Advanced Biotechnology for Biofuel Production and Wastewater Recovery
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A4: Bio-Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 May 2022) | Viewed by 15946
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Interests: microalgae; wastewater treatment; biofuels; biofertilizers; biostimulants; biopesticides; bioplastics; bioactive compounds; food; feed from microalgae
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Interests: phytochemicals; UHPLC-PDA-MS; bioactivities
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The way we look at wastewater is changing. While it used to be considered a waste product that needs to be treated before discharge with high costs to municipalities and industries, wastewater is now viewed as a resource. Wastewaters can be rich in organic matter, nitrogen, phosphorus, metals, etc., having several different applications from cultivation media for microorganisms, production of bioplastics, cellulose recovery, biofertilizers or biofuel production. Wastewater recovery therefore offers a more sustainable process, often including resource cycling, than conventional wastewater treatment systems based on activated sludge processes.
As we witness a continuous rise in the global energy demand with the concomitant increase in fossil-related emissions, a quicker development of sustainable processes for biofuel production is needed. Wastewater is a rich source of chemical energy that can easily be converted into biofuels, including biogas, biohydrogen, biodiesel, syngas, and nitrogenous fuels. Several technologies could be applied, such as anaerobic digestion, dark and alcoholic fermentations, pyrolysis, and hydrothermal liquefaction; for example, the production of biogas has already been successfully implemented on large-scale municipal wastewater treatment plants.
This Special Issue aims to gather contributions of high-quality scientific works related to biofuel production from wastewater using advanced biotechnological methods.
Dr. Luisa Gouveia
Dr. Luísa Barreira
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Wastewater recovery
- Biofuels
- Water reuse
- Resource cycling
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