Ecologically Burdensome Technologies and Processes

A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental and Green Processes".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 2740

Special Issue Editors

Institute of Environmental Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Opole, 45-032 Opole, Poland
Interests: environmental engineering; environment; pollution in the environment; modeling and migration of radioactive isotopes in the natural environment
Institute of Environmental Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Opole, 45-032 Opole, Poland
Interests: environmental engineering; electricity production from byproducts; renewable energy sources

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Many processes (including production processes) cause a large environmental burden. The substances that pollute the environment are gases, solids, liquids and heavy metals. Due to the constant increase in people's living standards, the scale of the negative impact of processes, such as production, is huge. For this reason, any activity that may somewhat contribute to reducing the harmful effects of production on the natural environment seems necessary. Therefore, it is important to take action in the fields of the efficiency and optimization of production, conducting closed-circuit production or reducing the emissions of harmful substances, as well as formulating pro-ecological strategies in company management or a rational resource-management policy. Actions aimed at limiting the negative impact of production processes on the environment should include the development of innovative methods aimed at a neutral impact of production on the environment and the improvement of the already-existing methods.

The topics could include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Eco-industry;
  • The influence of industry on the environment;
  • Pro-ecological strategies in company management;
  • Efficiency and the optimization of production processes;
  • Recycling production waste;
  • Using byproducts;
  • Rational resource-management policy;
  • The combustion of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels;
  • Analysis of the possibility of introducing production in a closed circuit;
  • The reduction of harmful emissions;
  • Technological processes and the environment.

Prof. Dr. Agnieszka Dołhańczuk-Śródka
Dr. Barbara Włodarczyk
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

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. Processes is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly 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

  • environmental engineering
  • optimization
  • industry
  • by-products
  • harmful emissions
  • fuels
  • closed-circuit
  • recycling
  • energy production

Published Papers (1 paper)

Order results
Result details
Select all
Export citation of selected articles as:

Research

14 pages, 2796 KiB  
Article
Sunflower Residues-Based Biorefinery: Circular Economy Indicators
by Valerii Havrysh, Antonina Kalinichenko, Pavlo Pysarenko and Maryna Samojlik
Processes 2023, 11(2), 630; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/pr11020630 - 18 Feb 2023
Cited by 4 | Viewed by 2082
Abstract
Fossil fuel price increases, their uneven distribution, environmental issues from their incineration, and lack of guarantees of their energy security are the main drivers for the development of green energy. Agricultural waste is an abundant resource for energy bioprocessing, which improves the functioning [...] Read more.
Fossil fuel price increases, their uneven distribution, environmental issues from their incineration, and lack of guarantees of their energy security are the main drivers for the development of green energy. Agricultural waste is an abundant resource for energy bioprocessing, which improves the functioning of the circular economy. In this study, the following were used as the main indicators: the share of renewable energy and the benefit from it, the coefficient of cyclical use of biomass, and the reduction in carbon dioxide emissions. The ways in which sunflower waste is applied for energy purposes are emphasized. The highest comprehensive ecological and economic effects are shown to be achieved in the production of biogas from sunflower residues with the incineration of this biogas in cogeneration plants. The residues from the biogas plant that are left after fermentation should be used as a biofertilizer. Such a cyclic system allows not only the full processing of all biomass waste that significantly reduces carbon dioxide emissions during the cultivation and processing of sunflower, but also an increase in the share of renewable energy used in technological processes up to 70%. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Ecologically Burdensome Technologies and Processes)
Show Figures

Figure 1

Back to TopTop