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Advances in Agriculture Waste Resource Treatment Technology

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemoenvironment".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 9017

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Dr. Xiaoyu Zuo

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Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
Interests: biomass; fermentation; biohydrogen; biomethane; biorefinery
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Dear Colleagues,

We are organizing a Special Issue on the impact of the advances in agricultural waste utilization technology in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. The venue is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes articles and communications in the interdisciplinary area of environmental health sciences and public health. For detailed information on the journal, we refer you to https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph.

Agricultural waste is the general term of waste discharged by agricultural production, agricultural processing, livestock and poultry breeding industry, and rural residents. It is mainly organic waste and has the characteristics of large yield and biodegradability. However, at present, because of low-rate utilization and unreasonable treatment, many environmental and social problems have occurred, and public health is at risk. Considering the resource property of agricultural waste, effective resource utilization of agricultural waste will have potential positive significance for carbon emission reduction and energy structure adjustment. This Special Issue is open to any subject area related to agricultural waste utilization technology, including but not limited to mechanical, thermochemical, and biological technologies. The listed keywords suggest just a few of the many possibilities.

Dr. Xiaoyu Zuo
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Keywords

  • straw returning
  • anaerobic digestion
  • compost
  • fertilizer
  • biohydrogen
  • fermentation
  • animal feed
  • pyrolyzation
  • biochar
  • biogas
  • biorefinery
  • bioethanol
  • biomethane

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Evaluation of the Impact of Activated Biochar-Manure Compost Pellet Fertilizer on Volatile Organic Compound Emissions and Heavy Metal Saturation
by Minsoo Kim, Changyoon Jeong, Minjeong Kim, Joohee Nam, Changki Shim and Joungdu Shin
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(19), 12405; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912405 - 29 Sep 2022
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For this experiment, pelletized activated biochar made of rice hullsor palm bark with swine manure compost was prepared to demonstrate the significant benefits of applying activated biochar-manure compost pellet fertilizer (ABMCP) inmitigating volatile organic compounds (VOCs), odor emission, and heavy metal saturation. Morphology [...] Read more.
For this experiment, pelletized activated biochar made of rice hullsor palm bark with swine manure compost was prepared to demonstrate the significant benefits of applying activated biochar-manure compost pellet fertilizer (ABMCP) inmitigating volatile organic compounds (VOCs), odor emission, and heavy metal saturation. Morphology and surface area analysis indicated that the activated rice hull biochar-manure compost pellet (ARP) had a significantly lower surface area, porous volume, and Fe content the activated palm biochar-manure compost pellet (APP). However, the ARP presented great potential to mitigate VOCs and odorant emissions. Our results indicated that the ARP reduced total reduced sulfur (TRS) and volatile fatty acids (VFAs) emissions by 69% and 93%, respectively. Heavy metals such as Pb, As, and Cd were not detected in the leachates fromthe ARP, APP, and swine manure compost. These results suggest that ABMCP can be a potential adsorbent to control VOCs and odorant emissions andpromote sustainable swine manure management and agricultural application. Full article
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Determining Optimal Temperature Combination for Effective Pretreatment and Anaerobic Digestion of Corn Stalk
by Juan Li, Xiujin Li, Akiber Chufo Wachemo, Weiwei Chen and Xiaoyu Zuo
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(13), 8027; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19138027 - 30 Jun 2022
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Temperature is one of the important factors affecting both chemical pretreatment and anaerobic digestion (AD) process of corn stalk (CS). In this work, the combined ways between pretreatment temperature (40 °C and 60 °C) and AD temperature (35 °C and 55 °C) were [...] Read more.
Temperature is one of the important factors affecting both chemical pretreatment and anaerobic digestion (AD) process of corn stalk (CS). In this work, the combined ways between pretreatment temperature (40 °C and 60 °C) and AD temperature (35 °C and 55 °C) were selected to investigate the AD performance for sodium hydroxide (NaOH) pretreated CS. Three organic loading rates (OLRs) of 1.6, 1.8 and 2.0 g·L−1·d−1 were studied within 255 days using continuously stirred tank reactors (CSTR). The results revealed that biogas yields of CS after pretreated were higher than that of untreated groups by 36.79–55.93% and 11.49–32.35%, respectively. When the temperature of NaOH pretreatment changed from 40 °C to 60 °C, there was no significant difference in enhancing the methane yields during the three OLRs. The mesophilic AD (MAD) of CS pretreated with 2% NaOH under 40 °C and 60 °C conditions produced 275 and 280 mL·gvs−1 methane yield at OLR of 1.6 g·L−1·d−1. However, as the OLR increased, the methane yield of CS under thermophilic AD (TAD) condition was further higher than under MAD condition. Furthermore, from the perspectives of energy balance and economic analysis, AD of 40 °C-treated CS recovered more energy and TAD is less expensive. Therefore, temperature of 40 °C was considered as an appropriate for pretreatment whether in mesophilic or thermophilic AD system. On the other hand, TAD was chosen as the optimal AD temperatures for higher OLRs. Full article
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Closing the Nutrient Loop—The New Approaches to Recovering Biomass Minerals during the Biorefinery Processes
by Diana Constantinescu-Aruxandei and Florin Oancea
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(3), 2096; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032096 - 23 Jan 2023
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The recovery of plant mineral nutrients from the bio-based value chains is essential for a sustainable, circular bioeconomy, wherein resources are (re)used sustainably. The widest used approach is to recover plant nutrients on the last stage of biomass utilization processes—e.g., from ash, wastewater, [...] Read more.
The recovery of plant mineral nutrients from the bio-based value chains is essential for a sustainable, circular bioeconomy, wherein resources are (re)used sustainably. The widest used approach is to recover plant nutrients on the last stage of biomass utilization processes—e.g., from ash, wastewater, or anaerobic digestate. The best approach is to recover mineral nutrients from the initial stages of biomass biorefinery, especially during biomass pre-treatments. Our paper aims to evaluate the nutrient recovery solutions from a trans-sectorial perspective, including biomass processing and the agricultural use of recovered nutrients. Several solutions integrated with the biomass pre-treatment stage, such as leaching/bioleaching, recovery from pre-treatment neoteric solvents, ionic liquids (ILs), and deep eutectic solvents (DESs) or integrated with hydrothermal treatments are discussed. Reducing mineral contents on silicon, phosphorus, and nitrogen biomass before the core biorefinery processes improves processability and yield and reduces corrosion and fouling effects. The recovered minerals are used as bio-based fertilizers or as silica-based plant biostimulants, with economic and environmental benefits. Full article
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