Waste-to-Energy Systems
We develop and enable strategies for diverting a wide range of waste streams from landfills for the production of electricity, heat, liquid fuels, and products.
Ongoing Projects / Areas of Research
Market and Regulatory Barriers and Opportunities
- Air pollutant and odorous emissions management strategies for dry anaerobic digestion, including emissions during biogas flaring
- Market analysis of carbon dioxide utilization from carbon dioxide capture and sequestration project
Logistics and Power and Resource Generation Options Analysis
- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Technoeconomic Analysis (TEA) of scaling up of food waste, yard waste, and manure utilization for anaerobic digestion and electricity generation
- Geospatially and temporally resolved organic waste inventories for California
- Identification of appropriate densification, storage, and conversion technologies for organic waste types available in California
- Feasibility of utilizing biogas and organic residue for distributed generation, and district energy systems, across California
- Brine and wastewater utilization management pathways from oil and gas industry and carbon dioxide sequestration projects
Circular Economy and end-of- life optimization:
- Valorizing waste streams and by-products of energy technologies and developing cost-competitive, sustainable management pathways
- Supporting smarter design and resource recovery through design and business model evaluation
