Innovative Technologies for Energy/Resource Recovery from Biomass Wastes

Dear Colleagues,

The global climate change and the demand for renewable energy pose a big challenge in the current solid waste treatment field. Thus, innovative technologies are urgently needed for energy/resource recovery from biomass waste treatment toward environmental and economic sustainability. Additionally, the biorefinery approach of recycling biomass-derived resources to replace fossil-based energy contributes to the aim of carbon neutrality. This Special Issue aims to provide a platform for global researchers to disseminate recent technological developments and engineering solutions in the areas of biomass waste treatment. Within this context, we would like to invite you to submit original research and review articles to disseminate and share new findings in energy/resource recovery from biomass wastes.

Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

• Anaerobic digestion;
• Solid waste management;
• Biofuels and biorefineries such as biogas production, biohydrogen production, life cycle assessment of biofuels, and microbial fuel cells;
• Biomass and feedstock utilization;
• Physicochemical and thermochemical processes for lignocellulosic and algal biomass;
• Chemical–physical processes to recover nutrients from biomasses;
• Nutrient recovery from biomasses: LCA and policy approach;
• Development of innovative pretreatment methods for biomass wastes.

Dr. Yingqun Ma
Dr. Jingyang Luo
Dr. Han Wang
Dr. Xin Zhao
Guest Editors

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