Biogas

Biogas: A Sustainable Approach for Renewable Energy provides an updated and comprehensive overview of biogas and biorefinery, with a particular focus on the circular economy. The book provides practical knowledge from operating biogas plants, including analytical techniques, operational parameters, and microbial community dynamics of biogas production, providing readers with a deep understanding of the most suitable conditions for anaerobic digestion and fermentation processes. The book covers the main biomass feedstocks for biogas production, such as agricultural and livestock wastes, industrial waste feedstocks, sewage sludge and microalgae. The most recent biogas purification technologies for biomethane production are analyzed, as well as the production of biogenic carbon dioxide from biogas. In addition, chapters dedicated to techno-economic and life cycle analysis of biogas production offer readers new insights into the future development of new biogas projects. Finally, an overview of several operating full-scale biogas plants provides a complete understanding of all the topics necessary for the full operation of a biogas plant. Biogas: A Sustainable Approach for Renewable Energy is an invaluable and practical resource to anyone interested in biogas production. Graduate and post-graduate students will benefit from detailed explanations of the fundamental concepts, while researchers, scientists and policymakers will find updated overviews of biogas and biogas production, and industry practitioners and experts will benefit from new concepts for the implementation of new biogas projects.

• Provides an updated and comprehensive analysis of different feedstocks that can be used for biogas production, such as agricultural feedstock, livestock feedstock, industrial by-products, sewage sludge, and microalgae
• Explores cutting-edge research on microbial community dynamics in biogas production, uncover the latest techniques and findings related to the microbiological aspects of anaerobic digestion
• Offers researchers, scientists, and practitioners the practical tools they need to enhance biogas yields and operational efficiency through a deeper understanding of microbial dynamics
• Gives an overview of full-scale biogas plants, exploring the design, operational considerations, and technological advancements, written by experts who are developing new full-scale projects and operating biogas plants