Recent trends and future challenges of pesticide removal techniques – A comprehensive review

The chapter focuses on recent trends of biomass conversion into valuable energy, chemicals, gaseous and liquid fuels. Biomass is presently the largest source of renewable energy and the primary bioenergy resource in the world. A comprehensive discussion on different types, sources and compositions of biomass is presented. The most abundant biomass on the earth is lignocellulose and it represents a major carbon source for chemical compounds and biofuels. The chapter presents a thorough review of lignocellulosic biomass and the importance of biomass as a renewable source. It then reviews biomass classification and composition. It introduces the analysis of biomass feedstock. Biomass is converted to energy, chemicals and clean fuels using various conversion techniques such as thermochemical, chemical and biochemical. The chapter provides a thorough examination of thermochemical conversion processes that use high temperatures to break down the bonds of organic matter. It briefly introduces combustion and gasification, followed by a comprehensive review of different pyrolysis techniques.

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Slovak agriculture and the integration into the EU

Agricultural Economics (Zemědělská ekonomika) ◽

10.17221/5174-agricecon ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 50 (No. 3) ◽

pp. 100-104 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

G. Blaas

Keyword(s):

Adverse Effects ◽

Economic Performance ◽

Agricultural Commodity ◽

Comprehensive Review ◽

Output Performance ◽

Starting Point ◽

Future Challenges ◽

Direct Payments ◽

The Eu ◽

High Output

The paper is briefly outlining the expected changes in the economic and financial pre-conditions for Slovak farming during the period after the country’s accession to the EU. The starting point of authors reasoning is the current piece of knowledge, saying that the economic performance of individual farms is widely differentiated and the ability of individual farms to meet the future challenges and to use the opportunities is very unevenly distributed among them. Also the competitiveness if a particular agricultural commodity varies. Despite of expectations concerning the price development after accession, not all commodities will be competitive on the single market. The economic situation of farms will considerably benefit from direct payments. Nevertheless, the fact that the Slovak government opted for the Single Area payment Scheme will have some adverse effects on possible gains from payments in productive regions and in farms with high output performance. In order to mitigate these redistribution effects the author is proposing to implement a different scheme of allocation of national top-up is to direct payments. In the final part of his paper the author gives a comprehensive review on payments aimed to promote rural development and payments from the Guidance section of the EAGGF targeted at enhancement of farm re-structuring.

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A Comprehensive Review of Graphene Nanocomposites: Research Status and Trends

Journal of Nanomaterials ◽

10.1155/2013/763953 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 2013 ◽

pp. 1-14 ◽

Cited By ~ 106

Author(s):

Vivek Dhand ◽

Kyong Yop Rhee ◽

Hyun Ju Kim ◽

Dong Ho Jung

Keyword(s):

Mass Production ◽

Comprehensive Review ◽

Graphene Nanocomposites ◽

Research Status ◽

Status And Trends ◽

The Future ◽

Future Challenges ◽

Synthesis Routes ◽

The Impact

This paper provides a comprehensive review of the present trends in graphene research with an emphasis on graphene-based nanocomposites and their applications. Various synthesis routes have recently been devised for mass production of graphene to address the needs of the composite industry. This paper describes the worldwide scenario of research and patents being conducted in the field of graphene nanocomposites. It concludes with a discussion of the impact of graphene in composites and the future challenges to meeting industrial demands.

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