Experimental Investigation and Modeling of Biowaste Conversion into Renewable Energy and Resources
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 February 2025 | Viewed by 250
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The reduction in virgin raw material reserves, along with the accumulation of large amounts of waste, imposes the need to apply the postulates of the circular bioeconomy in the production of energy and resources. Biowaste is a valuable renewable source of organic components that can be easily upgraded to biofuels and various chemicals and materials. In addition to solving the problem of biowaste disposal, the valorization of biowaste towards biofuels and biochemicals also reduces the negative environmental and economic consequences of using fossil fuels. The development and successful commercialization of biowaste conversion processes essentially depend on the precision of the process and design of the equipment, which require knowledge of the present reaction mechanisms and transport phenomena.
This Special Issue is dedicated to the experimental and computational optimization of the process of converting biowaste into renewable energy and resources. Hence, high-quality papers reporting the results of experimental research and modeling related to the stated topics are of the highest interest for this Special Issue. Topics include, but not are limited to, the following:
- Thermochemical conversion of biowaste;
- Biochemical conversion of biowaste;
- Biowaste conversion process modeling and simulation;
- Integrated process design and optimization of biowaste conversion.
Dr. Gorica R. Ivaniš
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biowaste
- conversion
- renewable energy
- biofuels
- modeling
- optimization
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