Technological Innovations to Overcome Limitations of Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment

Dear Colleagues,

Anaerobic wastewater treatment is a dynamically developing technology that ensures the effective degradation of organic compounds and biogas production. This technological solution surpasses aerobic methods in many aspects, with advantages associated with the feasibility of operation at high organic loading rates, the lower production of difficult-to-manage sewage sludge, the smaller space and cubature required, and the high-methane biogas produced. The exploitation of anaerobic reactors complies with the Sustainable Development Goals, where this technology facilitates the establishment of the circular economy, material recycling with reduced carbon dioxyde emissions and energy consumption, and the production of renewable energy. Despite their advantages, there remains an urgent need to seek novel approaches and enhance the current installations.

This Special Issue, entitled “Technological Innovations to Overcome Limitations of Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment”, will curate novel advances in research addressing improvements in the stability of bioreactor operations and the enhancement of bioreactor adaptability to changing and unfavorable process parameters. The aim of this Special Issue is to present up-to-date technological knowledge regarding innovative anaerobic wastewater treatment, the effectiveness of which has been corroborated.

Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Bioreactor with separate zones for the individual steps of methane fermentation, incorporating active fillings to promote nutrients removal, and introducing chemical and physical treatments or pretreatments.
• Water treatment and resource recovery from combined domestic and industrial wastewater.
• Electro-anaerobic bioremediation strategies for the sustainable and ecofriendly depollution of industrial wastewater.
• Resource recovery from source-separated domestic wastewater: energy, water, nutrients and organics.
• Recovery of organic added-value products from wastewater.

Thanks you and I look forward to receiving your submissions.

Sincerely,

Prof. Dr. Ulises Durán-Hinojosa
Prof. Dr. Mónica A. Meraz-Rodríguez
Guest Editors

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• anaerobic treatment
• biorefinery
• energy recovery
• material recovery municipal wastewater
• valorization
• electro-anaerobic