TY - JOUR
T1 - Valorization of agro-industrial wastes for biorefinery process and circular bioeconomy
T2 - A critical review
AU - Yaashikaa, P.R.
AU - Kumar, P. Senthil
AU - Varjani, Sunita
PY - 2022/1
Y1 - 2022/1
N2 - Energy recovery from waste resources is a promising approach towards environmental consequences. In the prospect of environmental sustainability, utilization of agro-industrial waste residues as feedstock for biorefinery processes have gained widespread attention. In the agro-industry, various biomasses are exposed to different unit processes for offering value to various agro-industrial waste materials. Agro-industrial wastes can generate a substantial amount of valuable products such as fuels, chemicals, energy, electricity, and by-products. This paper reviews the methodologies for valorization of agro-industrial wastes and their exploitation for generation of renewable energy products. In addition, management of agro-industrial wastes and products from agro-industrial wastes have been elaborated. The waste biorefinery process using agro-industrial wastes does not only offer energy, it also offers environmentally sustainable modes, which address effective management of waste streams. This review aims to highlight the cascading use of biomass from agro-industrial wastes into the systemic approach for economic development. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd.
AB - Energy recovery from waste resources is a promising approach towards environmental consequences. In the prospect of environmental sustainability, utilization of agro-industrial waste residues as feedstock for biorefinery processes have gained widespread attention. In the agro-industry, various biomasses are exposed to different unit processes for offering value to various agro-industrial waste materials. Agro-industrial wastes can generate a substantial amount of valuable products such as fuels, chemicals, energy, electricity, and by-products. This paper reviews the methodologies for valorization of agro-industrial wastes and their exploitation for generation of renewable energy products. In addition, management of agro-industrial wastes and products from agro-industrial wastes have been elaborated. The waste biorefinery process using agro-industrial wastes does not only offer energy, it also offers environmentally sustainable modes, which address effective management of waste streams. This review aims to highlight the cascading use of biomass from agro-industrial wastes into the systemic approach for economic development. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd.
KW - Agro-industrial waste
KW - Biorefinery
KW - Circular economy
KW - Energy
KW - Valorization
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U2 - 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126126
DO - 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126126
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
C2 - 34673193
SN - 0960-8524
VL - 343
JO - Bioresource Technology
JF - Bioresource Technology
M1 - 126126
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