Call for Papers
Deadline now passed for Abstracts
If you missed the deadline please get in touch with franceswoodhead@aquaenviro.co.uk asap.
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Once again potential Authors have the opportunity to submit Abstracts for presentation on topics of interest to the biosolids and organic resources community. We are particularly keen to encourage submissions from younger practitioners and those new to the biosolids arena and thus have made the submission process as simple as possible.
Despite the high costs of treating and recycling biosolids with its associated energy use and GHG emissions, the process is not yet fully optimised and there is still some way to go before the process meets the efficiencies and performance associated with treating the liquid influent. The many unit operations that make up the flow train of a typical sludge handling process are all inter-related. For instance a poor performance by the sludge thickeners will have a knock on effect in the performance of the digesters, which in turn will affect the CHP system and sludge dewatering. In the current climate biosolids are considered a resource with the potential to recover energy in the form of methane, nutrients as struvite and compost as an end-product. Resource recovery can also be enhanced by importation of other wastes for co-digestion. It is crucial therefore that there is a full understanding of all the individual solids handling processes and with operating strategies to ensure they are all optimised. It is hoped that this theme can be explored in this year’s conference and so we are keen to invite contributions on best practice in the operation and optimisation of sludge handling processes. As always there will be a wide range of sessions at the event and we are hoping to present on the following key areas:
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BIOSOLIDS
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ORGANIC RESOURCES
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- Process optimisation for biosolids treatment
- Understanding the benefits of recycling biosolids and organic resources: nutrients, soil quality, plant health
- Options for biogas use
- Emerging environmental and regulatory issues of concern
- Upgrading existing technologies to improve performance, operating costs and energy efficiency demands
- Minimising nuisance including odour and bioaerosol management.
- Treatment of process liquors and nutrient recovery
- Digestate disposal options
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- Waste to energy technologies, innovations, case histories and efficiencies
- Renewable Energy Resources and Experiences
- Carbon, footprints, reduction, monitoring, trading and control
- Integrating waste disposal and energy generation
- Waste handling and recycling technology and operating experiences
- Community recycling initiatives and public participation
- Mechanical biological waste treatment
- Odour and nuisance management and control sampling
- Advances in composting techniques
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If you are interested in contributing, please provide a 150 word abstract that includes:
- The title of the paper
- A summary of the contribution
- The key theme
- Author names & contact details for the corresponding author
Please email all abstracts to Frances - franceswoodhead@aquaenviro.co.uk by 18th June 2010.