Biomethane Production from Vegetable and Water Hyacinth Waste

Authors

Zhao Youcai School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, P.R. China. Zhao Youcai is a professor of environmental engineering at the School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. He received his bachelor degree from Sichuan University, Chengdu, China (1984) and his Ph.D. from the Institute of Chemical Metallurgy (now Institute of Process Engineering), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (1989). He completed his post-doctoral research work at Fudan University, Shanghai, China and joined in Tongji University in 1991. He has also worked at Aristotle University, Greece; National University of Singapore, Singapore; Tulane University, USA; and Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland, for 4 years as research fellow or visiting professor. He has authored and co-authored 158 publications in peer-reviewed internationally recognized journals, 420 publications in China journals, and 6 English books, and has authored, co-authored, and edited 85 Chinese books. His research interests include treatment of municipal solid wastes, sewage and industrial sludge, hazardous wastes, polluted construction wastes, and industrial wastes. Wei Ran State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, P.R. China. Wei Ran is a researcher at School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. He received his bachelor degree from Chongqing University, Chongqing, China. His research interests cover anaerobic fermentation of organic waste, dehydration and utilisation of fermentation residue, garbage classification, prevention and control of environmental health, polymerisation and chemical decomposition of food waste, and recycling of aged refuse from landfills.