Biomass, Biofuels, Biochemicals

Advances in Enzyme Technology
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-0-444-64114-4
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 524 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1090 g

Biomass, Biofuels and Biochemicals: Advances in Enzyme Technology provides state-of-the-art information on the fundamental aspects and current perspectives in enzyme technology to graduate students, postgraduates and researchers working in industry and academia. The book provides information about the use of enzyme technology as an important tool for biotechnological processes, including food, feed, fuels, textiles, paper, energy and environmental applications. The search for improvements in existing enzyme-catalyzed processes dictates the need to update information on various enzyme technologies. The book gives a snapshot of current practice and research in the area of enzyme technology.

Zielgruppe

<p>Academics and researchers at graduate and post graduate level in Chemical and Process Engineering, Environmental science, Sustainability analysis, Electrochemistry, Materials science, Biotechnology, Microbiology, and Molecular biology</p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

Singh, Ram Sarup

Singhania, Reeta Rani

Pandey, Ashok

Larroche, Christian

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Biogasanlagen, Energie aus Biomasse
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Brennstoffe, Kraftstoffe, Explosivstoffe
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Biotechnologie Industrielle Biotechnologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Microbial enzymes: An overview
2. Purification of enzymes
3. Enzyme kinetics and modelling of enzymatic systems
4. Thermodynamics of enzyme catalyzed reaction
5. Enzymatic biocatalysis in chemical transformations: A promising and emerging field in green chemistry
6. Current and emerging technologies for the development of novel enzyme catalysis
7. Industrial applications of multistep enzyme reactions
8. Enzyme nanocarriers
9. Immobilized enzymes and their implications
10. Enzyme based biosensors and their applications
11. Enzymes as diagnostic tools
12. Enzymes as analytical tools for the assessment of food quality and food safety
13. Metabolic engineering for the improvement of industrial enzymes
14. Enzyme engineering
15. Recombinant enzymes in food and pharmaceutical industry
16. Tailoring of industrial enzymes
17. Metagenomics and the search for industrial enzymes
18. Bioinformatics of industrial enzymes
19. Enzymes: Emerging trends and future perspectives
20. Global market scenario of industrial enzymes

Über Autor(innen)

Singhania, Reeta Rani
Dr Reeta Rani Singhania is currently Associate Professor at National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology at Kaohsiung in Taiwan. Her major research area Microbial & Enzyme Technology and Bioprocess Technology, with current focus on value-added compounds from lignocellulosic biomass including oligosaccharides and bioethanol. She has 16 patents, edited four books and published more than 180 research articles, several book chapters and conference communications. She is the recipient of several national and international awards. She is the Editor of Bioresource Technology Reports and System Microbiologyand Biomanufacturing and Associate Editor of Heliyon Energy.

Larroche, Christian
Prof. Christian Larroche is Director of Polytech Clermont-Ferrand, a graduate school of engineering of University Clermont-Auvergne, France. He is also member of the research laboratory Institut Pascal and of the laboratory of excellence ImobS3 at the same university. He has strong research skills and expertise in the area of applied microbiology and biochemical engineering. He is author of 220 documents, including 114 articles, three patents, 15 book chapters and 24 co-editions of books or journal special issues. He is member of French Society for Process Engineering (SFGP), French Society of Biotechnology and European Federation of Chemical Engineering. He is administrator of IBA-IFIBiop and editor of Bioresource Technology.

Pandey, Ashok
Prof. Ashok Pandey is currently Executive Director, Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability-India, Lucknow. His major research and technological development interests are industrial and environmental biotechnology and energy biosciences, focusing on biomass to biofuels and chemicals, waste to wealth and energy, etc.

Singh, Ram Sarup
Dr. Singh is working in the area of Industrial Biotechnology particularly industrial enzymes, biopolymers, glycoproteins, biofuels, etc. from fungal sources. He has more than 300 publications, including 200 research papers, 5 books, 45 book chapters, and 50 popular articles and has been granted 2 Indian patents. He has many national and international awards to his credit. He is Fellow of Biotech Research Society of India, Association of Microbiologists of India and Mycological Society of India. He was guest editor of Biologia, Indian Journal of Experimental biology and Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research in 2012.