Publications by authors named "Wenyong Xu"
Article Synopsis
- - This study evaluates the environmental impacts of pig farm buildings, focusing on their carbon and water footprints through building information modeling (BIM) and operational simulations.
- - The findings revealed that the operational stage is the primary contributor to carbon (49.3-84.9%) and water footprints (65.5-92.5%), while material production and farm maintenance follow as smaller contributors.
- - Using aerated concrete for construction could significantly lower both carbon and water footprints, highlighting the potential for sustainable designs in agricultural buildings.
Enhanced efficiency of enzymatic hydrolysis of wheat straw via freeze-thaw pretreatment.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
August 2022
This research investigated enhancing the efficiency of enzymatic hydrolysis of wheat straw via freeze-thaw pretreatment and assessed the physicochemical structural changes after this pretreatment. The enzymatic hydrolysis efficiency of cellulose and hemicellulose was enhanced, and hemicellulose was more susceptible to pretreatment. The highest enzymatic hydrolysis efficiency of cellulose and hemicellulose was 57.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRecycling of organic wastes in agricultural ecosystems to partially substitute chemical fertilizer is recommended to improve soil productivity and alleviate environmental degradation. However, livestock manure- and sewage sludge-derived amendments are widely known to potentially carry antibiotic residues. The aim of this study is to investigate how substituting organic fertilizer for chemical fertilizer affects soil quality and antibiotic residues in agricultural soil, as well as their tradeoffs.
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