From Waste to Energy

Case Studies of Green Technology Implementation
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-0-443-27646-0
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

From Waste to Energy: Case Studies of Green Technology Implementation presents a global overview of waste-to-energy technologies through real-world case studies. It highlights practical approaches for converting waste into energy, addressing both economic and operational challenges, and emphasizing international cooperation and sustainability.

The book begins with an introduction to waste valorization, exploring how industrial waste can be transformed into valuable products or energy. It includes examples such as the conversion of agriculture waste into biochar, a negative carbon technology that contributes to climate change mitigation. Case studies from various regions illustrate how bioenergy can meet both local and industrial energy needs.

This book is intended for industry professionals involved in technical operations and strategic planning, including policymakers seeking practical insights into sustainable energy solutions. It will also be useful to academic researchers and students focused on bioenergy and environmental technologies. By connecting theory with real-world applications, it serves as a valuable resource for those engaged in the development and implementation of waste-to-energy practices.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Delgado, Sergio Nogales

González, Juan Félix González

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Abfallwirtschaft, Abfallentsorgung
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Umwelttechnik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Abfallbeseitigung, Abfallentsorgung
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Alternative und erneuerbare Energien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: the role of waste valorization as sustainable energy sources.
2. Economic studies about the implementation of waste-to-energy processes and technologies.
3. The role of developing cooperation on the implementation waste-to-energy processes.
4. Sustainable fuel synthesis from agro residues via supercritical hydrothermal technologies: challenges, insights and perspectives.
5. Transforming Biomass Waste into Bioenergy through Hydrothermal Conversion.
6. Transforming Tire Waste Management: Navigating Towards a Circular Economy.
7. Comparative gas efficiency generation from desert date seeds (shell, peels) and moonlight flower leaves.
8. Energy potential of biomass of animal origin.
9. Strategies to enhance biogas production from pig livestock waste.
10. Transforming Waste into Energy: The Potential of Hydrogen in Fischer-Tropsch processes in Extremadura and combustion boilers.
11. Sustainable Agave Fiber Production: Evaluating Biorefinery Strategies for Residue Conversion by Integrating Bio- and Thermochemical Processes.
12. Prospective approach for green hydrogen production from lignocellulosic agrowaste.
13. Circular bio-based models for the valorization of different agricultural wastes in Mediterranean regions.
14. Plastic residues produce from industries, potential and prospects.
15. Production of Bioethanol from Cocoa Mucilage CCN51: Technical and Environmental Parameter Evaluation in Internal Combustion Engines.
16. Safflower as the cornerstone of a biorefinery with multiple applications: from transesterification to hydrothermal carbonization to energy production in micro gas turbines.
17. Digital twins provided with energy storage.
18. Conclusions: Towards a real and sustainable development through circular economy.

Über Autor(innen)

González, Juan Félix González
As a university professor at the Industrial Engineering School (University of Extremadura, Spain), he has participated in courses in different university and mater degrees related to Engineering and Renewable Energies. He received his degree in Chemistry and the PhD degree at the University of Extremadura. With a wide experience in scientific research (he has published in prestigious international peer-reviewed journals), his current research in the Department of Applied Physics is based on combustion, pyrolysis, gasification, thermochemical processes, energy use of biomass waste, active carbons and biodiesel or bioethanol production, among others.

Delgado, Sergio Nogales
A multidisciplinary scientist, interested in a wide range of fields from biomass energy to biolubricant production from natural sources such as vegetable oils. Currently working as a researcher at the University of Extremadura, he has also worked in the Agricultural Technological Institute of Extremadura, belonging to CICYTEX (Scientific and Technological Research Center of Extremadura). With more than 50 research works published in international peer-reviewed journals, along with more than 50 communications in international conferences, he has contributed to the completion of various book chapters and books devoted to the abovementioned subjects.