Innovative Biotechnologies towards Energy-Efficient Treatment of Wastewater
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Water Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (13 October 2023) | Viewed by 3779
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ioremediation; phytoremediation; air pollution; noise pollution; soil pollution
Interests: wastewater treatment; solid waste managment
2. Department of Biological Sciences and Technology, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan
Interests: wastewater treatment technologies; soil and water pollution abatement strategies
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Climate change is a great concern for the modern world and achieving carbon neutrality by the end of the 21st century is currently one of the most pressing challenges. Conventional sewage treatment plants, such as activated sludge, require a high amount of energy due to the aeration required. They also consequentially have a high carbon footprint, which is contrary to the goal of carbon emissions reduction. In recent years, different modern biotechnologies have been established with great potential to treat wastewater while consuming less energy. However, more research and advancements to provide innovative biotechnologies for energy-efficient wastewater treatment are needed.
This Special Issue, “Innovative Biotechnologies Towards Energy-Efficient Treatment of Wastewater”, offers an opportunity for scientists from across the world to exchange ideas and practical insights on how to develop energy-efficient wastewater treatment plants. Therefore, in this Special Issue, we are calling for authors to submit their novel research and review articles on topics related innovative biotechnological techniques for the Energy-Efficient Treatment of Wastewater and additional resource recovery.
The following is an overview of the primary concepts:
- Anaerobic membrane bioreactors;
- Microbial fuel cells (MFC) for electricity generation and Wastewater treatment;
- Anammox;
- Resource recovery from wastewater and sludge;
- Microbes-based approaches for the treatment of contaminants;
- Organic and inorganic amendments in efficiently improving microbe and algae treatment;
- Carbon sequestration from wastewater;
- Other cutting-edge biotechnologies for effluent treatment;
- Bioremediation and resource recovery from wastewater treatment plants;
- Phytotreatment of municipal and industrial wastewater;
- Sustainable plant-microbe and chelating agent treatment of wastewater.
Dr. Mujahid Farid
Dr. Zaki ul Zaman Asam
Dr. Shafaqat Ali
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wastewater treatment
- microbial fuel cells (MFCs)
- anaerobic digestion
- resource recovery
- anammox
- chelating agents
- bioremediation
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