Biotransformation of Food Waste Into Bioenergy

Processes, Innovations, and Environmental Implications
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-0-443-27600-2
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 310 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Biotransformation of Food Waste into Bioenergy: Processes, Innovations, and Environmental Implications is a comprehensive resource that addresses the critical need for sustainable and environmentally responsible processing of food industry wastes into advanced biofuels and bioenergy. The book presents state-of-the-art approaches for sustainable processing of food industry wastes into advanced biofuels, bioenergy, and bioproducts, addressing food waste sources, generation, and characterization, advanced bioconversion technologies, and environmental and economic implications. The book is divided into three parts. Part I, Fundamentals, covers the rising global concern of food waste, its sources, generation, and characterization, as well as methods for measuring, classifying, and disposing of food wastes. It also discusses upcycling food waste to support sustainability, advances in pretreatment methods, and current practices and emerging technologies in managing and repurposing food waste. Part II, Food Waste to Biofuels and Bioenergy, delves into biotechnological pathways for converting food waste into bioproducts, including biohythane, biogas, biohydrogen, bioethanol, biobutanol, aviation fuel, and biodiesel. It also covers microbial and enzymatic engineering, thermochemical conversion, valorization of food wastewater, biorefinery concepts, and biocatalytic-powered valorization. Part III, Trends, Challenges, and Perspectives, addresses the potential, feasibilities, and restrictions of food waste valorization through fermentation processes, environmental impacts and life cycle assessment of food waste management technologies, technical challenges, policy frameworks, and future perspectives. It also explores bioreactor-assisted valorization, advanced modeling approaches, intelligent assessment and management of food waste, and new trends in food waste valorizations through case studies. Biotransformation of Food Waste into Bioenergy: Processes, Innovations, and Environmental Implications is a valuable reference for scientists, engineers, researchers and practitioners involved in the broad field of transforming biomass food waste into bioenergy and bioproducts, and will also be of interest to graduate and post-graduate students.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bilal, Muhammad

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Alternative und erneuerbare Energien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I - Fundamentals
1. Food Waste: A Rising Global Concern with Severe Environmental Consequences
2. Sources, Generation, and Characterization of Food Waste
3. Measure, Classification, and Disposal Methods of Food Wastes
4. Upcycling Food Waste: Supporting the Three Pillars of Sustainability
5. Advances in Pretreatment Methods for the Upcycling of Food Waste
6. Current Practices, Emerging Technologies, and Innovation in Managing and Repurposing Food Waste

Part II - Food Waste to Biofuels and Bioenergy
7. Biotechnological Pathways for Converting Food Waste into Bioproducts
8. Biohythane, Biogas, and Biohydrogen Production from Food Waste
9. Effective Utilization of Food Waste for Bioethanol and Biobutanol Production
10. Bioconversion of Food Waste into Aviation Fuel and Biodiesel
11. Microbial and Enzymatic Engineering for Enhanced Food Waste Conversion into Biofuels
12. Thermochemical Conversion of Food Waste to Biofuels (Pyrolysis, Gasification)
13. Valorization of Food Wastewater to Resource Recovery
14. Biorefinery Concepts for Integrated Food Waste Bioconversion
15. Biocatalytic-Powered (Free and Immobilized) Valorization for Food Waste Biotransformation into High-Value Biofuels

Part III - Trends, Challenges, and Perspectives
16. Potential, Feasibilities, and Restrictions of Food Waste Valorization through Fermentation Processes
17. Environmental Impacts and Life Cycle Assessment of Food Waste Management Technologies
18. Technical Challenges, Policy Frameworks, Current and Future Perspectives for Food Waste Valorization
19. Bioreactor-Assisted Valorization, Scaling Up and Economic Assessment of Food Waste Processing
20. Advanced Modelling Approaches to Food Waste
21. Intelligent Approaches for Assessment and Management of Food Waste
22. New Trends in Food Waste Valorization (Case Studies)

Über Autor(innen)

Bilal, Muhammad
Muhammad Bilal is working as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland. Previously, he served as an assistant/associate Professor at Poznan University of Technology, Poland, and the School of Life Science and Food Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huaian, China. He earned his Ph.D. from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, specializing in bioengineering and applied biotechnology. His main research activities are oriented to Environmental biotechnology, nanotechnology, enzyme engineering, immobilization, chemical modifications, and industrial applications of microbial enzymes, liquid, and solid waste management. He has authored over 700 peer-reviewed articles, 150 book chapters, 25 edited books. Dr. Bilal is the associate editor of Frontiers in Chemical Engineering and Frontiers in Environmental Science (Frontiers), and an editorial board member for several journals. He was listed as a highly cited researcher (Clarivate) in 2021 and holds several "highly cited papers" in WOS.