Biofuels and Bioenergy

Dr Baskar Gurunathan is Professor of Biotechnology in St. Joseph’s College of Engineering, Chennai, India. He has published more than 150 research and review articles in National and International Journals, 15 book chapters, and 3 books. He has delivered invited lectures and chaired technical sessions in national and international conferences. His current research areas are biofuels and bioenergy, nanocatalysis, therapeutic proteins, industrial enzymes and nanomedicine. He is the editorial board member of several journals, recipient of Outstanding Reviewer Awards from various Elsevier Journals. He has received Outstanding Researcher in Renewable Energy Award from the Indian Society for Technical Education, New Delhi in 2016 and Young Scientist Award 2015 from the International Bioprocessing Association, France in 2017. Recently he received the ‘Prof S B Chincholkar Memorial Award 2019’ of the Biotech Research Society, India for his outstanding work in the area of Biofuels and Food Biotechnology. Dr. Renganathan Sahadevan is a full Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at Anna University, Chennai, India. His research is focused on Biofuels, Bio-Nanomaterials and Environmental Biotechnology, in which he had more than 20 years of teaching and research experience. He has published 165 scientific research papers in reputed National and International Journals, 10 Book Chapters, and 1 book. He has presented more than 30 scientific research papers and delivered several invited lectures in National and International Conferences. Under his guidance, 15 research scholars have completed their Ph.D. Degree and 3 PDF Scholars have completed their research. He received the “Young Scientist Award” from DST in 2012, “Active Researcher Award” from the Centre for Technology and Development Transfer for his valuable contribution to the field of biofuels, and "Thiru T.M. Narayanaswamy Pillai Chemical Engineering Prize" from The Governor of Tamil Nadu.

• 1. Boundaries and openings of biorefineries towards sustainable biofuel production2. A perspective on the biorefinery approaches for bioenergy production in a circular bioeconomy process3. A comprehensive integration of biorefinery concepts for the production of biofuels from lignocellulosic biomass4. Evaluation of activated sludge derived from wastewater treatment process as a potential biorefinery platform5. Insights into the Impact of Biorefineries and Sustainable Green Technologies on Circular Bioeconomy6. Fermentation Technology for Ethanol Production: Current Trends and Challenges7. Improved enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic waste biomass: Most essential stage to develop cost effective bio-fuel production8. Advances and sustainable conversion of waste lignocellulosic biomass into biofuels9. Lignocellulosic biomass as an alternate source for next generation biofuels10. Process Intensification of Biobutanol Production11. Production of n-butanol by clostridial fermentation: A superior alternative renewable liquid fuel12. Biobutanol Separation using Ionic Liquids as a Green Solvent13. Synergistic Prospects of Microalgae in Wastewater Treatment and Third Generation Biofuel Production14. Concurrent reduction of CO2 and generation of biofuels by electrified microbial systems – concepts and perspectives15. Challenges and opportunities in large scale production of biodiesel16. Selection of operating parameters for refining of biodiesel by response surface methodology17. Lipid derived biofuel: production methodologies18. Interesterification reaction of vegetable oil and alkyl acetate as alternative route for glycerol-free biodiesel synthesis19. Recent advances of lipase catalyzed greener production of biodiesel in organic reaction media: Economic and sustainable viewpoint20. Efficient utilization of biomass derived heterogeneous catalyst for biodiesel production21. Catalytic pyrolysis for upgrading of biooil obtained from biomass22. Recent Trends in Pyrolysis and Gasification of Lignocellulosic Biomass23. Experimental Investigation of Performance of Biodiesel with Different Blends in Diesel Engine24. Techno-Economic Evaluation of 2G Ethanol Production with Co-Products from Rice straw25. Techno-economic analysis for production of biodiesel using non catalytic transesterification26. Technoeconomic analysis of biodiesel production from biooil27. Technoeconomic Analysis of Biofuels Production from Marine Algae28. Techno-Economic Assessment of Biofuel Production using Thermochemical Pathways29. Modeling and technoeconomic analysis of biogas production from waste food30. Biofuels production from Algal biomass: Environmental impact and Techno-Economic Analysis31. Computer-aided environmental and techno-economic analyses as tools for development of biorefineries under the circular bioeconomy approach32. Environmental impact analysis of Biofuels and Bioenergy-A global perspective33. Environmental impacts of biofuels and their blends: A case study on waste vegetable oil derived blend fuels34. Solid Biofuels Production, Environmental Impact and Techno-Economic Analysis