High-Value Bioenergy Recovery from Wastewater

Prof. Bing-Jie Ni is an IWA Fellow and Full Professor at The University of New South Wales, in Australia. He works in the field of environmental technology and wastewater treatment, particularly the interface among process engineering, microbial biotechnology, materials science and mathematical modeling, focusing on the integration of these disciplines to develop innovative and sustainable technological solutions to achieve high-levels of pollutant removal from wastewater with a minimised carbon footprint and maximised energy recovery, in order to transform wastes or wastewater from a troublesome pollutant to a valuable resource and save large quantities of greenhouse gas emissions. Prof. Ni has published 2 research books, 30 book chapters, and more than 500 papers in referred ISI journals. He serves as He serves as Editor-in-Chief for Cleaner Water (Elsevier), Editor for Sustainable Horizons (Elsevier), and Associate Editor for the Environmental Chemistry Letters (Springer) and Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology (Taylor).Dr. Xuran Liu is a Research Fellow at the University of New South Wales, Australia. His research focuses on developing sustainable solutions for organic waste treatment and addressing the control of emerging pollutants in natural and engineered environments. Dr. Liu has published over 130 papers in peer-reviewed ISI journals and has been consistently recognized among the World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford/Elsevier since 2021.

• Part I: Potential high-value bioenergy from sewage 1. Sewage as a bioenergy resource pool2. Sewage sludge compositions and its bioenergy recovery potentialPart II: High-value liquid bioenergy recovery: Science and technical module 3. Short-chain fatty acids recovery from sewage sludge4. Bioconversion of methane to short-chain fatty acids5. Medium-chain fatty acids production from sewage sludge6. Long-chain alcohols production from sewage sludge7. Biolipid production from sewage cultivated microalgae and sludgePart III: High-value colloid and solid bioenergy recovery: Science and technical module 8. Cellulose recovery from sewage sludge9. Microbial protein recovery from sewage10. Extracellular polymers recovery from sewage sludge11. Organic fertilizers production from sewage sludge12. Plant-growth biostimulants production from sewage sludgePart IV: Integrated modules for high-value bioenergy recovery 13. Scale-up/pilot scale studies and development for high-value bioenergy recovery in MSTP14. Life-cycle assessment for single and integrated recovery module