This book highlights recent advancements in such an important topic, through contribution from experts demonstrating different applications in ‘day-to-day’ life, both existing and newly emerging biological technologies, and thought provoking approaches from different parts of the world, potential future prospects associated with some frontier development in non-conventional energy sources. It covers different aspects of cellulosic and lignocellulosic biomass; Cellulosics Biorefinery; Algal Biofuels; Biodiesel; Bioethanol; Microbial Fuel Cells; Biofuel cells; and biohydrogen production. This book is a comprehensive and informative compilation for international readers, especially undergraduate, post graduate students and researchers.
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1 Current state of art on lignocellulosic biomass: future biofuels.- 2 Cellulosics Biorefinery: Concepts, potential, and challenges.- 3 Biorefinery technology for cellulosic biofuel production.- 4 Life cycle assessment of Algal Biofuels.- 5 Biodiesel: features, potential hurdles and future direction.- 6 Solid-state fermentation: an alternative approach to produce fungal lipids as biodiesel feedstock.- 7 Metabolic engineering approach for advanced microbial fuel production using
Escherichia coli.-8 Microbial Fuel Cells (MFC) and its prospects on bioelectricity potential.- 9 Biocatalysis of Biofuel cells: Exploring the Intrinsic Bioelectrochemistry.- 10 Bioelectric fuel cells: Recent trends to manage the crisis on resources for conventional energy.- 11 Bioethanol: Substrates, current status, and challenges .- 12 Progress and perspectives of nanomaterials for bioenergy production.- 13 Nanofarming: Nanotechnology in Biofuel Production.- 14 Potential of Extremophiles in bioelectrochemical systems and biohydrogen production.
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Dr. Sanket Joshi is a Deputy Director, Oil & Gas Research Center, and an Application Specialist, Oil & Gas Science, at Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. He holds BSc and MSc from Sardar Patel University, India, and a Ph D from M. S. University of Baroda, India – all in Microbiology. Dr. Joshi has 16 years of academic teaching and research experience, and 4 years of industrial R&D experience, in India and Oman. His current research interests encompass: Energy, Microbial products, and Environmental bioremediation. He serves as an Academic/Associate Editor/Guest editor for some of the highly reputed journals; book series editor for Elsevier INC.
Dr. Ramkrishna Sen is a Professor and the Head, Department of Biotechnology, IIT Kharagpur. He is also the Chairperson of the School of Bioscience and Central Research Facility. He administered as Chairman (GATE-&-JAM), IIT Kharagpur. Prof. Sen worked as Manager (R&D-Biotech), Cadila Pharma Ltd. He served as Fulbright Visiting Faculty in Columbia University, New York. His research areas include Healthcare, Energy, Environment and Water. So far, 24 Ph D scholars completed their degrees under his supervision. He has about 230 international & national publications and 15 patent applications to his credit. Prof. Sen recently featured in the list of top 2% Indian Scientists in the World.
Dr. Atul Sharma is currently Associate Professor at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, India. He has worked as a Scientific Officer in Devi Ahilya University, India; as a Research Assistant at KIER, South Korea; and as a Visiting Professor in Kun Shan University, Taiwan, R.O.C. Dr. Sharma completed his M. Phil. and Ph.D. from School of Energy and Environmental Studies, Devi Ahilya University, India. Dr. Sharma published several edited books from the various well-known international publishers; research papers in various international journals and conferences. He is working on the developmentand applications of PCMs, green buildings, solar water heating systems, solar air heating systems, and solar drying systems.
Prof. P. Abdul Salam is currently serving as Professor and Chair of Sustainable Energy Transition Program, Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Change, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. Prof. Salam has over 25 years of international experience in research, consultancy and capacity building in the areas of bioenergy, waste to energy, renewable energy, energy efficiency, energy storage, smart energy buildings, climate change mitigation, and water-energy-food nexus. He has obtained his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka; ME and Ph D in Renewable Energy and Energy Technology, respectively, from AIT. Prof. Salam is a member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Engineers, International Solid Waste Association, and World Bioenergy Association.
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