A vision of European biogas sector development towards 2030: Trends and challenges

U Brémond, A Bertrandias, JP Steyer, N Bernet… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The future European “Green Deal” will set ambitious greenhouse gas emissions
reduction by 2030. Reaching these targets will partly rely on the decarbonization of the gas …

Carbon dioxide and organic waste valorization by microbial electrosynthesis and electro-fermentation

Y Jiang, HD May, L Lu, P Liang, X Huang, ZJ Ren - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
Carbon-rich waste materials (solid, liquid, or gaseous) are largely considered to be a burden
on society due to the large capital and energy costs for their treatment and disposal …

A critical review: emerging bioeconomy and waste-to-energy technologies for sustainable municipal solid waste management

TH Tsui, JWC Wong - Waste Disposal & Sustainable Energy, 2019 - Springer
Municipal solid waste (MSW) management has emerged as probably the most pressing
issue many governments nowadays are facing. Traditionally, Waste-to-Energy (WtE) is …

Role of redox-active biochar with distinctive electrochemical properties to promote methane production in anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge

Y Shen, Y Yu, Y Zhang, M Urgun-Demirtas… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochar has been reported as an effective additive to improve methane production during
anaerobic digestion (AD). However, the mechanism for such a stimulatory impact remains …

Biological CO2-Methanation: An Approach to Standardization

M Thema, T Weidlich, M Hörl, A Bellack, F Mörs… - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
Power-to-Methane as one part of Power-to-Gas has been recognized globally as one of the
key elements for the transition towards a sustainable energy system. While plants that …

Redox-active biochar and conductive graphite stimulate methanogenic metabolism in anaerobic digestion of waste-activated sludge: beyond direct interspecies …

C Lü, Y Shen, C Li, N Zhu, H Yuan - ACS Sustainable Chemistry …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Graphite and pyrolytic biochar are two electrically active but functionally distinct carbon
materials that have been widely used to enhance methanogenic performance of anaerobic …

Power-to-protein: converting renewable electric power and carbon dioxide into single cell protein with a two-stage bioprocess

B Molitor, A Mishra, LT Angenent - Energy & Environmental Science, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
To prevent an environmental collapse while feeding a future human population of 10 billion
people, dilute nitrogen in waste streams as a nitrogen source and carbon dioxide as a …

Bioelectrochemically assisted anaerobic digestion system for biogas upgrading and enhanced methane production

Z Dou, CM Dykstra, SG Pavlostathis - Science of the total environment, 2018 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of biofilm and external voltage on the
performance and microbial community composition of batch-fed, combined anaerobic …

Retrofitting municipal wastewater treatment facilities toward a greener and circular economy by virtue of resource recovery: techno-economic analysis and life cycle …

X Tian, RE Richardson, JW Tester… - ACS Sustainable …, 2020 - ACS Publications
A promising route to transition wastewater treatment facilities (WWTFs) from energy-
consuming to net energy-positive is to retrofit existing facilities with process modifications …

Bioelectrochemical CO2 Reduction to Methane: MES Integration in Biogas Production Processes

ABT Nelabhotla, C Dinamarca - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a widely used technique to treat organic waste and produce
biogas. This article presents a practical approach to increase biogas yield of an AD system …