1st Edition
Advances in Waste-to-Energy Technologies
As global populations continue to increase, the application of biotechnological processes for disposal and control of waste has gained importance in recent years. Advances in Waste-to-Energy Technologies presents the latest developments in the areas of solid waste management, Waste-to-Energy (WTE) technologies, biotechnological approaches, and their global challenges. It combines biotechnological procedures, sophisticated modeling, and techno-economic analysis of waste, and examines the current need for the maximum recovery of energy from wastes as well as the associated biotechnological and environmental impacts.
Features:
- Presents numerous waste management practices and methods to recover resources from waste using the best biotechnological approaches available.
- Addresses the challenges, management, and policy issues of waste management and WTE initiatives.
- Includes practical case studies from around the world.
- Serves as a useful resource for professionals and students involved in cross-disciplinary and trans-disciplinary research programs and related courses.
- Discusses the economic and regulatory contexts for managing waste.
This book will serve as a valuable reference for researchers, academicians, municipal authorities, government bodies, waste managers, building engineers, and environmental consultants requiring an understanding of waste management and the latest WTE technologies.
Chapter 1 Solid Waste: Characterization, Assessment, Monitoring, and Remediation
Tansukh Barupal, Deepali Chittora, and Mukesh Meena
Chapter 2 Issues and Challenges in Sustainable Solid Waste Management: Global and Asian Perspective
Agamuthu Pariathamby and Mehran Sanam Bhatti
Chapter 3 Cairo’s Zabaleen Garbage Collectors: Sustainable Practices and the Right to Waste Resources
Wael Fahmi
Chapter 4 Municipal Solid Waste Management in Two Cities of Palestine: A Comparative Study
Ammar Al-Khateeb, Issam A. Al-Khatib, Majed I. Al-Sari, and Fathi Anayah
Chapter 5 3E (Energy, Economic, and Environmental) Analysis of Waste Management Strategies
Laith A. Hadidi and Qusay Mhmoud ALTamimi
Chapter 6 Biological Treatment of Waste: An Overview..........................
Andleeb Zehra, R. S. Upadhyay, and Akbar Ahmad
Chapter 7 Biological Systems of Waste Management and Treatment
Rym Salah-Tazdaït and Djaber Tazdaït
Chapter 8 Biogas Potential From Cabbage and Lettuce Residuals: Effect of Organic Load and Co-digestion
Spyridon Achinas
Chapter 9 Hydrothermal Liquefaction: A Sustainable Solution to the Sewage Sludge Disposal Problem
Saqib Sohail Toor, Federica Conti, Ayaz Ali Shah, Tahir Hussain Seehar, and Lasse Aistrup Rosendahl
Chapter 10 GIS Spatial Distribution of Industrial Hazardous Wastes: A Case Study from Hebron City, Palestine
Maher Al-Jabari, Mai Anati, Nancy Arman, Ghaydaa Shakarnah, Doaa Natsheh, and Issam Al-Khatib
Chapter 11 Opportunities for Sustainable Energy Future by Integrating Biotechnological Approaches
Ana Carolina Maia Angelo, and Lino Guimarães Marujo
Chapter 12 Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Approach to Evaluate Different Waste Management Opportunities
Ashkan Nabavi-Pelesaraei, Ali Kaab, Fatemeh Hosseini-Fashami, Fatemeh Mostashari-Rad, and Kwok-wing Chau
Chapter 13 Life Cycle Assessment: Methods and Opportunities
Lineker Max Goulart Coelho and Liséte Celina Lange
Chapter 14 LCA of a Representative Municipal Effluent Treatment Plant: Comparative Evaluation of Activated Sludge Versus Membrane
Bio-reactor Processes
Saurabh N. Joglekar, Pratik D. Solankey, Sachin A. Mandavgane, and Bhaskar D. Kulkarni
Chapter 15 Composting and Anaerobic Digestion of Organic Urban Waste: A Systematic Literature Review of Life Cycle
Assessment Case Studies
Eliana Mancini, Ioannis Arzoumanidis, and Andrea Raggi
Biography
Dr. Rajeev Pratap Singh is an Assistant Professor at Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development (IESD), Banaras Hindu University (INDIA), has completed his Ph.D. from Banaras Hindu University, India. His major research interests are – solid waste management, bio-composting, and green technologies. He has received several International awards, including the "Green Talent" award from Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany; Prosper.Net Scopus Young Scientist award, DST Young Scientist Award etc. Dr. Singh is serving as the member of reviewer and editorial team of several important scientific journals. Also, Dr Singh has co-authored 5 books and more than 40 highly cited research and review articles on solid waste management. Dr Singh also availed Water Advanced Research and Innovation (WARI) Fellowship, a fellowship supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India, the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF), University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) and the Robert Daugherty Water for Food Institute (DWFI).
Dr. Vishal Prasad, working as Assistant Professor in the Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University, is working in the area of microorganisms mediated management of environmental problems. Management of organic solid waste is one of his areas of concern and work on beneficial microbes producing useful products from such waste using potential biotechnological tools is being carried out. Dr. Prasad is member of several scientific societies and also serves as a reviewer and member of several scientific journals.
Ms. Barkha Vaish is working as a CSIR-SRF, at Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development (IESD), Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. Ms. Vaish has done her M.Sc. in Environmental Science from Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A central university) and pursuing her Ph.D. at Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development (IESD), Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. She is a budding researcher devoted in the field of waste-to-energy conversion technologies, solid waste management, and sustainable agricultural practices.