This edition of the Industrial Bioprocessing TOE features information on the deployment of entrained-flow and circulating fluidized bed gasification processes for the conversion of various waste feedstock into gaseous fuel. The TOE covers innovations based on automated indoor farms and agricultural robots for high-yield crop production and weed removal respectively facilitating sustainable agricultural practices. The TOE provides attention on the use of scalable direct ocean capture technology for marine carbon dioxide removal. The TOE highlights innovations based on proprietary thermal conversion process for the synthesis of renewable fuels. The TOE also provides the latest innovations based on advanced oxidation processes to remove organic pollutants during wastewater treatment, use of plasmonic sensors to detect pharmaceutical waste in water streams, and the use of activated carbon-based physical adsorption method to remove nano-plastics from wastewater.



The Industrial Bioprocessing TOE provides intelligence on technologies, processes and strategic insights of industries involving bioprocessing, including innovations in the development and production of chemicals, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, alternative fuels, chemical feedstocks, food and beverages, and consumer products.



Keywords: Waste gasification, automated indoor farms, agricultural robots, renewable fuels, wastewater treatment, emerging contaminants removal, direct ocean capture, membrane-free desalination, advanced oxidation processes, liquid-liquid extraction, wastewater treatment, plasma steam gasification