Novel Approaches in Hydrothermal Biomass and Wastewater Recycling
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 726
Special Issue Editors
Interests: phytoremediation of heavy metals and pharmaceuticals; constructed wetlands; water reuse; water quality; treatment of industrial effluents; surface water and groundwater monitoring
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Interests: biomaterial; biorefine; nanocellulose; water; microplastic and pollution
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Today, wet biomass is generated in large quantities through different raw material transformation activities and is considered waste. For example, wastewater treatment plants generatate an significant amount of agro-industrial biomass in the form of biological sludge or, alternatively, important biomass is generated from phytoremediation technologies, such as constructed wetlands, etc. There are various biomass transformation processes extant today, but hydrothermal processes in particular are attracting attention, since they are processes that use water, pressure and temperature to convert biomass into valuable products and biofuel. Depending on the temperature and pressure, hydrothermal processes can be divided into three categories: hydrothermal carbonization, hydrothermal liquefaction and hydrothermal gasification. Despite the fact that hydrothermal processes are well-known, there are multiple existing knowlege gaps, for instance regarding the great diversity of existing biomasses as residues, the energy efficiency of the processes, the cost–benefit analysis of such processes and their combination with other technologies, the evaluation of by-products (material and biofuel) and the recycling/treatment of wastewater generated, among others. For this reason, this Special Issue of Applied Sciences focuses on the current state of knowledge on the novel approaches in hydrothermal biomass and wastewater recycling. This Special Issue will publish high-quality, original research papers, from the overlapping fields of:
- Hydrothermal pretreatment of wet biomass of different sources;
- Hydrothermal carbonization process for hydrochar production;
- Hydrothermal liquefaction of different biomasses;
- Biomass recycling through hydrothermal processes;
- Application of biochar in constructed wetlands and other technologies;
- Wastewater treatment and recycling in hydrothermal processes.
Prof. Dr. Florentina Zurita
Dr. Belkis Sulbarán Rangel
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wet biomass
- carbonization
- liquefaction
- wastewater recycling
- hydrochar
- biofuel production
- pollutant degradation
- supercritical water gasification
- hydrochar
