Biogas Production

Dr. Nagamani Balagurusamy is Professor at the Faculty of Biological Sciences, Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila, Torreon, Mexico. Previously, he worked as Associate Professor at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India. Over the last 30 years, his research interest has been in the biology of anaerobic digesters, with particular emphasis on the interactions between anaerobic bacteria and archaea.He teaches Biochemistry, Microbial Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Environmental Engineering, Microbial Physiology, Bioremediation and Microbial Molecular Ecology to undergraduate and postgraduate students of Biochemical Engineering Programs. He is recognized as Level 1 Member of the National Research Scientists System of Mexico by the National Council of Science and Technology of the Government of Mexico.Dr. Anuj K. Chandel is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, Engineering School of Lorena, University of Sao Paulo (USP),Brazil. Dr. Chandel’s research interests are biofuels and biochemical production based on the biorefinery concept. As a frequently invited speaker at international conferences and forums he regularly lectures on technical and strategic aspects of biomass energy.He has published his research work in leading journals, and co-edited books on xylitol, sustainable degradation of lignocellulosic biomass, Brazilian and Indian biofuels development, sustainable sources of energy, and others. Additionally, he is a reviewer for numerous prominent journals, industrial projects of various funding agencies and a consultant for several biotechnology startups.

• ​Part 1: Trends in Biogas Production Technologies.- Chapter 1: Technological routes for biogas production: Current status and future perspectives.- Chapter 2: Prospects and challenges in Biogas Technology: Indian Scenario.- Chapter 3: Anaerobic digestion technology for management of organic wastes: Latin American context.- Chapter 4: Biogas technology for animal manure management in USA: State of art, opportunities, challenges and perspectives.- Chapter 5: Anaerobic digestion in Europe: Key to sustainable waste management, challenges and perspectives.- Chapter 6: Advances and challenges of anaerobic digestion of wastes and wastewaters from different industrial sectors.- Chapter 7: Comparative analysis of biogas with renewable fuels and energy: physio-chemical properties, and carbon footprints.- Part 2: Improving biogas production: Progress, challenges and perspectives.- Chapter 8: Potential feedstock for sustainable biogas production, transportation and supply chain analysis.- Chapter9: Potentials and challenges of micro and macroalgae as feedstock for biogas production.- Chapter 10: The realm of microorganisms in Biogas production: Microbial diversity, functional role, community interactions and monitoring the status of biogas plants.- Chapter 11: Metabolic engineering: A tool to increase the methane yield and efficiency of anaerobic digestion process.- Chapter 12: Scale-up operations for biogas production: Analysis on critical factors governing large scale operations .- Chapter 13: Biogas processing, storage and distribution, transportation and value chain analysis.- Chapter 14: Potentials and challenges of biogas upgradation as liquid biomethane.- Chapter 15: Nutrient value of digestates in soil fertility and productivity.- Part 3: Economics of Biogas Technology.- Chapter 16: Biogas commercialization: Commercial players, key business drivers, potential market and fostering investment.- Chapter 17: Biogas in circular bio-economy: Sustainable practice for rural farm waste management & techno-economic analyses.- Chapter 18: Biogas technology in Africa: An assessment of feedstock, barriers, socio-economic impact and the way forward.- Chapter 19: Governmental policies to promote biogas production, boosting role of biogas in economic growth of developing nations.