Bio-Waste to Energy and Added Value Products – Challenges and Opportunities
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A4: Bio-Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 August 2024) | Viewed by 30008
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Interests: algae cultivation technologies; algae acquisition from natural water; algae biomass separation and dewatering; algae to biofuels; algae to valuable products; methane fermentation; biohydrogen; biodiesel; wastewater treatment; sludge management
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Interests: wastewater treatment; biogas production; environmental engineering; biomass power generation
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Interests: anaerobic digestion; methane fermentation; biogas; methane; sewage sludge; food waste products; wastewater treatment; microwave radiation; ultrasound; solidified carbon dioxide; microalgae
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The requirements of an appropriate and sustainable bio-waste management are becoming a global challenge and a priority for the international community. Although the waste management sector is advanced, innovative, efficient and economically viable technologies are needed. It is an important task for administrators and operators of bio-waste systems and a challenge for research centres around the world. The priority is to save energy and care for the natural environment. The solutions sought should be in line with the assumptions of the broadly understood bioeconomy, sustainable development, circular economy, material and energy recycling, and support renewable energy technologies and reduce greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere. An important research area is therefore the optimization and intensification of bio-waste management methods, taking into account the possibility of a comprehensive use for energy, fertilization, animal feed and many other purposes.
This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate the latest achievements related to theoretical assumptions, results of scientific and implementation research, design, modelling and optimization of technological systems, as well as control and monitoring of solutions related to sustainable bio-waste management. We also invite you to publish review papers summarizing the achievements to date in this research field and indicate the strengths and weaknesses of the available technologies. The critical analysis of this will allow us to indicate directions for further development.
Prof. Dr. Marcin Dębowski
Prof. Dr. Marcin Zieliński
Dr. Joanna Kazimierowicz
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bio-waste characteristics and properties
- bio-waste management from the municipal, agriculture and food industry sector
- fermentative methane and hydrogen production form bio-waste
- biodiesel and bioethanol production
- thermal transformation (gasification, pyrolysis, combustion, plasma technologies)
- bio-waste based multi-product biorefinery technologies
- energy and material recycling form bio-waste
- bio-waste recovery
- circular economy in the bio-waste sector
- bio-waste in fertilization and the animal feed sector
- high-added value products form bio-waste
- modelling and optimization in bio-waste processing
- life cycle costing (LCC) and life cycle assessment (LCA) in bio-waste management.
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