Advances in Waste-to-Energy Systems for Decarbonization
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "B: Energy and Environment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2024) | Viewed by 606
Special Issue Editors
Interests: circular economy; environmental systems engineering; eco-industrial development; eco-city; technology assessment
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Decarbonization has become a worldwide trend, especially ever since the main economies declared their ambitious strategies towards a carbon-neutral society by 2050. The energy sector is key to achieving this goal, especially as greenhouse gas emissions represent the largest percentage of the total emissions due to the combustion of fossil fuels. Although waste disposal only represents a small part of the total, while the promotion of a circular economy includes striving to avoid any waste, it is still anticipated in the long term that the quantity of waste generation and final disposal will increase rapidly around the world, and appropriate methods are needed to deal with it. Waste-to-energy technologies offer an opportunity for synergy between waste disposal reduction and the energy sector’s transition. Therefore, tracking the latest progress in waste-to-energy technology development and summarizing the results of recent research has become even more important. This Special Issue aims to:
- Identify the opportunities and challenges related to waste-to-energy systems in concepts such as circular economy, eco-industrial park, zero-waste city, and carbon-neutral society;
- Track recent progress in related technology development, such as smart sorting systems, waste-to-fuel, incineration/fermentation/gasification, power generation, and waste heat utilization;
- Optimize system design, embedding waste-to-energy technologies or technology combination in industrial parks or cities;
- Evaluate the performance of waste-to-energy systems from a life cycle perspective, cost–benefit judgement, ecological footprint, social impact assessment, etc.;
- Summarize the experiences of designing and using waste-to-energy systems in the real world, as well as policy implications.
We welcome article types including but not limited to data reports, general commentaries, methods papers, original research articles, perspectives, short communications, policy and practice reviews, policy briefs, and reviews.
Dr. Yi Dou
Dr. Ruixi Zhao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- waste-to-energy
- waste management
- energy transition
- eco-city
- decarbonization
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