Waste Valorisation

Waste Valorisation

by Carol Sze Ki Lin, Guneet Kaur, Chong Li, Xiaofeng Yang, Christian V. Stevens
Released December 2020
Publisher(s): Wiley
ISBN: 9781119502708

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Book description

A guide to the wide-variety of waste valorisation techniques related to various biomass, waste materials and by products

Waste Valorisation provides a comprehensive review of waste chemistry and its application to the generation of value-added products. The authors – noted experts on the topic – offer a clear understanding of waste diversity, drivers and policies governing its valorisation based on the location. The book provides information on the principles behind various valorisation schemes and offers a description of general treatment options with their evaluation guidelines in terms of cost, energy consumption and waste generation.

Each of the book's chapters contain an introduction which summarises the current production and processing methods, yields, energy sources and other pertinent information for each specific type of waste. The authors focus on the most relevant novel technologies for value-added processing of waste streams or industrial by-products which can readily be integrated into current waste management systems. They also provide the pertinent technical, economic, social and environmental evaluations of bioconversions as future sustainable technologies in a biorefinery. This important book:

  • Presents the most current technologies which integrate waste and/or by-product valorisation
  • Includes discussions on end-product purity and life-cycle assessment challenges
  • Explores relevant novel technologies for value-added processing of waste streams or industrial by-products which can be integrated into current waste management systems
  • Offers a guide to waste reuse, a key sustainability goal for existing biorefineries wishing to reduce material and environmental costs

Written for academic researchers and industrial scientists working in agricultural and food production, bioconversions and waste management professionals, Waste Valorisation is an authoritative guide to the chemistry and applications of waste materials and provides an overview of the most recent developments in the field.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. List of Contributors
  3. Series Preface
  4. Preface
  5. 1 Overview of Waste Valorisation Concepts from a Circular Economy Perspective
    1. 1.1 Introduction
    2. 1.2 Development of (Bio)Chemical Process for Utilization of Waste as a Bioresource
    3. 1.3 Process Integration for Waste‐Based Biorefinery
    4. 1.4 Closed Loop Recirculation in a Bio‐based Economy
    5. 1.5 Conclusions and Future Trends
    6. References
  6. 2 Waste as a Bioresource
    1. 2.1 Introduction
    2. 2.2 Waste Streams and Their Suitability as Feedstock for Valorisation: Is All Waste a Resource?
    3. 2.3 (Bio)diversity and Variability of Waste Feedstock
    4. 2.4 Drivers, Policies and Markets for Value‐added Waste‐derived Products
    5. 2.5 Conclusions and Future Trends
    6. Acknowledgements
    7. References
  7. 3 Treatment of Waste
    1. 3.1 Introduction
    2. 3.2 Solid Waste Management
    3. 3.3 General Approach for Waste Treatment and Conversion to Value‐added Products: Biochemical, Mechanical, and Thermochemical
    4. 3.4 Factors Influencing Selection of an Appropriate Valorisation Technique for Specific Waste Types
    5. 3.5 Conventional and Novel Techniques: Overall Comparison in Terms of Energy Consumption, Waste Stream Generation and Cost
    6. 3.6 Energy Consumption, Waste Stream Generation, and Costs of Conventional and Novel Waste Treatment Technologies
    7. 3.7 Conclusions and Future Trends
    8. Acknowledgement
    9. References
  8. 4 Valorisation of Agricultural Waste Residues
    1. 4.1 Introduction
    2. 4.2 Agricultural Waste Definition, Composition, Variability, and Associated Policies and Regulations
    3. 4.3 Conventional Techniques – Anaerobic Digestion, Pyrolysis, Gasification, and Solvent Treatment/Extraction
    4. 4.4 Novel Techniques and Envisioned Product Streams: A New Perspective
    5. 4.5 Case Study: Yard Waste Management
    6. 4.6 Conclusions and Future Trends
    7. Acknowledgements
    8. References
  9. 5 Valorisation of Woody Biomass
    1. 5.1 Generation of Woody Biomass
    2. 5.2 General Classification and Properties of Woods
    3. 5.3 Wood Chemistry
    4. 5.4 Chemical Composition Analysis
    5. 5.5 Pretreatment
    6. 5.6 Saccharification and Fermentation
    7. 5.7 New Functions of Wood Residues
    8. 5.8 Conclusions and Future Trends
    9. Acknowledgement
    10. References
  10. 6 Recovery of Nutrients and Transformations of Municipal/Domestic Food Waste
    1. 6.1 Introduction
    2. 6.2 Characteristics of Food Waste and its Supply Chain
    3. 6.3 Recovery of Valuable Products from Anaerobic Digestion of Food Waste
    4. 6.4 Novel Approaches and Obtainable Products: Biotechnological Processes and Chemical Transformations
    5. 6.5 Case Study: Production of Methane via Anaerobic Digestion of Food Waste
    6. 6.6 Conclusions and Future Trends
    7. References
  11. 7 Bioconversion of Processing Waste from Agro‐Food Industries to Bioethanol: Creating a Sustainable and Circular Economy
    1. 7.1 Introduction
    2. 7.2 Bioconversion Technologies for Bioethanol Production
    3. 7.3 Use of Processing Waste to Produce Ethanol
    4. 7.4 Use of Processing Waste to Enhance Ethanol Yields
    5. 7.5 Conclusions and Future Trends
    6. References
  12. 8 Challenges with Biomass Waste Valorisation
    1. 8.1 Introduction
    2. 8.2 The Pre‐Preparation Technologies of Biomass Waste
    3. 8.3 Handling of Emerging Biomass Wastes by Newly Developed Techniques
    4. 8.4 Transforming Biomass Waste to Cellulose by New Techniques
    5. 8.5 Transforming Biomass Waste to Lignin by New Technologies
    6. 8.6 Conclusions and Future Trends
    7. Acknowledgements
    8. References
  13. 9 Life cycle Approaches for Evaluating Textile Biovalorisation Processes: Sustainable Decision‐making in a Circular Economy
    1. 9.1 Introduction
    2. 9.2 Literature Review
    3. 9.3 Methods
    4. 9.4 Case Study
    5. 9.5 Results and Discussion
    6. 9.6 Conclusions and Future Trends
    7. Acknowledgement
    8. References
  14. 10 Circular Waste‐Based Biorefinery Development
    1. 10.1 Introduction
    2. 10.2 Transitioning from Current Linear to Stronger Circular Economy Models
    3. 10.3 Case Study 1: Circular Textile Waste‐based Biorefinery for Production of Chemicals, Materials, and Fuels
    4. 10.4 Case Study 2: Circular Food Waste‐based Biorefinery for Production of Chemicals, Materials, and Fuels
    5. 10.5 Conclusions and Future Trends
    6. Acknowledgements
    7. References
  15. Index
  16. End User License Agreement

Product information

  • Title: Waste Valorisation
  • Author(s): Carol Sze Ki Lin, Guneet Kaur, Chong Li, Xiaofeng Yang, Christian V. Stevens
  • Release date: December 2020
  • Publisher(s): Wiley
  • ISBN: 9781119502708