[HTML][HTML] Decarbonizing the food and beverages industry: A critical and systematic review of developments, sociotechnical systems and policy options

BK Sovacool, M Bazilian, S Griffiths, J Kim… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
From farm to fork, food and beverage consumption can have significant negative impacts on
energy consumption, water consumption, climate change, and other environmental …

Suitability of composting process for the disposal and valorization of brewer's spent grain

D Assandri, N Pampuro, G Zara, E Cavallo, M Budroni - Agriculture, 2020 - mdpi.com
The brewing industry is characterized by the large production of by-products. Following the
fundamentals of a circular economy, several attempts to recycle brewers' spent grain (BSG) …

Conceptual design of a novel sustainable hybrid renewable energy system based on biogas/molten carbonate fuel cell/water desalination for a building energy supply

A Zahedi, E Rasmi, A Ahmadi, B Kanani - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
To ensure an independent and sustainable energy supply, including electricity, drinking
water, hot water, heating, and cooling for a 4-floor building in Bandar Dayyer, located in the …

[HTML][HTML] Current strategies for the management of valuable compounds from hops waste for a circular economy

LC Salanță, AC Fărcaş, A Borșa, CR Pop - Food Chemistry: X, 2023 - Elsevier
World beer production generates large volumes of waste discharged with every brew.
Recently, new methods of reducing and reusing hops waste: hot trub (HT), and brewer-spent …

Effect of organic loading rate and temperature on the anaerobic digestion of municipal solid waste: process performance and energy recovery

J Jiang, S He, X Kang, Y Sun, Z Yuan, T Xing… - Frontiers in Energy …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
This study investigated the effects of organic loading rates (OLRs) and temperature on the
performance and stability of anaerobic digestion treating the organic fraction of municipal …

Techno-economic analysis of a biogas power plant: Moving to sustainable energy supply and green environment through waste management

M Farajollahi, N Almasi, A Zahedi, B Kanani - Process Safety and …, 2025 - Elsevier
The feasibility of establishing an anaerobic digestion power plant for producing electricity,
heat, and bio-fertilizer using a combined heat and power system using municipal solid waste …

Brewer's spent grains as biofuels in combustion-based energy recovery processes: Evaluation of thermo-oxidative decomposition

O Gil-Castell, N Mascia, C Primaz, F Vásqez-Garay… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
The high global generation of wastes and side streams from agri-food production has led to
environmental impact and causes nature degradation due to their uncontrolled …

[HTML][HTML] An MINLP-based decision-making tool to help microbreweries improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon footprint through retrofits

V Schagon, R Murali, R Zhang, M Duyar… - Digital Chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microbreweries have greater production costs per litre of beer compared to large breweries,
as well as higher carbon footprints. Due to the range of different retrofit technologies …

Simulation of Energy and Media Demand of Batch-Oriented Production Systems in the Beverage Industry

RM Bär, S Schmid, M Zeilmann, J Kleinert, K Beyer… - sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The global brewing industry is facing enormous environmental challenges and is urgently
required to produce sustainably and efficiently. The rising costs of energy and electricity are …

Anaerobic Digestion of Brewery Waste Including Spent Yeast and Hops

D Rawalgaonkar - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Florida is home to more than 300 craft breweries, that brew over a million barrels of beer
annually. Brewing is an energy intensive process and produces large quantities of high …