Call for Papers: Special Issue on Biowaste-to-Biofuels
摘要截稿:
全文截稿: 2019-01-31
影响因子: 5.448
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CCF分类: 无
中科院JCR分区:
• 大类 : 环境科学与生态学 - 2区
• 小类 : 工程:环境 - 2区
• 小类 : 环境科学 - 2区
Overview
Biowaste typically includes biodegradable municipal and industrial waste (food and kitchen waste from households and restaurants, waste from food processing plants, animal manure, biodegradable garden and park waste), biodegradable agricultural or fishery residues, and more. It is an important fraction of total solid waste, and a crucial part of municipal solid waste. In the 35 OECD countries, which generate 44% of the total MSW of the world, this fraction has a yearly generation rate of about 177 million tonnes. Only a limited part of this amount (37% in OECD countries) is currently sent to biological treatment. This indicates a huge potential of resource recovery from this biowaste.
There are numerous conversion technologies capable of transforming these feedstocks into biofuels, which could strongly contribute to the decarbonisation of heating and transportation sectors, and become an important fraction of the energy mix. Many of these technologies are still at pilot scale, whilst those in demonstration include gasification routes to biomethane (bioSNG), Fischer-Tropsch diesel & jet and alcohols, pyrolysis oil upgrading, lignocellulosic ethanol and butanol. Some technologies are commercially available, but are compatible with specific types of biowaste, such as biomethane from anaerobic digestion, Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME) biodiesel esterification, ethanol (C6 sugar) fermentation, and Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil.
This Special Issue aims to draw together current progress on alternative strategies for biofuel production from different kinds of biowaste, taking into account technical suitability, economic feasibility, market competition and environmental sustainability.
The following topics will be addressed:
- Biowaste-to-Biofuels via biological pathway
- Biowaste-to-Biofuels via thermochemical pathway
- Alternative strategies
- Biogas upgrading technologies (physical, chemical and biological technologies)