A Biorefinery Approach to Algal Biomass Conversion for Biofuels and Bioproducts

Kaustubha Mohanty has a Ph.D in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and is currently working as a Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. His key research areas are biofuels, bioseparation, biological wastewater treatment, membrane technology, microalgae biorefinery and biomass pyrolysis. He has published more than 130 research papers in peer-reviewed journals and edited one book on Membrane Technology & Applications. He has supervised twelve Ph.D students and fifteen more are currently pursuing their Ph.D research under his supervision. He is an Editor of the Journal of Chemistry; Associate Editor of The Journal of Institution of Engineers (India) Series: E; Associate Editor of the Research Journal of Environmental Sciences; Review Editor of Frontiers in Bioenergy and Biofuel, and Editorial board member of various other journals. He was recently admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK and Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India). He is also a Member of the Society of Chemical Industry, London; Member of Canadian Society for Chemical Engineers and Life Member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers. Dr. Satya Sundar Mohanty is currently engaged as the Postdoctoral research fellow at School of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Guwahati. He is on academic leave from Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore where he is working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology, School of Agriculture and Biosciences. He did his M.Tech and Ph.D. from National Institute of Technology Rourkela. He has published his research works in several peer reviewed journals of international repute. His area of interest includes environmental biotechnology, wastewater treatment technologies, bio-valorization of industrial wastes, optimization techniques, bioprocess engineering and bioreactor designing. He has earned accolades in various national and international forum for the presentation of his research works.

• Section I: Algae 1. Microalgae and macroalgae2. Taxonomy3. Microbiology4. Availability and abundance5. PhotosynthesisSection II: Biorefinery 6. Fundamentals7. State of the art in biofuel production8. Spent biomass utilization9. EconomicsSection III: Biomass Conversion and its bioproducts 10. Bioethanol11. Biomethane12. Biohydrogen13. Biobutanol14. Bio-oil15. Biochar16. Syngas17. Commercial success stories: case studies, process engineering, large-scale difficulties and advantagesSection IV: Integrated Biorefinery 18. Zero waste concept19. CO2 sequestration through algal biomass production20. Integration of wastewater treatment along with algal biomass production21. Hybridization of solar photovoltaics with algal biomass production22. Other feedstocks to be considered along with algae for sustainabilitySection V: Sustainability Evaluation 23. Technoeconomic and life cycle analysis for microalgae biomass conversion under biorefinery approach24. Global policies25. Political impacts and environmental impacts26. Future prospects, summary and conclusion