriously limited in availability in recent years. Additionally, numerous unfavorable problems with cement manufacture and use have been documented thus far. Given the aforementioned, identifying viable, alternative sources is essential to promoting the construction industry's sustainable growth. This study was developed to systematically assess the effect of fly ash (FA) as a replacement for RS (20–60 vol.%) and ground granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBFS) as a substitution for cement (30 wt.%) on technical performance, microstructure, cost, and environmental impact of concrete. The resulting concrete exhibited increased compressive and flexural strengths up to 56.2% and 60.1%, respectively. Importantly, the proposed mixtures also offer both cost advantages and environmental benefits by reducing the total cost, CO2 emission, and energy consumption per unit strength of concrete. These findings underscore the respective potential of FA and GGBFS as sustainable alternatives to RS and traditional cement. Incorporating these two industrial by-products delivers improved mechanical properties and enhanced durability (in terms of resistivity, ultrasonic pulse velocity, porosity, chloride permeability, water absorption, and drying shrinkage), promotes sustainable development in the construction industry, reduces environmental pollution, and conserves natural resources.","PeriodicalId":11701,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy","volume":"44 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145101349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Study of groundwater quality regarding potentially toxic elements (Pb, Cd and As) in the aquifer of the Hermosillo Coast, Sonora, México 墨西哥索诺拉州埃莫西约海岸含水层中潜在有毒元素（铅、镉和砷）的地下水质量研究

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Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy Pub Date : 2025-07-11 DOI: 10.1002/ep.70047

María Fernanda Figueroa Sanez, Abraham Rogelio Mártin García, Kareen Krizzan Encinas Soto, Cindy Alejandra Gutiérrez Valenzuela, José Ismael Minjarez Sosa, Glendy Jezabel León García

{"title":"Study of groundwater quality regarding potentially toxic elements (Pb, Cd and As) in the aquifer of the Hermosillo Coast, Sonora, México","authors":"María Fernanda Figueroa Sanez, Abraham Rogelio Mártin García, Kareen Krizzan Encinas Soto, Cindy Alejandra Gutiérrez Valenzuela, José Ismael Minjarez Sosa, Glendy Jezabel León García","doi":"10.1002/ep.70047","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ep.70047","url":null,"abstract":"Climate change and potentially toxic elements (PTEs) contamination are global problems, so groundwater monitoring is of vital importance to meet the needs of the population, agricultural activities, the environment, and other productive sectors. The objective of the research is to study the quality of 99 groundwater samples from the aquifer of the coast of Hermosillo, Sonora. The physicochemical characterization was performed by potentiometric and gravimetric methods for pH, electrical conductivity (E.C), total solids (TS), total suspended solids (TSS), and total dissolved solids (TDS), and the concentration of PTEs was quantified by atomic absorption spectroscopy with the graphite furnace accessory and hydride generator when necessary. Water classification was performed using mathematical methods such as heavy metal contamination index (HMI), metal index (MI), and degree of contamination (CD). 37.37%, 78.78%, and 98.98% of the water samples were classified with low contamination levels, pure water, and low contamination; however, the samples most affected by high concentrations of As, TS, and TDS are RY4 and RY3. Constant monitoring and analysis of different ions is recommended for a better understanding of the water status to favor the society and economy of the state.","PeriodicalId":11701,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy","volume":"44 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145101352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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E-waste disposal behaviors of urban consumers in China: An individualized approach to a holistic TPB perspective 中国城市消费者的电子垃圾处理行为：基于城市规划视角的个体化研究

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Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy Pub Date : 2025-07-11 DOI: 10.1002/ep.70041

Sanaa Al-Dubai, Muhammad Shehzad Hanif, Aitzaz Khurshid, Khalil Al-Muayad, Tong Chun Yong

{"title":"E-waste disposal behaviors of urban consumers in China: An individualized approach to a holistic TPB perspective","authors":"Sanaa Al-Dubai, Muhammad Shehzad Hanif, Aitzaz Khurshid, Khalil Al-Muayad, Tong Chun Yong","doi":"10.1002/ep.70041","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ep.70041","url":null,"abstract":"Urban consumers' disposal behaviors guide the orientation and success of electronic waste management programs. The post-pandemic era has seen a surge in the utilization of electronic gadgets and devices, leading to an exponential rise in global e-waste. This research investigates the parallel effects of disposal attitude, perceived behavioral control, and subjective norm, and the individual determinants for these three core constructs of the theory of planned behavior among the e-waste behaviors of Chinese urban consumers. This framework, employing a PLS-SEM technique for the carefully chosen sample obtained from the recycling/disposal stations (N = 851) is further utilized to extend the boundaries of e-waste disposal literature by integrating vital constructs of disposal habits, awareness of consequences, and green product availability. Results demonstrate a stronger influence of subjective norms on e-waste behaviors, while recycling cost and inconvenience appear to be the major determinants for the perceived behavioral control, in addition to the more appreciable influence of environmental awareness and information publicity on the subjective norms in comparison to the recycling attitude. The study concludes with promising implications for both theory and practice.","PeriodicalId":11701,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy","volume":"44 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145101037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Fault detection in solar thermal images using Convolutional neural network and hybrid optimization approach 基于卷积神经网络和混合优化方法的太阳热图像故障检测

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Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy Pub Date : 2025-07-09 DOI: 10.1002/ep.70035

T. Tamilselvi, R. Ramaprabha, T. Sathies Kumar

{"title":"Fault detection in solar thermal images using Convolutional neural network and hybrid optimization approach","authors":"T. Tamilselvi, R. Ramaprabha, T. Sathies Kumar","doi":"10.1002/ep.70035","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ep.70035","url":null,"abstract":"Identification of abnormalities or irregularities in solar thermal images is necessary for fault identification since these features may point to problems like hotspots, shade, dirt, cracks, or defective cells. This paper recommends an optimization-tuned Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) classifier to classify faults, which may be caused by hotspots or cracks in solar thermal images with the abstraction of the substantial features from the input thermal images. Initially, the input image is pre-processed using a filtering approach to remove the artifacts and noise present in the image. Followed by which, the features, such as local binary pattern, Gray-Level Co-Occurrence Matrix (GLCM) feature, Local Directional Texture Pattern, Median Binary Pattern, Scale-Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT), Speed Up Robust Features (SURF) and Gradient Local ternary pattern are extracted and concatenated to form a feature vector that acts as the input to the Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) classifier to perform fault detection. The suggested Aquila Inherited Dwarf Mongoose algorithm (AQI-DM) leverages the unique characteristics of the Dwarf Mongoose and the Aquila search agents. The suggested AQI-DM-based CNN classifier's accuracy will be 0.9207 for a training rate of 60%, 0.91549 for 70%, and 0.89142 for 80%, respectively.","PeriodicalId":11701,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy","volume":"44 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145101323","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Radiological health risk assessment and transfer factors of natural and artificial radionuclides for cowpea, okra, and maize grown in Antalya, Türkiye 在土耳其安塔利亚种植的豇豆、秋葵和玉米的天然和人工放射性核素的放射健康风险评估和转移因素

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Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy Pub Date : 2025-07-09 DOI: 10.1002/ep.70043

Canel Eke

{"title":"Radiological health risk assessment and transfer factors of natural and artificial radionuclides for cowpea, okra, and maize grown in Antalya, Türkiye","authors":"Canel Eke","doi":"10.1002/ep.70043","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ep.70043","url":null,"abstract":"The goal of this paper is to examine radiological health risk parameters and transfer factors (TFs) of 226Ra, 232Th, 40K, and 137Cs from soil to seed and leaf for cowpea, okra, and maize grown in the neighborhood of Çakırlar in Antalya, Türkiye. A high-purity germanium detector was used to obtain gamma-ray spectra of 10 samples. The TF from soil to seed in white maize is the lowest for natural radionuclides. The TF from soil to seed for 137Cs is the lowest in cowpea. The TFs of natural and artificial radionuclides from soil to leaf are the highest in cowpea, and they are the smallest in okra. The mean values of absorbed gamma dose rate, annual gonadal dose equivalent, total annual dose equivalent, and excess lifetime cancer risk of the studied samples are higher than the world average value, whereas the radium equivalent activity of the samples analyzed is smaller than the world mean value. The mean value of gamma representative levels of examined samples is greater than the limit value, while the mean value of the internal hazard index and the external hazard index is smaller than the permissible limit value.","PeriodicalId":11701,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy","volume":"44 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145101325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A progressive review on strategies to reduce exhaust emissions from diesel engine: Current trends and future options 减少柴油发动机废气排放的策略：当前趋势和未来选择

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Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy Pub Date : 2025-07-09 DOI: 10.1002/ep.70012

Shantanu Khanna, Ashok Kumar Dewangan, Ashok Kumar Yadav, Aqueel Ahmad

{"title":"A progressive review on strategies to reduce exhaust emissions from diesel engine: Current trends and future options","authors":"Shantanu Khanna, Ashok Kumar Dewangan, Ashok Kumar Yadav, Aqueel Ahmad","doi":"10.1002/ep.70012","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ep.70012","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines modern methods to reduce emissions from diesel engines, with a focus on the role of advanced biofuels and innovative emission control techniques. The primary goal is to assess the potential of these solutions in lowering emissions and improving engine performance. Techniques like hydrogen injection and advanced biofuel blends are compared with conventional measures such as catalytic converters and particulate filters. Despite their widespread use, traditional methods often fall short in addressing the emission challenges of compression ignition (CI) engines. Research shows that hydrogen injection can lower NOx emissions by up to 30% and particulate matter (PM) by nearly 25%, along with an improvement in thermal efficiency of 5–10%. Similarly, advanced biofuel blends, especially those derived from genetically modified microbes, have demonstrated a 15–25% reduction in CO2 emissions and a 10–20% increase in combustion efficiency. Despite these encouraging results, these technologies remain in the experimental stage and are generally expensive. This analysis highlights the importance of further research to optimize engine designs and fuel mixtures to maximize efficiency and minimize emissions. Notably, hydrogen-enriched biofuels have shown combined reductions in NOx and PM of over 40% in certain experiments, making them a promising solution for future sustainable energy needs. The study concludes by stressing the need for continuous advancements in renewable fuel technologies and emission control strategies to support long-term reductions in transportation emissions and encourage sustainable energy options for CI engines.","PeriodicalId":11701,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy","volume":"44 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145101324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Sustainable recycling of agri-food waste for industrially important enzyme production: An exclusive overview 可持续回收农业食品废弃物用于工业上重要的酶生产：独家概述

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Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy Pub Date : 2025-07-08 DOI: 10.1002/ep.70034

Manoj Kumar, Anjali Panwar, Raj Kumar Tiwari, Suvendu Manna

{"title":"Sustainable recycling of agri-food waste for industrially important enzyme production: An exclusive overview","authors":"Manoj Kumar, Anjali Panwar, Raj Kumar Tiwari, Suvendu Manna","doi":"10.1002/ep.70034","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ep.70034","url":null,"abstract":"Increasing population around the world is leading to higher food demand and enhanced food and crop production. However, a considerable amount of waste is also being generated worldwide, which is difficult to manage. China is the largest agri-food waste producer in the world, with 91.65 million metric tonnes per year, followed by India with 68.76 million metric tonnes. Landfilling and burning of these waste products are aiding environmental pollution with the release of GHGs. Hence, a sustainable management method is required to tackle the agri-food waste. The organic content present in such waste provides an opportunity for utilization for industrially important enzyme production. The production of enzymes requires a specific substrate to help in the growth of the microorganism, along with high enzyme production. Furthermore, the nutrient requirement for enzyme production may differ from bacterial growth. Hence, the complex consortia of agri-food waste may provide a suitable substrate for the production of various enzymes. However, the utilization of such waste for enzyme production can be challenging in terms of the complexity and unpredictability of the composition. Other factors, such as microplastics and heavy metal contamination, may produce positive or negative results during fermentation. This review discusses global agri-food waste production and the harmful effects of traditional disposal methods. Furthermore, the main discussion follows the composition of agri-food waste and its utilization for the production of various industrially important enzymes. Additionally, the review links the idea of agri-food waste utilization for enzyme production with green chemistry and UN sustainability goals.","PeriodicalId":11701,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy","volume":"44 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145101046","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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