Food Waste to Biofuels
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "B2: Clean Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2024) | Viewed by 236
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Interests: agroecology; biobased products; bioeconomy; bioenergy; climate change mitigation and adaptation; ecosystem services; intercropping; marginal land; resilience; perennial crops; wild plants
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Interests: bioenergy; carbon-based catalysts; technoeconomic analysis; life cycle assessment; oxy-combustion; power generation; carbon capture and utilization; biomass gasification; hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass; biofuels production; Fischer–Tropsch synthesis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Due to the existential impacts of the consumption of fossil-based fuels on the global biosphere via the release of greenhouse gases, the research of non-fossil-based alternatives has been promoted for decades. One promising source of non-fossil-based alternatives are biomasses that can be processed into biofuels; this is a main pillar of the renewable energy sector. Of all the biomass candidates, food waste is considered a promising resource due to its proliferating volume and lack of alternative applications. Since most food (grains, vegetables, fruits, meat, and dairy) originates from agricultural production, the fate of what is left after it is consumed is of great significance to the holistic (cradle-to-grave) sustainability of agriculture. Therefore, this Special Issue is focused on both the biochemical conversion, such as biogas production via anaerobic digestion, and the thermochemical conversion of food waste, such as pyrolysis, gasification, and hydrothermal liquefaction via catalytic and non-catalytic processes. This Special Issue will also report upon the characteristics of various municipal, communal and agricultural wastes, a range of catalytic and non-catalytic thermochemical conversions, different heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysts, and the numerous characteristics of the biofuels produced. The submission of papers to this Special Issue assessing the feasibility of these processes from an economic and environmental perspective via techno-economic analysis (TEA) and life cycle analysis (LCA) is also welcome.
We look forward to your contributions.
Dr. Moritz von Cossel
Dr. Shima Masoumi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- anaerobic digestion
- biofuels
- catalysts
- clean energy
- food waste
- LCA
- TEA
- thermochemical conversion
