Bioenergy Production from Municipal Sewage Sludge
Technological Advancements and Greenhouse Gases Emissions
- 1st Edition - February 1, 2026
- Editors: Qilin Wang, Jing Ai, Jing Sun, Huan Liu
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 9 7 5 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 9 7 6 - 6
Bioenergy Production from Municipal Sewage Sludge: Technological Advancements and Greenhouse Gases Emissions considers various bioenergy production applications and sewage waste… Read more
Bioenergy Production from Municipal Sewage Sludge: Technological Advancements and Greenhouse Gases Emissions considers various bioenergy production applications and sewage waste sludge treatments that promote further development of bioenergy, a key player in the industry’s transition to net zero. Specific chapters cover bioenergy production in the sludge anaerobic digestion process, pyrolysis of sludge for bioenergy production, and the potential limitations or challenges of bioenergy production from sludge. The book also carefully considers greenhouse gas emissions and control in sludge treatment processes.
Written for undergraduate and graduate students studying environmental science, engineering, or related fields, as well as industrial researchers, practitioners, and wastewater treatment plant operators alike, this is sure to be a welcomed resource.
Written for undergraduate and graduate students studying environmental science, engineering, or related fields, as well as industrial researchers, practitioners, and wastewater treatment plant operators alike, this is sure to be a welcomed resource.
- Introduces bioenergy production via sludge bio-stabilization and/or treatments
- Presents bioenergy production technology through pyrolysis of sludge
- Discusses bioenergy purification technologies during different sludge treatments
- Offers an evaluation of greenhouse gas emissions resulting from traditional sludge treatments and disposals
Undergraduate and graduate students studying environmental science, engineering, or related fields, as well as industrial researchers and practitioners, and wastewater treatment plant operators
1. Introductions - Significance of the topic and its relevant in today's world
2. Introduction to the production, properties and disposal of surplus sludge
3. Bioenergy production in sludge anaerobic digestion process
4. Desulfurization technologies for biogas produced of sludge anaerobic digestion process
5. Pyrolysis of sludge for bioenergy production
6. Greenhouse gas emission and control in sludge treatment processes based on LCA
7. Outlook-the potential limitations or challenges of bioenergy production from sludge
8. The policy and regulation related to sludge management and energy recovery References Appendix table
2. Introduction to the production, properties and disposal of surplus sludge
3. Bioenergy production in sludge anaerobic digestion process
4. Desulfurization technologies for biogas produced of sludge anaerobic digestion process
5. Pyrolysis of sludge for bioenergy production
6. Greenhouse gas emission and control in sludge treatment processes based on LCA
7. Outlook-the potential limitations or challenges of bioenergy production from sludge
8. The policy and regulation related to sludge management and energy recovery References Appendix table
- Edition: 1
- Published: February 1, 2026
- Language: English
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Qilin Wang
Qilin Wang is Professor in Environmental Engineering at University of Technology Sydney . His research focuses on the development of innovative technologies to revolutionize the science and practice of urban water management. He has developed a few award-winning technologies to maximize energy recovery from wastewater/waste, to achieve carbon-neutral wastewater treatment, to reduce waste production, to improve wastewater treatment performance through innovative nitrogen removal processes, to mitigate greenhouse gas (N2O) emission, to reduce the spread of antibiotic resistance genes, and to increase the capacity of anaerobic digesters, among others. Some of these technologies have been demonstrated at pilot scale and are being demonstrated at full-scale plants.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor in Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, AustraliaJA
Jing Ai
Jing AI is assistant research fellow at the National Engineering Research Center of Industrial Wastewater Detoxification and Resource Recovery, Research Center for Eco-environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Her research focuses on the development of innovative technologies to treat and recycle organic waste-solids and their relevant ecological effects on the environment. She has made a series of innovative achievements in developing conditioning agents and techniques for efficient separation of excessed sludge bound water, coupling technologies of deep dewatering and resource utilization for waste sludges, and evaluating transformation mechanisms of organic matter and relevant biological effects in sludge (water) thermochemical treatment.
Affiliations and expertise
National Engineering Research Center of Industrial Wastewater Detoxification and Resource Recovery, Research Center for Eco-environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences., ChinaJS
Jing Sun
Dr. Sun is the Professor for Pharmaceutical Policy of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College. Her research areas focus on pharmaceutical policy analysis and specialized in pharmaco-economics and pharmaco-epidemiology. She received her Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Medical Sciences at the University of Groningen of the Netherlands, MSc. of International Health Policy from London School of Economics of the UK, and Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry from Peking Medical University of China.