Anaerobic Digestion Technology for the Transformation and Utilization of Organic Wastes

Dear Colleagues,

Global environmental crises and resource shortages pose a huge challenge to the development of human society. On the one hand, organic wastes contain rich resources, such as biomass, sludge, wastewater, plastic, etc. On the other hand, if these organic wastes are not well-disposed, they will cause serious problems for the environment. Anaerobic digestion (AD) has been widely used to treat organic wastes for bioenergy and biochemical production. A variety of valuable products have been generated using AD, including methane, hydrogen, electricity, organic acids, alcohols, amino acids, biopolymers, etc. Thus, efficient AD technology for organic waste transformation and utilization shows great potential in the improvement of social energy structures, carbon emission reduction, and environmental protection. Exploring novel AD techniques and understanding the underling mechanisms of this system is of great significance to improve AD efficiency. It has the capability to change future fuel and chemical markets, and will help to construct a low-carbon society and economy.

This Special Issue will publish both recent research results and review papers on the fundamental and upscaling aspects of AD technology for the transformation and utilization of organic wastes, including, but not limited to, stimulation strategies, applied microbial cultures, substrates and products, reactor design, and industrial process control in AD.

Dr. Xiayuan Wu
Guest Editor

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• anaerobic digestion
• organic wastes
• nanomaterials
• electro-fermentation
• biofuels
• biochemicals
• low-carbon economy
• synthetic biology
• quorum sensing
• pollutant transformation