Greenhouse Gas and Air Pollution Mitigation in the Waste Sector and Bioenergy
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "B: Energy and Environment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 18 February 2025 | Viewed by 130
Special Issue Editor
Interests: environmental engineering; energy from waste; open burning; formation of air pollutants in combustion, incineration, and industrial processes; flue gas treatment; air emission measurements; air emission inventory and management; air quality impact assessment; source appointment; air quality management and protection; air pollution monitoring and assessment; atmospheric dispersion modeling
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Dear Colleagues,
The growing number of manufactured and consumed products causes not only an increase in the amount of waste generated that requires processing but also in the associated GHG and air pollutant emissions. Moreover, using the produced biomass instead of fossil fuels for energy purposes may help mitigate GHG emissions. Therefore, there is a need to supplement our knowledge on the role of the waste sector as a source of greenhouse gas (GHG) and air pollutant emissions and that of bioenergy in the production of neutral or negative carbon emissions. Further studies assessing the effects of replacing non-renewable energy sources with energy from waste or biomass, as well as other measures, on reducing GHG or air pollutant emissions are also needed. I therefore invite you to submit valuable research or review papers in this area and co-create content for this Special Issue (SI).
This SI covers all aspects related to the assessment and mitigation of GHG and air pollutant emissions in the waste sector, bioenergy and related activities, and possible or observed energy and environmental effects. Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:
- GHG mitigation;
- Air pollution prevention and control;
- GHG and air pollutant emission factors;
- Waste recovery or disposal and GHG/air pollutant emissions;
- Air pollution from waste/biomass fires or open burning;
- Circular waste management systems;
- Biomass waste as a renewable carbon material;
- Waste to energy;
- Biomass power and heating conversion pathways;
- Energy/bioenergy conversion efficiency;
- Biofuels and the problems or benefits of their use;
- Waste incineration or co-combustion with carbon capture and storage (CCS);
- Bioenergy with CCS;
- Lifecycle assessment;
- Carbon footprint in waste sector and bioenergy.
Dr. Robert Oleniacz
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- GHG mitigation
- air emission control
- emission factors
- waste management
- energy from waste
- bioenergy
- biofuels
- air pollution
- environmental benefits
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