Low and Zero Carbon Clean Fuels: Production, Application, and Challenges

This book comprehends the characteristics, creation, and utilization of biofuels derived from different feedstocks like edible oil, non-edible oil, cooked waste, chicken fat, and algae. It covers recent energy scenarios, environmental issues and solutions, biodiesel production techniques, and the optimization of process parameters, such as the selection of feedstock for biofuels production. Bioethanol production from different feedstocks and pretreatment techniques, biogas upgrading technology, storage, and utilization in dual fuel engines is also included.

Features:

• Discusses the production and application of the low/zero-carbon fuel
• Provides information on the legislation and standards for the adoption of these fuels
• Includes statistical data and pricing of the current situation of raw materials, products, and utilities costs
• Explores the adoption of machine-learning algorithms like ANN for the production processes
• Consider safety aspects, regulatory policies, and sustainable use directions

This book is aimed at graduate students and researchers in chemical and mechanical engineering, alternative fuels, and combustion engines.

Babu Dharmalingam is currently serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He earned his Ph.D. from the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, in 2019, where he focused on advanced combustion techniques and renewable energy systems.

Malinee Sriariyanun is an Assistant to the President for Special Affairs and International Relations of King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok (KMUTNB), Thailand. She received her Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from University of California, Davis, USA in 2011. Currently, she works as a lecturer for Chemical and Process Engineering Program at The Sirindhorn International Thai-German Graduate School of Engineering (TGGS), KMUTNB.

Sangeetha Dharmalingam is a leading expert in polymer electrolyte membranes, bioelectrochemical systems, and hydrogen technology, serving as Professor at the Institute for Energy Studies, Anna University, and she is also the Director of Centre for Composite Materials. She earned her PhDs in Polymers (2000) and Polymer Composites (2021).

Ganesh Duraisamy, currently working as a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from the College of Engineering – Guindy, Anna University in the year 2011 and he has done a 300 Raman UGC Indo-US Post doctoral Fellowship at Engine Research Centre (ERC), University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA in 2013. His area of interest is low and zero-carbon fuels, ammonia and hydrogen combustion, and Low-temperature combustion concepts.

Rangabhashiyam Selvasembian currently working as Head and Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Sciences, SRM University-AP, India. Previously worked in the Department of Biotechnology, School of Chemical & Biotechnology, SASTRA Deemed University, India. He received his Doctor of Philosophy degree from National Institute of Technology Calicut, India.