1. Research Concerns

Aiming at green and low-carbon industrial development, the team conducts research on mechanisms, processes, technologies and equipment, and modes for clean conversion of farming waste such as stalks and vegetable waste in thermochemical and biochemical ways. Based on the whole chain from the sustainable supply of raw materials, efficient and clean conversion, new product creation, pollutant reduction, and so on, the team is committed to exploring high-value utilization technologies and creating high-value products to realize local recycling and value-added utilization of waste.

2. Chief Scientist

Prof. Yao Zonglu

Email: yaozonglu@caas.cn

3. Representative Publications

1. Yi Liang, Lixin Zhao, Yubin Zhao, Zaixing Li, Jing Feng, Zonglu Yao, Bingnan Ye, Jiankun Chen, Zhifang Ning, and Peiqi Li. "Novel insights from lignocellulosic waste to biogas through regulated dry-wet combined anaerobic digestion: Focusing on mining key microbes" Bioresource technology 348, (2022): 126778. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.126778

2. Junyi Ma, Junting Pan, Yulei Zhang, Zonglu Yao, Jiadong Yu, Juan Luo, Ruixia Shen, Mukesh Kumar Awasthi, and Lixin Zhao. "Alleviating “inhibited steady-state” in anaerobic digestion of poultry manure by bentonite amendment: Performance evaluation and microbial mechanism" Bioresource technology 360, (2022): 127519. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127519

3. Teng Xie, Zonglu Yao, Lili Huo, Jixiu Jia, Peizhen Zhang, Liwei Tian, and Lixin Zhao. "Characteristics of biochar derived from the co-pyrolysis of corn stalk and mulch film waste" Energy 262, (2023): 125554. doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2022.125554

4. Ruixia Shen, Yong Jing, Jing Feng, Lixin Zhao, Zonglu Yao, Jiadong Yu, Jiankun Chen, and Runlu Chen. "Simultaneous carbon dioxide reduction and enhancement of methane production in biogas via anaerobic digestion of cornstalk in continuous stirred-tank reactors: The influences of biochar, environmental parameters, and microorganisms" Bioresource technology 319, (2021): 124146. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.124146

5. Ruixia Shen, Runlu Chen, Zonglu Yao, Jing Feng, Jiadong Yu, Zaixing Li, Juan Luo, and Lixin Zhao. "Engineering and microbial characteristics of innovative lab and pilot continuous dry anaerobic co-digestion system fed with cow dung and corn straw" Bioresource technology 342, (2021): 126073. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126073