Solid-Gaseous Biofuels Production

Inamuddin, PhD, is an assistant professor at the Department of Applied Chemistry, Zakir Husain College of Engineering and Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. He has extensive research experience in multidisciplinary fields of analytical chemistry, materials chemistry, electrochemistry, renewable energy, and environmental science. He has worked on different research projects funded by various government agencies and universities and is the recipient of awards, including the Department of Science and Technology, India, Fast-Track Young Scientist Award and Young Researcher of the Year Award 2020 from Aligarh Muslim University. He has published about 210 research articles in various international scientific journals, many book chapters, and dozens of edited books, many with Wiley-Scrivener. Tariq Altalhi, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry at Taif University, Saudi Arabia. He received his doctorate degree from University of Adelaide, Australia in the year 2014 with Dean’s Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence. He has worked as head of the Chemistry Department at Taif university and Vice Dean of Science College. In 2015, one of his works was nominated for Green Tech awards from Germany, Europe’s largest environmental and business prize, amongst top 10 entries. He has also co-edited a number of scientific books.

• Preface xix1 Biofuel Production: Past to Present Technologies 1Manisha Jagadale, Beula Isabel J., Mahesh Jadhav, Selvakumar Periyasamy and Desta Getachew Gizaw2 Biorefineries for the Sustainable Generation of Algal Biofuels 31Mônica Lady Fiorese, Keiti Lopes Maestre, Carina Contini Triques, Larissa Echeverria, Jacqueline Ferandin Honório, Marcia Regina Fagundes-Klen, Leila Denise Fiorentin-Ferrari and Veronice Slusarski-Santana3 Biofuel Production from Waste Materials 61Anvita Chaudhary, Richa Srivastava and Ram Singh4 Essentials of Liquefied Biomethane Gas (LBG) 83Rupesh S., Deepanraj B., Sowndarya K. J., Anushree P. and Somashekar B. R.5 Exploring Cost-Effective Pathways for Future Biofuel Production 119Sumeyra Gurkok6 Generation of Hydrogen Using Cyanobacteria 149Darissa Alves Dutra, Adriane Terezinha Schneider, Rosangela Rodrigues Dias, Mariany Costa Deprá, Richard Luan Silva Machado, Leila Queiroz Zepka and Eduardo Jacob-Lopes7 Microstructural Engineering for Bioenergy Production 165Serkan Baslayici and Pelin Demircivi8 Lignocellulosic Biomass as Feedstock for Biofuels: The State of the Science, Prospects, and Challenges 187Surbhi Kumari Barnwal, Srijanee Dhar, Deepu Joy Parayil and Dileep Francis9 Limitations of the First- and Second-Generation Solid-Gaseous Biofuels in a Time of Climate Emergency 229Deviany Deviany and Siti Khodijah Chaerun10 Advancements in Microbial Fermentation of Agro and Food Processing Wastes for Generation of Biofuel 245Swati Ray, Avik Mukherjee and Uma Ghosh11 Biofuel Prospects by 2030, Based on Existing Production and Future Projections 287Masoud Salehipour, Shahla Rezaei, Ali Motaharian, Rezvan Yazdian-Robati and Mehdi Mogharabi-Manzari12 Microstructural Maneuvering for Bioenergy Production 299Akhandal Sahoo, Tushar Adsul, Santanu Ghosh and Atul Kumar Varma13 Nanotechnology-Based Alternatives for Sustainable Biofuel and Bioenergy Production 333Sapna Devi, Sushma Kumari, Tatek Temesgen and Sunaina14 New Insights Into Valuable Strategies for Generating Algal Biofuels 363Malini S., Kalyan Raj and K.S. Anantharaju15 Outline of Energy Crop-Based Solid Biofuels: Trends and Opportunities 379Shrabani Barman, Sandipan Biswas, Sahidul Islam and Ujjwal Mandal16 Overview of Gaseous Biofuels Derived from Crops: Progress and Prospects 405P. Sobhangi, Monalisa Das, P.O. Prakash, R. Keerthi and K.V. Chaitanya17 Recent Advances in Microbial Biodiesel 433Swathe Sriee A. E., Ranjitha J. and Vijayalakshmi Shankar18 Thermochemical Conversion Products for Solid Biofuels 473J.E. Castanheiro, P.A. Mourão and I. Cansado19 Coal for Hydrogen Production and Storage 487Dinesh Kumar, Tushar Adsul, Santanu Ghosh and Atul Kumar Varma20 Fuel Characteristics of Solid and Gaseous Energy Carriers 525Charles Rashama, Christian Riann and Tonderayi S. MatamboReferences 542Index 545