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Integrated Biorefineries

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Chemical Engineering and Technology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2020) | Viewed by 4131

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Shiplu Sarker

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Department of Manufacturing and Civil Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Teknologivegen 9, 2815 Gjøvik, Norway
Interests: renewable energy; biomass; anaerobic digestion; waste treatment; environment; solid waste management; biomass conversion; sustainability; energy engineering; energy conversion
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleague,

This Special Issue of Sustainability is inviting original research and review articles that focus on identifying biorefinery integration problems and proposing techniques involved in thermochemical, biochemical and innovative sustainable approaches for the production of a range of bio-based products through maximizing biomass utilization while minimizing waste. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:

  • Key factors influencing the cost of medium to large scale biorefinery plants
  • Environmental aspects of biorefinery plants
  • Innovative approaches in biorefinery process optimization
  • Sustainable strategies in biomass production and biorefinery process integration
  • Resource conservation and waste management
  • Environmental impact assessment of biorefinery products

Dr. Shiplu Sarker
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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Keywords

  • biorefinery
  • biomass feedstock
  • thermochemical conversion
  • biochemical conversion
  • process integration
  • process optimization
  • waste management.

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19 pages, 2312 KiB  
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Optimization of Reactor Temperature for Continuous Anaerobic Digestion of Cow Manure: Bangladesh Perspective
by Rajesh Nandi, Chayan Kumer Saha, Shiplu Sarker, Md. Sanaul Huda and Md. Monjurul Alam
Sustainability 2020, 12(21), 8772; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12218772 - 22 Oct 2020
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Abstract
Converting organic waste into energy through anaerobic digestion is gaining popularity day by day. The reactor temperature is considered as one of the most vital factors for the digestion process. An experiment was conducted in the Biogas Laboratory of Green Energy Knowledge Hub [...] Read more.
Converting organic waste into energy through anaerobic digestion is gaining popularity day by day. The reactor temperature is considered as one of the most vital factors for the digestion process. An experiment was conducted in the Biogas Laboratory of Green Energy Knowledge Hub at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) to examine the influence of temperature on anaerobic digestion of cow-dung. Laboratory-scale continuous stirred tank reactors with a working volume of 15 L were operated for a 30-day retention time. The reactors were set at 20 °C, 25 °C, 30 °C, 35 °C, 40 °C and 45 °C, respectively to determine the effect of temperature on anaerobic digestion performance. Different parameters like total solids, volatile solids, pH, volatile fatty acids, ammonia nitrogen, total nitrogen, biogas production rate and methane concentration were examined. Among all the reactors, the reactor at 40 °C temperature produced maximum biogas (312.43 L/kg VS) and methane yields (209.70 L/kg VS), followed by the reactors at 35 °C and 30 °C, respectively. Statistical analysis of the obtained experimental results using Minitab® showed that the optimum process performance in terms of methane yield and volatile solid degradation is achieved at a reactor temperature of 35.82 °C. Full article
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