This book covers almost all the recent advancements in the industry starting from the emerging feed stocks to resource recovery of digestate; providing sufficient details on theories and practices, technologies and technology suppliers-

ADVANCEMENT IN FEED COMPOSITIONS:

• Emerging feed stocks
• Various co-digestion fed stocks and their characteristics
• Feed stocks energy values, ways to evaluate feed stocks’ biogas potential, etc.

FEED PRE-TREATMENT CATEGORIES AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES:

• Information on different feed pre-treatment technologies and commercial suppliers that sell them
• Specific information on food waste and source separated organic waste pre-treatment with examples from existing plants and technology suppliers.

ENHANCED ANAEROBIC DIGESTION PROCESS CONSIDERATION, CONFIGURATION, AND TECHNOLOGY SELECTION:

• Process considerations for optimal performance
• Process selection and configurations for enhancing digestion- feeding mode, reactor stages and configurations, enhancing solid loading and recirculation, different digester types and their performance requirements, etc.
• Special focus on co-digestion process consideration, and its specific operating conditions and challenges

BIOGAS CLEANING, UPGRADING AND UTILIZATION:

• Information on different biogas cleaning and upgrading technologies and suppliers
• Different biogas utilization options and related benefits

DIGESTATE TREATMENT AND RESOURCE RECOVERY:

• Different digestate treatment and enhancement options like drying, dewatering, evaporation, pyrolysis, gasification, etc. and their related technologies
• Emerging resource recovery options and end uses of digestate.