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Biomethane production potential from restaurant food waste in megacities and project level-bottlenecks: A case study in Beijing by De Clercq, Djavan, Wen, Zongguo, Fan, Fei, Caicedo, Luis

“…A large amount of food waste in Chinese megacities goes to waste each year. In the Chinese context, “food waste” collectively refers to restaurant waste (the…”
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Transforming the Cement Industry into a Key Environmental Infrastructure for Urban Ecosystem: A Case Study of an Industrial City in China by Cao, Xin, Wen, Zongguo, Tian, Haikui, Clercq, Djavan, Qu, Lili

“…Summary Under the dual pressure of environmental constraints and increasingly thin profit margins, the cement industry in China is in a predicament. To…”
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Determinants of efficiency in an industrial-scale anaerobic digestion food waste-to-biogas project in an Asian megacity based on data envelopment analysis and exploratory multivariate statistics by De Clercq, Djavan, Wen, Zongguo, Lu, Xi, Caicedo, Luis, Cao, Xin, Fan, Fei

“…This paper aims to extract determinants of efficiency in an industrial-scale biogas project treating food waste in a major Asian megacity. The research…”
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Large language models can help boost food production, but be mindful of their risks by De Clercq, Djavan, Nehring, Elias, Mayne, Harry, Mahdi, Adam

“…Coverage of ChatGPT-style large language models (LLMs) in the media has focused on their eye-catching achievements, including solving advanced mathematical…”
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Feasibility of machine learning-based rice yield prediction in India at the district level using climate reanalysis and remote sensing data by De Clercq, Djavan, Mahdi, Adam

“…Yield forecasting, the science of predicting agricultural productivity before the crop harvest occurs, helps a wide range of stakeholders make better decisions…”
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Spatio-temporal estimation of landfill gas energy potential: A case study in China by Fei, Fan, Wen, Zongguo, De Clercq, Djavan

“…Municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills are among the largest anthropogenic sources of methane. However, there are also potential sources of landfill gas (LFG),…”
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Performance evaluation of restaurant food waste and biowaste to biogas pilot projects in China and implications for national policy by De Clercq, Djavan, Wen, Zongguo, Fan, Fei

“…The objective of this research was to conduct a performance evaluation of three food waste/biowaste-to-biogas pilot projects across 7 scenarios in China based…”
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What is the true value of food waste? A case study of technology integration in urban food waste treatment in Suzhou City, China by Wen, Zongguo, Wang, Yuanjia, De Clercq, Djavan

“…Food waste has the potential to be a valuable resource if disposed of correctly, meaning that treatment technology and the utilization of the recycled product…”
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Mechanical biological treatment of municipal solid waste: Energy efficiency, environmental impact and economic feasibility analysis by Fei, Fan, Wen, Zongguo, Huang, Shengbiao, De Clercq, Djavan

“…Municipal solid waste (MSW) is treated mainly via landfill and incineration in most countries. As the effectiveness of source-point waste classification always…”
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Interpretable machine learning for predicting biomethane production in industrial-scale anaerobic co-digestion by De Clercq, Djavan, Wen, Zongguo, Fei, Fan, Caicedo, Luis, Yuan, Kai, Shang, Ruoxi

“…[Display omitted] •Elastic net, random forest, and XGBoost were applied to industrial-scale biomethane prediction.•Predictions were made over 1, 3, 5, 10, 20,…”
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Innovation hotspots in food waste treatment, biogas, and anaerobic digestion technology: A natural language processing approach by De Clercq, Djavan, Wen, Zongguo, Song, Qingbin

“…The objective of this study is to apply natural language processing to identifying innovative technology trends related to food waste treatment, biogas, and…”
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Life cycle energy efficiency evaluation for coal development and utilization by Wang, Ning, Shen, Ruifang, Wen, Zongguo, De Clercq, Djavan

“…The energy conversion efficiency of coal utilization is a focal point in modern energy management practices and in academic literature. This paper explores…”
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A review of global strategies promoting the conversion of food waste to bioenergy via anaerobic digestion by De Clercq, Djavan, Wen, Zongguo, Gottfried, Oliver, Schmidt, Franziska, Fei, Fan

“…The objective of this paper is to review policies around the world that promote the conversion of food waste to biogas. We review policies and operational…”
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Determinants of efficiency in anaerobic bio-waste co-digestion facilities: A data envelopment analysis and gradient boosting approach by De Clercq, Djavan, Wen, Zongguo, Fei, Fan

“…•Data envelopment analysis used to compute efficiency in anaerobic co-digestion.•Dataset comprised of industrial co-digestion facilities in the US and…”
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Quantitative analysis of the precise energy conservation and emission reduction path in China's iron and steel industry by Wen, Zongguo, Wang, Yihan, Li, Huifang, Tao, Yuan, De Clercq, Djavan

“…A precise energy conservation and emission reduction (ECER) path in industrial sector contains two aspects: applying effective ECER measures and focusing on…”
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SWOT-AHP-TOWS analysis of private investment behavior in the Chinese biogas sector by Gottfried, Oliver, De Clercq, Djavan, Blair, Elena, Weng, Xin, Wang, Can

“…Biogas is one of the important renewable energy sources, which is expected to significantly contribute not only for the successful achievement of a low carbon…”
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Redesign of urban biowaste sustainable management system based on industrial ecology concept: A case study in China by Fei, Fan, Shen, Neng, De Clercq, Djavan, Luo, Jing

“…Urban biowaste, which refers to the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (MSW), is a predominant type of waste in low- and middle-income countries…”
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Machine learning powered software for accurate prediction of biogas production: A case study on industrial-scale Chinese production data by De Clercq, Djavan, Jalota, Devansh, Shang, Ruoxi, Ni, Kunyi, Zhang, Zhuxin, Khan, Areeb, Wen, Zongguo, Caicedo, Luis, Yuan, Kai

“…The search for appropriate models for predictive analytics is currently a high priority to optimize anaerobic fermentation processes in industrial-scale biogas…”
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Economic performance evaluation of bio-waste treatment technology at the facility level by De Clercq, Djavan, Wen, Zongguo, Fei, Fan

“…•Economic performance evaluation of a Chinese biowaste treatment pilot project.•NPV and Monte Carlo uncertainty methods are applied to the economic…”
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Performance evaluation model of a pilot food waste collection system in Suzhou City, China by Wen, Zongguo, Wang, Yuanjia, De Clercq, Djavan

“…This paper analyses the food waste collection and transportation (C&T) system in a pilot project in Suzhou by using a novel performance evaluation method. The…”
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