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Advances of the Biosystems Engineering

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sciences".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 August 2022) | Viewed by 6906

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. María Dolores Gómez-López

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Agroforestry Engineering Area, University of Cartagena, 30203 Cartagena, Spain
Interests: aid decision support system; environmental management; new crop systems; water footprint; carbon footprint; LCA
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Prof. Dr. Jesús Montero Martínez

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Regional Centre for Water Research, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 02001 Albacete, Spain
Interests: agricultural buildings; construction engineering; recycled concrete; sprinkle irrigation; solar pumping
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Prof. Dr. Adriana Correa

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Department of Agricultural and Forestry Engineering, University of Valladolid, Campus La Yutera, 34004 Palencia, Spain
Interests: environmental sustainability; use of by-product; LCA; renewable energy
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Biosystems engineering is a relatively recent name for a specialization that has developed naturally for years from traditional Agricultural Engineering, which, in this case, emphasizes even more so the concepts of sustainability and the relationship with the environment in biosystems engineering.

Therefore, this Special Issue is to gather together the knowledge and research experience in the use of science, both pure and applied, and the principles of engineering for the design of buildings, devices, equipment and materials for production, processing and management of agricultural and aquaculture systems, ecosystem services, by-products and waste and natural resources—soil, water, air and energy. Solutions for the production, storage, transport, processing and packaging of agricultural and aquaculture products are also included. All of the above will additionally consider environmental sustainability. Selected works from the XI Congreso Iberico de AgroIngenieria will also be included.

The disciplines to be covered will be:

  • Energy supply;
  • Irrigation engineering;
  • Agricultural power and machinery;
  • Building;
  • Environmental sustainability;
  • Planning of the territory;
  • Greenhouse technology;
  • Animal production technology and aquaculture;
  • Agrifood engineering;
  • Automation and emerging technologies, plus precision agriculture;
  • Use of by-products.

Prof. Dr. María Dolores Gómez-López
Prof. Dr. Jesús Montero Martínez
Prof. Dr. Adriana Correa
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Applied Sciences is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • energy
  • irrigation
  • mechanization
  • building
  • environmental sustainability
  • territory
  • greenhouse
  • animal production
  • aquaculture
  • agrifood
  • automation
  • by-products

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Evaluation of the Microbiological Quality of Water in the Rice-Growing System of the Lis Valley, Portugal
by Isabel Maria Duarte, Helena Marques, Paula Amador, Teresa Vasconcelos and José Manuel Gonçalves
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(19), 9856; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/app12199856 - 30 Sep 2022
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Society’s demand for the preservation of water resources has stimulated technological advances and improved agricultural management, to limit its negative impacts, favor socio-economic development and promote the conservation of natural resources. This study assessed the impact of a rice farming system in the [...] Read more.
Society’s demand for the preservation of water resources has stimulated technological advances and improved agricultural management, to limit its negative impacts, favor socio-economic development and promote the conservation of natural resources. This study assessed the impact of a rice farming system in the Mediterranean area on the microbiological quality of water, representing the irrigation and cultivation conditions of the Lis Valley Irrigation District (LVID). Indicators used include the counting of total coliforms (TC), fecal coliforms (FC), fecal enterococci (FE) and ampicillin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (Ampr), and a phenotypic characterization of antibiotic (AB) resistances. The results show that the water at the LVID inlets contained high microbiological contamination due to sources outside the perimeter. The rice paddy agroecosystem had a beneficial impact on the load of TC, FC and FE of the respective drainage water, with a decrease of two orders of magnitude between the values of these counts at the inlets and at the outlets of the rice fields. However, the relative frequency of Enterobacteriaceae Ampr increased in the rice paddy soil, possibly as a result of the favorable conditions provided by this wetland ecosystem for the transfer of AB resistance genes. The analysis of AB resistance patterns revealed high relative resistance percentages for both β-lactams and non-β-lactams in all samples. This study made it possible to assess the risks of microbiological contamination of irrigation water and the beneficial effect of the rice-growing system in controlling the applied indicators. Full article
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Strategies for the Sustainable Management of the Organic Fraction of Municipal Waste
by María Dolores Gómez-López, Oumaima El Bied, Juan Carlos Beltrá, İbrahim Halil Yanardağ, Cristina Gómez, Ángel Faz and Raúl Zornoza
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(19), 9400; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/app12199400 - 20 Sep 2022
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The organic fraction of municipal waste, OFMW, management is one of the main concerns for urban waste managers in developed countries. Composting this biodegradable urban waste and using the compost in agricultural activities is a quickly growing method and is a viable option [...] Read more.
The organic fraction of municipal waste, OFMW, management is one of the main concerns for urban waste managers in developed countries. Composting this biodegradable urban waste and using the compost in agricultural activities is a quickly growing method and is a viable option to manage urban waste in both the developed and the developing world. This research presents the example of the management proposal for Cartagena city in Spain, in which the technical and environment feasibility has been studied. This work aimed to evaluate the composting of a mixture of different residues, namely organic waste, pruning, and Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile, which was collected from the beaches of the municipality while cleaning. Mixtures 1, M1 (composed of 20% OFMW and 40% pruning and seaweed) and 3, M3 (composed of 30% OFMW and 70% pruning) proved to be the best to reach the ideal compost (1.23-0.08-1.28 NPK and 2.22-0.33-3.45 NPK, respectively). An extreme mixture, M2, was evaluated (50% PO; 50% pruning) but poor results were obtained due to a non-optimal initial C/N by not containing OFMW. At the same time, the volumes by urban nucleus and the viability of different composting strategies have been studied, proposing that 180,000 inhabitants use the centralized composting plant and almost 31,000 inhabitants use self-composting and community composting. Considering the carbon footprint of this management, the value was 50% lower than the total management in a centralized plant. Moreover, the final use of compost is optimum with self-composting and community composting because it is nearest to agricultural consumptions, also reducing the transport of the final product. Full article
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Retrofitting Sea Cucumber Nursery Tanks to Recirculating Aquaculture Systems for Highly Intensive Litopenaeus vannamei Aquaculture
by Yishuai Du, Jianping Xu, Li Zhou, Fudi Chen, Tianlong Qiu and Jianming Sun
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(20), 9478; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/app11209478 - 12 Oct 2021
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Designing good recirculating aquaculture systems (RASs) is challenging in shrimp aquaculture. In this study, two sets of RASs were constructed using sea cucumber nursery tanks for rearing Litopenaeus vannamei. Recirculating aquaculture was supported by key technologies such as sewage collection and aeration [...] Read more.
Designing good recirculating aquaculture systems (RASs) is challenging in shrimp aquaculture. In this study, two sets of RASs were constructed using sea cucumber nursery tanks for rearing Litopenaeus vannamei. Recirculating aquaculture was supported by key technologies such as sewage collection and aeration systems adapted to the rectangular tanks and technologies for the removal of sewage, shrimp shells, and dead individuals. Six-hundred and eighty-five thousand juveniles were selected for rearing in the newly constructed RASs, where the average stocking density was 1013 shrimp/m3. During the recirculating aquaculture period of 53 days, the water temperature of the tanks was 24–31 °C, the salinity was 25–32‰, the pH was 6.4–8.2, the DO was ≥ 4.9 mg/L, the concentration of total ammonia nitrogen (TAN) was maintained between 0.17 and 4.9 mg/L, the concentration of nitrite nitrogen (NO2-N) was between 0.12 and 4.7 mg/L, and the total number of Vibrio bacteria remained between 330 and 9700 cfu/mL. At the end of the experiment, the final average weight of individual shrimp was 13.43 g, and the average yield reached 12.92 kg/m3. The great improvement in growth performance marks a breakthrough in RAS technology of shrimp, and it supports the use of an innovative methodology for the retrofitting and utilization of idle sea cucumber nursery tanks. Full article
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