Examining alternative carbon resources for sustainable energy generation: A comprehensive review

ABSTRACT: The excessive usage and limited availability of fossil fuels have put enough impetus on researchers to find alternative energy sources to control the energy crisis and reduce climate change. To mitigate environmental impact while generating clean energy, researchers and energy experts are...

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Main Authors: Anjan Ray, Aman Kumar Bhonsle, Jasvinder Singh, Jayati Trivedi, Neeraj Atray
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Published: Elsevier 2025-01-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949821X24000991
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description ABSTRACT: The excessive usage and limited availability of fossil fuels have put enough impetus on researchers to find alternative energy sources to control the energy crisis and reduce climate change. To mitigate environmental impact while generating clean energy, researchers and energy experts are particularly focused on harnessing energy from bioresources and waste materials. This review article gives insight into various type of alternative fuels, their production strategies, and applications. Further, it explores the availability of domestic carbon resources like agroforestry, nonfood energy crops, municipal solid waste, agro-industry waste, food waste, wastewater, and anthropogenic-generated wastes from various industries. Furthermore, the potential for making alternative fuels like biodiesel and bioethanol adopts sustainable biochemical processes like aerobic and anaerobic digestion, fermentation, and methanation. Landfill processes and thermal processes like gasification, and pyrolysis are also explored to harness the waste streams into alternative energy sources, promising environmental benefits.
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spelling doaj-art-747e605401e449f7b5ea5a3a8e707b7e2025-08-20T03:00:50ZengElsevierNext Energy2949-821X2025-01-01610019410.1016/j.nxener.2024.100194Examining alternative carbon resources for sustainable energy generation: A comprehensive reviewAnjan Ray0Aman Kumar Bhonsle1Jasvinder Singh2Jayati Trivedi3Neeraj Atray4Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India; Analytical Sciences Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun 248005, IndiaAcademy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India; Biofuel Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun 248005, India; Corresponding author at: Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India.Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India; LCA and System Modeling Area, CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun 248005, IndiaAcademy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India; Biofuel Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun 248005, IndiaAcademy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India; Biofuel Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun 248005, IndiaABSTRACT: The excessive usage and limited availability of fossil fuels have put enough impetus on researchers to find alternative energy sources to control the energy crisis and reduce climate change. To mitigate environmental impact while generating clean energy, researchers and energy experts are particularly focused on harnessing energy from bioresources and waste materials. This review article gives insight into various type of alternative fuels, their production strategies, and applications. Further, it explores the availability of domestic carbon resources like agroforestry, nonfood energy crops, municipal solid waste, agro-industry waste, food waste, wastewater, and anthropogenic-generated wastes from various industries. Furthermore, the potential for making alternative fuels like biodiesel and bioethanol adopts sustainable biochemical processes like aerobic and anaerobic digestion, fermentation, and methanation. Landfill processes and thermal processes like gasification, and pyrolysis are also explored to harness the waste streams into alternative energy sources, promising environmental benefits.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949821X24000991EnergyBiodieselBioethanolWasteRDF
spellingShingle Anjan Ray
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Examining alternative carbon resources for sustainable energy generation: A comprehensive review
Next Energy
Energy
Biodiesel
Bioethanol
Waste
RDF
title Examining alternative carbon resources for sustainable energy generation: A comprehensive review
title_full Examining alternative carbon resources for sustainable energy generation: A comprehensive review
title_fullStr Examining alternative carbon resources for sustainable energy generation: A comprehensive review
title_full_unstemmed Examining alternative carbon resources for sustainable energy generation: A comprehensive review
title_short Examining alternative carbon resources for sustainable energy generation: A comprehensive review
title_sort examining alternative carbon resources for sustainable energy generation a comprehensive review
topic Energy
Biodiesel
Bioethanol
Waste
RDF
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