Anaerobic Digestion for Bioenergy

Emerging Technologies and Strategies for Bioenergy and Bioproduct Innovation
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-0-443-34005-5
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 310 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Anaerobic Digestion for Bioenergy: Emerging Technologies and Strategies for Bioenergy and Bioproduct Innovation presents the current state of bioenergy production technology, highlighting its potential, challenges, and future directions, and considering environmental, economic, and policy developments. With a focus on recent advancements in anaerobic digestion technologies within wastewater treatment and agriculture, the book explores the rapidly evolving field of bioenergy production from organic waste. It bridges the gap between academia, research and real-world, scalable, industrial anaerobic digestion applications. The opening chapters of the book provide a foundational introduction to anaerobic digestion and the characterization and preprocessing of wastewater and agriculture waste feedstock. This is followed by seven chapters focusing on various technological aspects of anaerobic digestion, including treatment technologies and strategies, dark fermentation, the production of volatile fatty acids and bioplastics, nutrient recovery, and grid integration. Five chapters addresss sustainability issues related to anaerobic digestion covering life cycle assessments, techno-economic analysis of anaerobic digestion in circular economies, policy issues and safety standards. Finally, the book concludes on the integration of artificial intelligence and future trends of anaerobic digestion. The comprehensive coverage of Anaerobic Digestion for Bioenergy: Emerging Technologies and Strategies for Bioenergy and Bioproduct Innovation will be invaluable to scientists, researchers, engineers, industrial practitioners and policymakers working on or interested in anaerobic digestion. The book also offers a valuable introduction on anaerobic digestion for graduate and postgraduate students working on biofuels, bioproducts and biomass conversion technologies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hassanein, Amro

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Alternative und erneuerbare Energien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction of biological conversion and AD technology
2. Feedstock Characterization and Preprocessing
3. Treatment Strategies in Bioenergy Production
4. Advancements in Dark Fermentation
5. Volatile Fatty Acids (VFAs) Production and arrest methanogenesis
6. Bioplastic Production from Waste
7. Nutrient Recovery in Bioenergy Processes
8. Advances in Treatment Technologies
9. Integrating AD into Renewable Energy Systems and electric grid
10. Lifecycle Analysis of AD Systems
11. Techno-economic Analysis of AD Systems and Circular Economy
12. Policy Landscape and Economic Implications of AD
13. AD Auditing Processes and Safety Standards
14. AI Optimization in Anaerobic Digestion and the Future Trends

Über Autor(innen)

Hassanein, Amro
Dr. Hassanein brings over 16 years of research experience and business development in bioenergy, biosolids research, bioprocessing, and sustainability. He has a strong record in funding and proposal management, securing over $15 million in funding.

His research expertise lies in environmental biotechnology, applying engineering principles to maximize renewable energy production and address challenges in biosolids and wastewater treatment. This includes work in microbial fuel cells (MFC), microbial electrolysis cells (MEC), anaerobic digestion (AD), fast pyrolysis, gasification, and nanotechnology applications in waste management. Dr. Hassanein has also focused on life cycle assessments of bioenergy and nutrient transformations.

In the last 5 years, Dr. Hassanein has been awarded 9 grants, as a PI or Co-PI, totaling $15 million from prestigious organizations such as the US Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Defense (DOD), National Science Foundation (NSF), and Maryland state departments. He has been involved in high-impact projects such as "Innovative Bioplastic Production with Microbial Electrochemical Technology (MET)" and "Systematic Characterization of Variability in MSW Streams for Fuel Production". He is a recognized scientist, having been invited to over 20 TV interviews and presenting his research at numerous top conferences more than 60 times. Dr. Hassanein's work on "Using Electrochemical Systems for Waste Treatment and Energy Production" was awarded at the 2023 BBIORESTEC conference in Italy.