Special Issue "Anaerobic Digestion Processes for Wastewater Treatment in Sustainability"

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue comprises selected papers covering the main advances in anaerobic processes applied to treat urban WW, black water, OFMSW liquors, landfill leachates, etc. There will be a special focus on pilot and full-scale applications.

The application of aerobic and energy-intensive processes in WWTP should be avoided in the future to convert those facilities into new WRRF (water resource recovery facilities). Anaerobic processes with the production of biomethane and downstream nutrients recovery will play an important role in the future of urban water planning strategies.

The results of the anaerobic treatment itself in new configurations (novel UASB, EGSB, biofilm reactors, use of GAC, etc.) might be complemented with membrane performance in AnMBR, methane recovery from permeate, fouling monitoring and control, water reuse, fertirrigation, downstream nutrients harvesting, etc.

There will be a focus on the production of the following:

• Biomethane that might be used for district heating, electricity generation, vehicular mobility, grid injection, etc. Of the outmost relevance is methane recovery (membrane contactors, vacuum stripping, etc.) of treatment (by DAMO bacteria for instance) in the anaerobic processes effluent to avoid methane emissions.
• Performance of anaerobic processes, organic load treated, inhibition overcoming, temperature impact, etc.
• Water quality obtained: PPCP, microplastics, viruses, etc.
• Centralized vs decentralized, sewer mining strategies. Treatment of source-separated black water.
• Downstream nutrients harvesting: microalgae growth, adsorption, ion exchange, etc.

The papers might be complemented with simulations, mathematical modeling, microbiological assessment, LCA, LCC, etc.

Dr. José Ramón Vázquez Padín
Dr. María Victoria Ruano García
Guest Editors

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• water reuse
• anaerobic
• AnMBR
• fertirrigation
• nutrients recovery
• biomethane
• GHG mitigation
• biofilm
• GAC