Bio-Clean Energy Technologies Volume 2 (Clean Energy Production Technologies) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9811680930 ISBN 13: 9789811680939

Publisher: Springer, 2022

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Dr. Pankaj Chowdhary

Dr. Chowdhary is President, Society for Green Environment (SGE) at New Delhi. Currently he is working as Postdoctoral Fellow in Indian Institute of Toxicology Research. He received his B.Sc. in Zoology, Botany and Chemistry from St. Andrews College, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh and Post graduation degree in Biotechnology from Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University Uttar Pradesh (UP), India. Afterward, he obtained his Ph.D. in the area of Microbiology from Department of Environmental Microbiology at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. His main research areas are Microbial Biotechnology, 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 peer reviewed journals of high impact factor published by Springer, Elsevier, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Taylor & Francis Group and Frontiers. He has also published many National and International Book chapters & Magazine articles on the biodegradation and bioremediation of industrial pollutants. 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 life member of the “Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI)”, “Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) Kolkata, India” and The Biotech Research Society, India (BRSI).

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.

From the Back Cover

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 international scientists, policy makers will also find this to be a useful read.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9811680930
• ISBN 13: 9789811680939
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 353
• Editor: Chowdhary Pankaj, Pandit Soumya, Khanna Namita