Advances in Biomass Valorization: Waste to Industrial Application

Dear Colleagues,

With the current energy and environmental scenario, the role of biomass valorization is becoming more and more important, facing multiple challenges like the improvement in sustainable practices, efficiency and yield, the adjustment to circular economy and different regulations, etc. The aim of this Special Issue is precisely to bring up new advances in recent research to overcome these issues, especially focused on specific cases where new technologies can be used at different industrial levels. For this purpose, works related to waste management and its subsequent valorization are welcome, including improvements in yield and efficiency of these processes to compete with traditional refineries. Also, the promotion of key stages that could adjust to the biorefinery concept would be interesting works for this SI. Finally, and considering the philosophy of this journal, practical considerations, especially for the implementation at industrial scale, are desirable in this collection of works.

Dr. Sergio Nogales Delgado
Guest Editor

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