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Exergy assessment of an Organic Rankine Cycle for waste heat recovery from a refrigeration system: a review
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2021 , Article Review)
The increased use of fossil fuels in the industry has resulted in severe environmental issues, such as ozone depletion, air pollution, and climate change, among others. Due to diverse resources, such as biomass, solar ...
Recent Advances in durability of superhydrophobic self-cleaning technology: A critical review
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2020 , Article Review)
Self-cleaning concept has achieved significant attention because of their distinct features and inclusive range of probable applications in various fields. Inspired from the lotus effect; the self-cleaning properties showed ...
Encapsulated biochar-based sustained release fertilizer for precision agriculture: A review
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2021 , Article Review)
The excessive use of conventional fertilizers leads to environmental issues associated with the loss of nutrient through leaching, volatilization, denitrification and surface run-off. Biochar-based fertilizer has gained ...
Insight into the chemically modified crop straw adsorbents for the enhanced removal of water contaminants: A review
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2021 , Article Review)
Crop straws represent the major part of lignocellulosic wastes that mainly consist of three polymeric components, namely cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. These straws gain great attention owing to their low cost, ...
Insight into the co-pyrolysis of different blended feedstocks to biochar for the adsorption of organic and inorganic pollutants: A review
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2020 , Article Review)
Co-pyrolysis of blended feedstocks has received increasing attention due to its significant role in avoiding the weakness of products made from normal pyrolysis of individual feedstocks. Many studies have shown that ...
Electrofuels as emerging new green alternative fuel: A review of recent literature
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2022 , Article Review)
The transportation sector is a major contributor in global emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG). Vital measures should be taken in order to reduce the GHG, among these measures is using electrofuels. Electrofuels are produced ...
Current advances in bio-fabricated quantum dots emphasising the study of mechanisms to diversify their catalytic and biomedical applications
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Royal Society of Chemistry
, 2021 , Article Review)
Quantum dots (QDs), owing to their single atom-like electronic structure due to quantum confinement, are often referred to as artificial atoms. This unique physical property results in the diverse functions exhibited by ...
Use of computational fluid dynamics for solar desalination system: a review
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2021 , Article Review)
Only about one percent of the world's water is potable, with the remainder being saline in nature. Saline water is converted to drinkable water through the use of solar energy in the process of solar desalination. In the ...
Emerging two-dimensional tellurides
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2021 , Article Review)
Two-dimensional (2D) materials are at the forefront of current materials research due to their exciting and unique properties. 2D tellurides are emerging materials which are yet to be fully explored. To provide an overview ...
Surface functionalization of chitosan as a coating material for orthopaedic applications: A comprehensive review
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2021 , Article Review)
Metallic implants have dominated the biomedical implant industries for the past century for load-bearing applications, while the polymeric implants have shown great promise for tissue engineering applications. The surface ...