Agricultural and Aquacultural By-Products for Bioenergy Applications
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A4: Bio-Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 11 September 2024 | Viewed by 206
Special Issue Editor
Interests: algal biotechnology; biomass conversion; community ecology
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Dear Colleagues,
Discussions around the use of waste materials from agricultural and aquacultural sectors are widespread as these less glorious resources could provide new valorization opportunities. Critically, a conventional view on waste valorization was more or less limited to using agricultural and aquacultural wastes as fertilizers or soil conditioners, allowing only minuscule commercial values recuperable from different waste streams. However, new technological advances are being increasingly reported, especially in the area of “upcycling” industrial by-products, opening up new commercialization opportunities. Perhaps more interestingly, coupling waste by-products with less-considered industrial sectors could also provide immediate valorization opportunities with minimal modifications to the existing facilities and production practices.
In this Special Issue of Energies, original research articles and reviews in the broad area of waste valorization will be considered. “Waste” herein is not limited to solid by-products from agriculture and aquaculture; rather, it is used in a broad sense to include any leftover materials following the recovery of the main product. Therefore, liquid waste (e.g., agricultural wastewater) as well as exhaust gas (e.g., biogas) will also be considered. We will consider any technological or theoretical advances with respect to:
- Identifying new waste materials that could be valued as a raw material for the production of bioenergy, food, or feed.
- Improving existing waste valorization technologies.
- Evaluating the feasibility of existing or new waste valorization strategies.
Potential contributors uncertain about the suitability of his or her work are welcome to forward their inquiries to the guest editor (Dr. Jin-Ho Yun), along with any other inquires related to the Special Issue. We look forward to receiving your contributions!
Dr. Jin-Ho Yun
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- agricultural and aquacultural by-products
- biogas utilization, life cycle analysis (LCA)
- process assessment
- solid waste
- techno-economic assessment (TEA)
- waste upcycling
- wastewater remediation
- waste valorization
