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High-Value Bioenergy Recovery from Wastewater presents the science and technologies behind high-value liquid, colloid and solid bioenergy recovery in municipal sewage treatment plants, thus allowing for the easy collection, storage, and transportation of recovered bioenergy. Broken into four parts, the book addresses potential high-value bioenergy from sewage, the science behind and technical module related to high-value liquid bioenergy recovery and high-value colloid and solid bioenergy recovery, and concludes with integrated modules for high-value bioenergy recovery. Academic and industry researchers working in bioenergy, scientists and engineers working in the treatment of wastewater, and industry practitioners who are interested in adding value to the sewage and the sludge obtained in the treatment of wastewater will benefit from this reference, as will advanced graduate and post-graduate students interested in bioenergy and wastewater treatment.
List of contents
Part I: Potential high-value bioenergy from sewage 1. Sewage as a bioenergy resource pool
2. Sewage sludge compositions and its bioenergy recovery potential
Part II: High-value liquid bioenergy recovery: Science and technical module 3. Short-chain fatty acids recovery from sewage sludge
4. Bioconversion of methane to short-chain fatty acids
5. Medium-chain fatty acids production from sewage sludge
6. Long-chain alcohols production from sewage sludge
7. Biolipid production from sewage cultivated microalgae and sludge
Part III: High-value colloid and solid bioenergy recovery: Science and technical module 8. Cellulose recovery from sewage sludge
9. Microbial protein recovery from sewage
10. Extracellular polymers recovery from sewage sludge
11. Organic fertilizers production from sewage sludge
12. Plant-growth biostimulants production from sewage sludge
Part IV: Integrated modules for high-value bioenergy recovery 13. Scale-up/pilot scale studies and development for high-value bioenergy recovery in MSTP
14. Life-cycle assessment for single and integrated recovery module
About the author
Prof. Bing-Jie Ni is an IWA Fellow and Full Professor at The University of New South Wales, in Australia. He works in the field of environmental technology and wastewater treatment, particularly the interface among process engineering, microbial biotechnology, materials science and mathematical modeling, focusing on the integration of these disciplines to develop innovative and sustainable technological solutions to achieve high-levels of pollutant removal from wastewater with a minimised carbon footprint and maximised energy recovery, in order to transform wastes or wastewater from a troublesome pollutant to a valuable resource and save large quantities of greenhouse gas emissions. Prof. Ni has published 2 research books, 30 book chapters, and more than 500 papers in referred ISI journals. He serves as He serves as Editor-in-Chief for Cleaner Water (Elsevier), Editor for Sustainable Horizons (Elsevier), and Associate Editor for the Environmental Chemistry Letters (Springer) and Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology (Taylor).
Dr. Xuran Liu is a Research Fellow at the University of New South Wales, Australia. His research focuses on developing sustainable solutions for organic waste treatment and addressing the control of emerging pollutants in natural and engineered environments. Dr. Liu has published over 130 papers in peer-reviewed ISI journals and has been consistently recognized among the World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford/Elsevier since 2021.
