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Constructed wetlands as biofuel production systems

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  • Dong Liu

    (College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University)

  • Xu Wu

    (College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University)

  • Jie Chang

    (College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University
    Research Centre for Sustainable Development, Zhejiang University)

  • Baojing Gu

    (College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University
    College of Economics, Zhejiang University)

  • Yong Min

    (College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University)

  • Ying Ge

    (College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University
    Research Centre for Sustainable Development, Zhejiang University)

  • Yan Shi

    (College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University)

  • Hui Xue

    (College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University
    International Colleges, Qingdao University)

  • Changhui Peng

    (Institut des Sciences de L’Environnement, Université du Quebec à Montréal
    Laboratory for Ecological Forecasting and Global Change, College of Forestry, Northwest A & F University)

  • Jianguo Wu

    (School of Life Sciences and Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University
    Sino-US Center for Conservation, Energy, and Sustainability, Hohhot 010021, Inner Mongolia University)

Abstract

A study advocates the efficient production of cellulosic biofuel using waste nitrogen through wastewater treatment with constructed wetlands in China. The analysis suggests that the net life-cycle energy output of constructed wetlands is higher than many other biofuel production systems.

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  • Dong Liu & Xu Wu & Jie Chang & Baojing Gu & Yong Min & Ying Ge & Yan Shi & Hui Xue & Changhui Peng & Jianguo Wu, 2012. "Constructed wetlands as biofuel production systems," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 2(3), pages 190-194, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:2:y:2012:i:3:d:10.1038_nclimate1370
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1370
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    1. Avellán, Tamara & Gremillion, Paul, 2019. "Constructed wetlands for resource recovery in developing countries," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 99(C), pages 42-57.
    2. Shi, Yan & Ge, Ying & Chang, Jie & Shao, Hongbo & Tang, Yuli, 2013. "Garden waste biomass for renewable and sustainable energy production in China: Potential, challenges and development," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 22(C), pages 432-437.
    3. Snyder, Brian F., 2019. "The Inclusion of Ecosystem Service Valuations in Bioenergy Cost Analysis: A Case Study of Constructed Wetlands in the Neotropics," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 156(C), pages 196-201.
    4. Aamir Mehmood Shah & Gengyuan Liu & Fanxin Meng & Qing Yang & Jingyan Xue & Stefano Dumontet & Renato Passaro & Marco Casazza, 2021. "A Review of Urban Green and Blue Infrastructure from the Perspective of Food-Energy-Water Nexus," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(15), pages 1-24, July.
    5. Franziska Eller & Per Magnus Ehde & Claudia Oehmke & Linjing Ren & Hans Brix & Brian K. Sorrell & Stefan E. B. Weisner, 2020. "Biomethane Yield from Different European Phragmites australis Genotypes, Compared with Other Herbaceous Wetland Species Grown at Different Fertilization Regimes," Resources, MDPI, vol. 9(5), pages 1-14, May.
    6. Vasileios Takavakoglou & Eleanna Pana & Dimitris Skalkos, 2022. "Constructed Wetlands as Nature-Based Solutions in the Post-COVID Agri-Food Supply Chain: Challenges and Opportunities," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(6), pages 1-14, March.

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