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Municipal Solid Waste for Energy Production and Resource Recovery
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Municipal Solid Waste for Energy Production and Resource Recovery

A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental and Green Processes".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 November 2024 | Viewed by 937

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Md. Salatul Islam Mozumder

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Department of Chemical Engineering & Polymer Science, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet 3114, Bangladesh
Interests: waste-to-product; polyhydroxyalkanoates; fermentation; biological wastewater treatment; adsorption; membrane technology
Dr. Rajan Kumar Thapa

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Department of Process, Energy and Environmental Technology, Faculty of Technology, Natural Sciences and Maritime Sciences, Campus Porsgrunn, University of South-Eastern Norway, Kjølnes 56, 3918 Porsgrunn, Norway
Interests: gasification of biomass and waste; fluidized bed; computational particle fluid dynamics
Dr. Surajbhan Sevda

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Environmental Bioprocess Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology, Warangal 506004, Telangana, India
Interests: biological wastewater treatment; water reuse; solid waste treatment; microbial fuel cell
Dr. Nabin Aryal

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Faculty of Technology, Natural Sciences and Maritime Sciences, Department of Microsystems, University of Southeast Norway, N-3184 Borre, Norway
Interests: bioelectrochemistry; microbes-material interaction; electrode material; CO2 and gas conversion
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Dear Colleagues,

Municipal solid waste (MSW) is nowadays considered a renewable resource for energy generation and building blocks for several products. A number of studies have shown the potential of MSW to produce high-value materials. These have focused on either thermochemical technology or biochemical technology. Thermochemical processes include incineration, pyrolysis, gasification, and hydrothermal liquefaction, and biochemical processes include composting, anaerobic digestion, fermentation, etc. Thermochemical technologies have higher conversion efficiency, with almost zero waste generation; on the other hand, biochemical process are greener and sustainable, with low energy demand. There are also some novel processes used to valorise MSW, such as production of bioelectricity, bio-hydrogen, biopesticides, biopolymers, etc. All of these processes have both opportunities and obstacles; some are technically feasible but environmentally and economically unfeasible, and some are economically feasible but environmentally unfeasible.

This Special Issue on “Municipal Solid Waste for Energy Production and Resource Recovery” will explore all the possibilities of using MSW as raw materials to obtain maximum benefits and ensure technical, environmental, and economic viability. We are looking for high-quality works to gather innovative and sustainable solutions to improve the application potentiality of MSW as raw materials.

Prof. Dr. Md. Salatul Islam Mozumder
Dr. Rajan Kumar Thapa
Dr. Surajbhan Sevda
Dr. Nabin Aryal
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Keywords

  • waste-to-energy technologies
  • life-cycle analysis of MSW
  • application of circular economy to MSW
  • production of new materials from MSW
  • recycling, recovery, and valorisations of waste
  • development of new technology for resource recovery from MSW
  • novel and environmental friendly MSW management systems

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Activation of Low-Quality Coal Gangue Using Suspension Calcination for the Preparation of High-Performance Low-Carbon Cementitious Materials: A Pilot Study
by Hongbo Zhang, Shaowu Jiu, Qianwen Gao, Sijun Zhao, Yanxin Chen, Feng Cheng, Ding Han, Ruihong Shi, Kaixin Yuan, Jiacheng Li, Yuxin Li, Zichun Wang and Bo Zhao
Processes 2024, 12(3), 550; https://doi.org/10.3390/pr12030550 - 11 Mar 2024
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Although the calcination-based activation of coal gangue is important for its valorization in the form of cementitious materials, the related works mainly focus on high-quality coal gangue, neglecting its low-quality counterpart. To bridge this gap, we herein conducted the pilot-scale suspension calcination of [...] Read more.
Although the calcination-based activation of coal gangue is important for its valorization in the form of cementitious materials, the related works mainly focus on high-quality coal gangue, neglecting its low-quality counterpart. To bridge this gap, we herein conducted the pilot-scale suspension calcination of low-quality coal gangue; explored the effects of calcination temperature, particle size, and O2 content on the phase composition of the calcined product, kaolinite decomposition, decarbonization, and silica/alumina dissolution; and evaluated calcination-product-based cementitious materials. Under optimal conditions (temperature = 875–900 °C; particle size = 39.71–46.84 μm; and O2 content = 12–14%), the carbon content of the calcined product equaled 1.24–1.87 wt%, and the dissolution rates of activated alumina and silica were 77.6–79.5% and 49.4–51.1%, respectively. The 28 d compressive strength (50.8–55.7 MPa) and true activity index (98.8–108.4%) of the cementitious material prepared at a calcination product dosage of 30–38 wt% met the standard of 42.5 grade cement. This study demonstrated the suitability of suspension calcination for the preparation of high-performance low-carbon cementitious materials from low-quality coal gangue, thus providing a basis for further industrialization and technological development. Full article
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