Advanced Separation and High-Value Recovery Technologies for Agroindustrial Waste Biorefining
A special issue of Separations (ISSN 2297-8739). This special issue belongs to the section "Separation Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 November 2026 | Viewed by 9
Special Issue Editor
Interests: water; potabilization; agroindustrial waste conversion; circular economy; analytical chemistry
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue will emphasize recent advances in separation and recovery technologies for effective conversion of biomass into high-value bioproducts within integrated biorefinery schemes. Contributions will cover the state of the art in innovative and sustainable processes that address the intrinsic complexity and heterogeneity of biogenic feedstocks. Emphasis will be placed on developments in membrane-based separations and hybrid technologies, including adsorption, extraction, and chromatography, with a focus on process intensification, clean energy use, and selectivity enhancement.
This Special Issue will also focus on advanced membrane materials and configurations for fractionation of organic, biochemical, and platform molecules, as well as solvent-based approaches, including deep eutectic solvents and sorption-driven recovery strategies. Integration of separation units with upstream conversion and downstream purification steps will be discussed as a key enabler for circular and zero-waste biorefinery concepts. Overall, this Special Issue will welcome works on emerging separation technologies and their techno-economic and sustainability implications.
We cordially invite all specialists and researchers to submit their work. We are seeking papers, case studies, and reviews that explore innovations, optimizations, and successful applications of these technologies, with a focus on their impact on creating cleaner, more efficient, and circular industrial systems. We look forward to receiving your valuable submissions.
Dr. María de Lourdes Ballinas Casarrubias
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biorefinery
- biomass valorization
- membrane-based separations
- hybrid separation processes
- process intensification
- advanced membrane materials
- biogenic feedstocks
- circular bioeconomy
- zero-waste processes
- adsorption
- chromatography
- deep eutectic solvents
- solvent-based separations
- selective fractionation
- platform chemicals
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