Keywords: carbon valorization, nutrient recovery, water recovery, biosolids valorization and management, anaerobic digestion in circular economy models, managing contaminants in digestate etc.
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Adding value to (bio)gas
Keywords: upgrading, waste-to-energy, uptake, energy vectors, etc.
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Building biorefinery platforms
Keywords: dark fermentation, homoacetogenesis, platform chemicals like VFA, bio-based polymers, etc.
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Novel technologies and processes
Keywords: integrated and hybrid processes, novel configurations, emerging processes, etc.
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Innovative upstream and downstream processes
Keywords: pretreatment, post-treatment innovations, blending, purification processes/configurations, etc.
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Modelling, control and beyond
Keywords: process modelling and control, monitoring systems, ICA, digital twins, soft sensors, AI applications, databases, etc.
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Sustainability assessment and beyond
Keywords: e.g., LCA, LCC, social analysis, policy issues, hygiene concerns, health safety, ethical reflection, methane leakage, safety issues, etc.
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Microbial dynamics and interactions
Keywords: microbial ecology, molecular and omics-based approaches, (meta)genomics, synergies, microbiomes, metatranscriptomics , etc.
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Microbe engineering
Keywords: adaptative evolution, selective pressure techniques, genetic modifications, etc.
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Tracking contaminants of special concern
Keywords: microcontaminants, emerging contaminants, etc.
