NSU Research Contributions
Title : Co-Benefits of Eichhornia Crassipes (Water Hyacinth) as Sustainable Biomass for Biofuel Production and Aquatic Ecosystem Phytoremediation
Authors : Kamrun Nahar, Sanwar Sunny
| Journal Title: Fuels, MDPI | Volume Number: 5 | Publication Year : 2024 | Issue Number: 3 |
| Index: scopus | Ranking: Q1 | ISSN: ISSN: 2673-3994 | Publisher Name: MDPI |
| Pages : 317- 333 | |||
| Funding Source : None |
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Direct Sustainable Development Goals : SDG7 Affordable & Clean Energy |
Indirect Sustainable Development Goals : SDG6 Clean Water & Sanitation |
Sustainable Development Sub Goals : Protect and restore water-related ecosystems |
| Impact statement: The water hyacinth (WH), also known as Eichhornia crassipes, is Bangladesh’s fast-growing and rapidly expanding sustainable aquatic bioenergy feedstock. The WH, as an energy crop, has been harnessed as a phytoremediation agent to purify contaminated water and produce fuel and environmentally friendly products. A country’s economy relies on the availability of raw materials for energy production, cleaning life-supporting abiotic resources for consumption, and the innovation of cost-effective, eco-friendly products. The study focused on a three-in-one nexus using the WH in polluted water, the (post-purification) biomass to produce clean energy fuels (biogas and bioethanol), and for the manufacture of daily-use products. The ability of the WH, an aquatic macrophyte, to act as a phytoremediator to improve the quality of eutrophic lake water in a laboratory setting was investigated. The potential to remove salts and solutes and improve the physiochemical properties of water, including pH, DO, EC, turbidity, and NaCl concentration, were assessed. | Collaboration: None | Keywords: water hyacinth; energy crop; biofuel; macrophyte; phytoremediation; bioproducts; aquatic ecosystem; removal efficiency |
