Management and Reuse of Sewage Sludge from Wastewater Treatment
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Wastewater Treatment and Reuse".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2021) | Viewed by 3448
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biomass; gasification; heavy metals; sewage sludge; sustainability; thermo-chemical process; wastewater; waste management
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Interests: biomass gasification, pyrolysis, and torrefaction; adsorption of contaminants (mainly heavy metals) by porous solids; advances in mineral processing and management of mining waste; plastic waste management; life cycle assessment
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sewage sludge is the solid by-product of municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plants. The global production of sewage sludge is expected to rise significantly in the next years due to increasing water demand and the requirements of wastewater treatment plants. With this increased sludge production, the necessity of an economic and environmentally sustainable treatment process is an important social issue. The papers of this Special Issue will address the current state of the art on the existing sewage sludge management solutions in terms of efficiency and environmental sustainability, in the circular economy “from waste to resources” sense. The importance of sewage sludge as a valuable source of matter and energy has been appreciated; however, its application has an associate risk due to the content of inorganic and organic toxic contaminants. Therefore, management solutions will have to take into account the economic and sustainable use of sewage sludge, and the existing legislation. Moreover, contributions are not limited to sewage sludge, and works related to obtained products from sewage sludge valorization will be also relevant for the scope of the Special Issue.
Dr. Alicia Ronda Gálvez
Dr. María Ángeles Martín-Lara
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ashes
- biochar
- bio-oil
- environmental sustainability
- sewage sludge
- syngas
- thermochemical process
- valorization
- waste management
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