Recycling of Agricultural and Food Waste for Biofuel and Biochar Production: Recent Advances and Future Directions

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sciences".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 322

Special Issue Editors

National Institute of Scientific Research of Quebec (INRS), Quebec, QC G1P 4S5, Canada
Interests: environmental science; bioprocess and process engineering; material science
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Department of Civil and Building Engineering, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1N 0C6, Canada
Interests: environmental chemistry and biotechnology; emerging contaminants; chemical engineering; material science

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Among the largest environmental problems requiring increased attention in the future is the management of agricultural and industrial waste. This is especially true given the rising demand for bioproducts that is expected to double by 2050 and the parallel wide variety of industrial processes currently being employed.

Over the past two decades, numerous technologies have been created with the aim of transforming organic waste into high-value products. The conversion of agricultural and industrial waste for the production of biofuels and biopolymers is a very intriguing notion with the potential to play a crucial part in the energy transition. The process of recycling bioresidues using novel technologies is garnering increased interest due to its efficiency and the large range of applications.

We are interested in publishing manuscripts examining:

  • The conversion and bioconversion processes of agricultural and industrial waste into biofuel;
  • The conversion and bioconversion process of agricultural and industrial waste into biopolymers and other bioproducts;
  • Bioproducts and greenhouse gas reduction and life cycle analysis;
  • Studies on the innovative potential application of microbial bioproducts.

Dr. Tarek Rouissi
Dr. Linson Lonappan
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • valorization
  • biofuels
  • biochar
  • agricultural and food waste
  • greenhouse gas emissions

Published Papers

There is no accepted submissions to this special issue at this moment.
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