Diffuse Reflectance Fourier Transformed Infrared (DRIFT) spectroscopy is an excellent tool for chemical analysis of lignocellulosic biomass, since it is non-destructive and requires minimal sample preparation. It is also a fast and direct technique that has been employed to reduce base-line errors caused by light scattering [1]. DRIFT spectra of untreated sugarcane bagasse and of samples treate...

Bagasse flour (BF) was liquefied using bi-component polyhydric alcohol (PA) as a solvent and phosphoric acid as a catalyst in a microwave reactor. The effect of BF to solvent ratio and reaction temperatures on the liquefaction extent and characteristics of liquefied products were evaluated. The results revealed that almost 75% of the raw bagasse was converted into liquid products within 9 min a...

Semi-solid state fermentation route of hydrogen production from agrowaste sugarcane bagasse was tried using the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas (BHU strain-1) and the non-photosynthetic Enterobacter aerogenes MTCC2822. The process seems an alternative to submerged fermentation that requires high volumes of nutrient broth. Bagasse (10 g) pre-hydrolyzed with NaOH (2%, w/v) was coated wi...

Municipal and industrial wastewater contain a lot of contaminants. The major contaminants of concern are heavy metals. Heavy metals are known to be toxic, non-biodegradable and have a long half-life. The release of untreated wastewater containing heavy metals can cause serious problems to human, plants and animals. In this study, activated carbon was developed from sugarcane bagasse and its eff...

Abstract Textile wastewater effluents yield tons of dyes that, even at low concentrations, are toxic and need to be removed before this water is disposed in aquatic life. Methylene blue has a degradation rate causes severe harm the environment concentrations. Adsorption an effective method getting rid these dyes. In study sugarcane bagasse pulp, which waste resulting from sugar extraction proce...

Abstract Adsorbents were studied for removing fipronil, a pesticide, from water. The study included sugarcane bagasse fly ash (SBFA) and traditional activated carbon. SBFA was characterized by X-ray fluorescence, specific mass determination, electron microscopy, particle size analysis zeta potential. results showed that, without prior treatment, its removal efficiency fipronil 80% with 2 h cont...

Abstract Generally, development in the pulp and paper industry requires extensive cutting of trees, which effect contributes to deforestation. The dramatic growth demand for wood supply, combined with increasingly increasing cost timber, has created a surge interest use non-wood plant fibres production widely developed countries. waste material pulping paper-based industries could be beneficial...

The use of low cost agro-industrial residues for the production of industrial enzymes is one of the ways to reduce significantly production costs. Cellulase producing actinomycetes were isolated from soil and decayed agricultural wastes. Among them, a potential culture, strain NEAE-J, was selected and identified on the basis of morphological, cultural, physiological and chemotaxonomic propertie...