TY - JOUR
T1 - Anaerobic digestion beyond biogas
AU - Khanal, Samir Kumar
AU - Lü, Fan
AU - Wong, Jonathan W. C.
AU - Wu, Di
AU - Oechsner, Hans
N1 - Funding Information:
We are thankful to all authors of the selected manuscripts for sharing their works and also to all the reviewers for their valuable time and efforts in reviewing the manuscripts. Furthermore, we greatly acknowledge the full support of Prof. Ashok Pandey, Editor-in-Chief, the Publishing Editor, Dr. Adam Fraser, Journal Manager, Leonard Daniel, and SI Content Developer, Ms. Hannah Zhang of Elsevier their for relentless support in publishing this special issue in a timely manner.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2021/10
Y1 - 2021/10
N2 - Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a matured technology for waste (water) remediation/stabilization and bioenergy generation in the form of biogas. AD technology has several inherent benefits ranging from generating renewable energy, remediating waste (water), and reducing greenhouse gas emission to improving health/hygiene and the overall socio-economic status of rural communities in developing nations. In recent years, there has been a paradigm shift in applications of AD technology beyond biogas. This special issue (SI) entitled, “Anaerobic Digestion Beyond Biogas (ADBB-2021),” was conceptualized to incorporate some of the recent advances in AD in which the emphasis is beyond biogas, such as anaerobic biorefinery, chain elongation, treatment of micropollutants, toxicity and system stability, digestate as biofertilizer, bio-electrochemical systems, innovative bioreactors, carbon sequestration, biogas upgrading, microbiomes, waste (water) remediation, residues/waste pre-treatment, promoter addition, and modeling, process control, and automation, among others. This VSI: ADBB-2021 contains 53 manuscripts (14 critical reviews and 39 research). The key findings of each manuscript are briefly summarized here, which can serve as a valuable resource for AD researchers to learn of major advances in AD technology and identify future research directions.
AB - Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a matured technology for waste (water) remediation/stabilization and bioenergy generation in the form of biogas. AD technology has several inherent benefits ranging from generating renewable energy, remediating waste (water), and reducing greenhouse gas emission to improving health/hygiene and the overall socio-economic status of rural communities in developing nations. In recent years, there has been a paradigm shift in applications of AD technology beyond biogas. This special issue (SI) entitled, “Anaerobic Digestion Beyond Biogas (ADBB-2021),” was conceptualized to incorporate some of the recent advances in AD in which the emphasis is beyond biogas, such as anaerobic biorefinery, chain elongation, treatment of micropollutants, toxicity and system stability, digestate as biofertilizer, bio-electrochemical systems, innovative bioreactors, carbon sequestration, biogas upgrading, microbiomes, waste (water) remediation, residues/waste pre-treatment, promoter addition, and modeling, process control, and automation, among others. This VSI: ADBB-2021 contains 53 manuscripts (14 critical reviews and 39 research). The key findings of each manuscript are briefly summarized here, which can serve as a valuable resource for AD researchers to learn of major advances in AD technology and identify future research directions.
KW - Agri-residues
KW - Anaerobic digestion
KW - Biochemicals
KW - Organic wastes
KW - Value-added products
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85108381593&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125378
DO - 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125378
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 34166927
AN - SCOPUS:85108381593
SN - 0960-8524
VL - 337
JO - Bioresource Technology
JF - Bioresource Technology
M1 - 125378
ER -
