Bio-Clean Energy Technologies Volume 2

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-981-16-8096-0
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 342 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 540 g

Reihe: Clean Energy Production Technologies

This edited book discusses the latest advancements in the area of biofuel development. It covers extensive information regarding different aspects and types of biofuels. The book provides a road map of the various kinds of biofuels available for consideration. It focuses on microbial based power generation, applications of nanotechnology in biofuel development, advancements in molecular techniques, economic and life cycle assessments. The book also highlights the commercialization prospects and economics of the various processes and an overview of the life cycle assessment of the various different kinds of biofuels. The contributors are experienced professors, academicians and scientists associated with renowned laboratories and institutes in India and abroad. This book is of interest to teachers, researchers, biofuel scientists, capacity builders and policymakers. Also the book serves as additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students. National and internationalscientists, policy makers will also find this to be a useful read.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chowdhary, Pankaj

Khanna, Namita

Pandit, Soumya

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Abfallwirtschaft, Abfallentsorgung
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Biotechnologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Mikrobiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Green Energy Solution to Combat Global Warming.- 2 Renewable Biofuels: Sources and Types.- 3 Introduction to Renewable Biofuel resources, their production technologies, Challenges and Applications.- 4 Conversion of biogas generated from anaerobic digestion of food waste to electricity using internal combustion engine and fuel cell.- 5 Biofilm Based production of Biomethane.- 6 Bioelectrochemical systems: Recent Advancements and Future Prospects.- 7 A brief review of the waste generation in India and biofuel applications.- 8 Biohydrogen Production by Immobilized Microbes.- 9 Conventional liquid biofuels.- 10 Sustainability of bioethanol production.- 11 Biofuels from algae.- 12 Bioethanol production from marine algae: a novel approach to curb global warming.- 13 Biofilms for Biofuel Production.- 14 Enzyme Technology in Biofuel Production.- 15 Immobilized Lipase for Industrial Biodiesel Production.- 16 An overview, current trends, and prospects of Biophotovoltaic Systems (BPVs).- 17 Applications of Nanotechnology in Biofuel Production.- 18 Waste to Bio-Energy Perspective through Life-Cycle Inventory.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Pankaj Chowdhary

Dr. Chowdharyis President, Society for Green Environment (SGE) at New Delhi. Currently he is working as Postdoctoral Fellow in Indian Institute of Toxicology Research. received B.Sc. in Zoology, Botany and Chemistry fromUttar Pradesh andUttar Pradesh (UP), IndiaAfterward, he obtained his Ph.D. in the area of Microbiology from Department of Biodegradation and Bioremediation of Environmental contaminants in Industrial wastewaters, and Metagenomics. He has edited five International Books. Besides, he has also authored two international books. He has published more thanseventy (70) research publications including research/review papers in national and international factor published by Springer, Elsevier, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Taylor & Francis Group and Frontiers. He has been also served as a potential reviewer for various national and international journals in his respective areas of the research. He is a Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) Kolkata, India” and

Dr. Soumya Panidit

Dr. Pandit completed her graduate studies from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. Thereafter he worked as Post-Doctoral Fellow in Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. Currently,she works as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Life Sciences at Sharda University, Delhi NCR. His research interests include microbial electrochemical system for bioenergy harvesting, bacterial biofilm study, nanomaterial synthesis and application in biofuel generation. He has more than 39 publications to her credit in peer reviewed journals, 40 book chapters, 1 edited and 1 text book on Industrial Biotechnology. He is serving as an editorial board member in SCIREA Journal of Biology, the Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers.

Dr. Namita Khanna

Dr. Khanna completed her graduate studies from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. Thereafter she worked as Post-Doctoral Fellow in Uppsala University, Sweden. Currently, she works as an Assistant Professor inthe Department of Biotechnology at Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences Pilani, Dubai Campus. Her research interests include harnessing solar energy towards the production of synthetic biofuelsand biodrugs. She has more than 27 publications to her credit in peer reviewed journals and edited books and co-authored one book on fundamentals of biohydrogen production technologies. Presently she also serves as a Review and Guest Editor in Frontiers in Energy Research as well as a Guest Editor for Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology.