Achieving Sustainable Energy Recovery and Environmental Protection Through Anaerobic Process Optimization
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "B: Energy and Environment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2026 | Viewed by 44
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Interests: wastewater; modelling; nitrogen cycle; nitrous oxide; process control; biological processes
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Interests: environmental sustainability; emissions; impact; health; optimisation; treatment
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Among all the available renewable energies, energy obtained from biogas produced from organic sources such as urban and industrial wastewater, organic solid waste, and agricultural residues has become widespread. Considering the urge to employ more and more renewable energy, it becomes of increasing interest to implement anaerobic process technologies with the aim of converting carbonaceous resources into biogas. Process engineering, mathematical models and control strategies can aid optimal operational performance of these technologies. While extracting energy, it is important to consider the environmental sustainability of anaerobic technologies both in terms of solid and liquid residuals and in terms of gas emissions. When exploring the potential of anaerobic digestion, environmental policy and prescribed legislation needs to be investigated.
Based on this, the Special Issue would like to collect works dealing with the following:
- Environmental sustainability of anaerobic technologies;
- Life-cycle assessment of anaerobic technologies;
- Role of anaerobic technologies within the context of circular economy;
- Comparative analyses of the impact of different feedstocks on biogas production;
- Nature-based anaerobic technologies;
- Carbon footprint analyses of anaerobic technologies;
- Post-treatment technologies for anaerobic treatment residuals;
- Experimentation of innovative anaerobic technologies;
- Optimization of biogas production through process engineering, pretreatments and feeding strategies;
- Mathematical modelling approaches applied to anaerobic technologies;
- Control strategies applied to anaerobic technologies;
- Engineering techniques for biogas production enhancement;
- Environmental policy on anaerobic technologies.
In line with the selected topics, the type of articles welcome to this Special Issue are as follows:
- Research works consolidating findings already available in the literature;
- Research works proposing novel ideas;
- Well-structured research works presenting negative outcomes;
- Review articles.
Dr. Riccardo Boiocchi
Prof. Dr. Marco Ragazzi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biomethane
- anaerobic process
- mathematical modelling
- process control
- carbon footprint
- optimisation
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