Utilization of Waste Biomass in Energy, Environment and Catalysis (Novel Biotechnological Applications for Waste to Value Conversion)

Biomass finds its application as feedstock to produce biofuels and other value-added products, which finds usage in energy and environmental areas with particular focus on bioenergy production from different biomass and high-volume, medium-value industrial products. This book investigates problems of controlled synthesis of these materials and the effect of their morphological, physical, and chemical characteristics on their adsorption or desorption capacity and recent progress in green catalysts derived from biomass for various catalytic applications. Socioeconomic impacts on environment and climate regarding waste biomass are discussed as well.

Features

• Covers recent progress on green catalysts derived from biomass
• Explores the biomass conversion to different resources
• Introduces the utilization of biowaste in environmental aspects
• Discusses the biomass applications in different types of energy
• Proposes microbial waste biomass as a resource of renewable energy

This book is aimed at professionals and senior undergraduate students in environmental sciences, energy studies, and environmental and chemical engineering.

Dr. Dan Bahadur Pal

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi-835215, Jharkhand, India and his research area are Nanotechnology, Catalysis, Energy, Environment, Biomass application and wastewater treatment. He has also published around 25 research papers in journals, 15 book chapters and 18 conferences proceedings.

Dr. Pardeep Singh

Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science, PGDAV College, University of Delhi, New Delhi India and his research area are Nanotechnology, Energy, Environment, Biomass application and wastewater treatment. He has also published around 60 research papers in journals, 25 books edited, 39 book chapters.