News and events
Publications, graduations, events and project milestones.
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Publication
Urban Science publishes a study on economic growth and municipal waste
The article examines the waste Kuznets curve for municipal solid waste in Colombia, that is, how waste generation and recovery change as the economy grows, and the role of institutions in that relationship.
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Training
Eduardo Arroyo Dagobeth earns his PhD in Energy Engineering
Universidad de la Costa awarded the degree for the thesis on energy valorisation through small-scale co-gasification of pelletised rice husk and corncob, co-supervised by Daniel Otero Meza and granted the laureate distinction. It is the group's first doctoral thesis.
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Publication
A spatial multi-criteria framework to choose anaerobic co-digestion substrates
Biomass publishes a method that combines spatial analysis and multi-criteria decision-making to select agricultural and livestock residues in tropical regions. Two group members are among the ten authors.
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Publication
Co-pelletising rice husk and corncob improves their performance as fuel
The article in Recycling assesses the physicochemical properties and combustion behaviour of pellets made from blends of the two residues.
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Event
Three talks at the 12th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management
In Paphos, Daniel Otero Meza and Eduardo Arroyo Dagobeth presented work on pyrolytic gas from biomass pellets, the energy potential of biogas from agricultural waste and the life cycle assessment of carbon dioxide conversion.
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Publication
Book on selecting energy recovery alternatives for municipal waste
Editorial Unisucre publishes a methodological tool for the integrated assessment and selection of energy recovery alternatives for municipal solid waste.
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Event
Two talks at the 11th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management
In Rhodes the group presented a global biorefinery strategy for food waste and prediction models for the bio-oil potential of cassava residues.
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Event
The group organises the International Congress on Residual Biomass Valorisation
From 28 February to 1 March 2024 Universidad de Sucre hosted the congress, organised with Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Manizales) and Universidad de la Costa, with talks and posters on pyrolysis, anaerobic digestion, gasification and machine learning.