Biomass, Biopolymer-Based Materials, and Bioenergy

Deepak Verma is currently working as an Assistant Professor, in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, at Graphic Era Hill University, Dehradun, India. He received his M.Tech from the College of Technology, GBPUA&T Pantnagar, India. He has more than 7 years of experience in teaching, research, and working within industry. His research interests include: Hybrid Reinforced/Filled Polymer Composites, Advance Materials: Graphene and Nanoclay, Wood fiber Reinforced/Filled Polymer Composites, Modification and Treatment of Natural Fibres and Solid Wood Composites, and Polymer blends. He has published 2 books, 16 book chapters, and more than 10 International journal papers in reputed journals. Elena Fortunati, graduated in 2007 in Materials Engineering and she was awarded a Ph.D. in Nanotechnology of Materials at the University of Perugia, in 2010. Since January 2011 she has been a researcher (post-doctoral) at the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department/Faculty of Engineering /Materials Science and Technology (STM) Group. She has attended and spoken at over 30 International Conferences and is author of more than 50 articles in refereed journals and book chapters, most of them concerning waste re-valorization and use, extraction of cellulose nanocrystals and their use in nanocomposites for industrial applications. Siddharth Jain is currently working as an Associate Professor, in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering Roorkee, Roorkee, India. He received his M.Tech and PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee in the area of thermal and renewable energy. After graduation from IIT Roorkee, he worked for one year at the National University of Singapore, as a post-doctoral fellow and also worked for another year at the University of Alberta, Canada, as a post-doctoral fellow on Renewable energy. The majority of his research has been devoted to investigate the production of power, fuel,and chemicals from renewable energy resources, mainly: kinetic, and mechanism studies on biomass thermal conversion processes and integral techno-economic and environmental assessment on renewable energy systems. Dr. Xiaolei Zhang is currently working in Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen) as assistant professor. She received her Ph.D in Water Science from INRS University of Quebec in 2014. Her research work focuses on municipal wastewater and industrial wastewater treatment; micro-electrolysis for wastewater treatment; advanced oxidation. Dr. Zhang has published more than 40 peer-reviewed journal papers, 9 book chapters, and many conference presentations.

• Part I: Biopolymers and Biomass-reinforced Green Composites1. Introduction2. Biomass based green composites: Fabrication, Properties and characterization3. Biomass based green composites and their applications in automotive industries4. Posidonia oceanica waste reinforced PLA nanocomposites: Fabrication and applications5. Bagasse fiber reinforced composites and their applications in the construction and building industries6. Biomass reinforced composites and their utilization in packaging industries7. Fabrication and mechanical properties evaluation of agro-waste biomass based green composites8. Starch based Biodegradable Green Composites: Development and their applications9. Coconut coir based natural fiber composites: Mechanical properties and applications10. Bamboo fiber reinforced polymer composites: Mechanical Properties and Applications11. Banana fiber reinforced polymer composites: Mechanical properties and Applications12. Revalorization of agricultural wastes as novel precursor for cellulose nanofibrils extracted by steam explosion and their effect on bionanocomposite properties13. Natural fibres as reinforcement phases in different thermoplastic and/or thermosetting matrices for industrial applicationsPart II: Biofuels14. Biofuels: their Characterization and analysis15. The consideration of economics during processing of biofuels16. Energy production from corn, cellulosic, and algae biomass17. An introduction to Biofuels, foods, livestock, and the environment18. The use of Crop residues for biofuel production19. An overview of the carbon footprint of the biofuels from corn and sugarcane20. The production of Biodiesel by Using Karanja (Pongamia pinnata) and Jatropha (Jatropha curcas) Oil21. The production of biofuel from rice bran oil22. The current and future perspectives of biofuels23. The thermochemical conversion of biomass into biofuels