Biofuels: Scientific Explorations and Technologies for a Sustainable Environment

ISBN-13: 9781032396262 / Angielski

Samudra Banik; Debasis Bagchi

Opis

Biofuels: Scientific Explorations and Technologies for a Sustainable Environment analyses the promising future of biofuel technology and its judicious use to minimize dependency on fossil fuels.

Spis treści

Section A: Introduction and Overview

 

Chapter 1: History of Biofuel: Ethanol as a Fuel from Neolithic times to Twentieth Century                                                                                                

Timothy J. Tse and Martin J. T. Reaney

 

Section B: Bioethanol: A Prospective Biofuel

 

Chapter 2: Bioethanol from food crops - Corn, sugar cane and soybean   

N. Rajesh, M. Vidya Vani, T. Chandrasekhar, V. Anuprasanna, K. Riazunnisa

 

Chapter 3: Cellulosic ethanol: A paradigm shift from food crops

Arunima Biswas

 

Chapter 4: Filamentous fungi: The production powerhouses of cellulolytic and hemicellulolytic enzymes

Shakuntala Ghorai

 

Chapter 5: Advances in enzymatic hydrolysis and saccharification technology

Manoj Kumar Koradiya

 

 

 

 

Chapter 6: Harnessing the potential of lignocellulolytic enzymes: Advances in pretreatment technologies for conversion of lignocellulose to cellulosic ethanol

Arpan Das

 

 

Chapter 7: Tweaking Cellulolytic Enzyme Aggregates for Enhanced Bioethanol Production

Samudra P. Banik, Rituparna Ghosh, Suman Khowala, Manashi Bagchi, Debasis Bagchi

 

Chapter 8: A step ahead towards improved cellulosic ethanol production   

Dr. Souvik Roy, Sampreet Manna, Subhayu Chowdhury & Dr. Lopamudra Choudhury

 

 

Chapter 9: Genetically engineered designer cell factories for cellulosic ethanol production

Soumi Guha Polley

 

Section C: Biodiesel

 

Chapter 10: A review on Biodiesel production

Dr. Ali Gholami and Dr  Fathollah Pourfayaz, PhD

 

Chapter 11: Prospects and Challenges in microbial biodiesel production

Subhasis Sarkar, Bannhi Das, Koushik Mukherjee

 

Chapter 12: A Review on Industrial Biodiesel Production from Mixed Oils

Siri Fung Basumatary, Sujata Brahma, Bipul Das and Sanjay Basumatary

 

Chapter 13: Enhanced Lipid production from oleaginous yeast using optimized fermentation techniques to obtain biodiesel

Sweta Sinha, Gunjan Singh, Madhusudan Reddy, Debarati Paul

 

 

Chapter 14: Biodiesel fuel from renewable feedstocks: The role of catalysis for sustainable production

Othmane Amadine, Said Sair, Houda Maati, Soumia Aboulhrouz, Ilham Jiouia, Boutaina rezki, Abu Yousuf, Younes Essamlali, and Mohamed Zahouily

 

Chapter 15: Biodiesel production for a Sustainable Future

Tadios Tesfaye Mamo, I.D. Beza Yetimgeta Kibret, Bamlake Alemayehu Seyoum and Mengizam Tsegaye Getachew

 

 

Section D: Algal Biofuel

 

Chapter 16: An insight into “The recent developments of Biofuel production from microalgae”

Sundipan Bhowmick, Romit Mitra, Raviranjan Kumar, Santoshnambi Yadav, Serveshwar Tripathi, Sayari Mukherjee, Ramkrishna Sen

 

Chapter 17: Crude Microbial Enzymes (Fungal enzymes) from Agro-wastes as a Potent Agent for Biological Pretreatment of Algal Biomass Processing to Biofuel Production

Sangita Mahapatra , Lalit Kumar Singh

 

Chapter 18: Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy through Microalgae-based Biofuels

Samuel Ogbeide Ebhodaghe, Olumuyiwa Timothy Ogundijo

 

Chapter 19: Biofuels from algae: the long road to commercial viability

Biprojit Singha Roy, Priyanjana Nath, Sanmitra Ghosh, Arpita Das, Rajib Majumder

 

Section E: Advances in Biofuel Technology

 

Chapter 20: Seaweed as Potential Supply Chain for Future Biofuel

Olanrewaju S Oladokun, Hafiza Shukor, Giulia Guerriero, Syahidah K Ismail, and Okezie I Aruoma

 

Chapter 21: Butanol from Biomass: The ABE Fermentation

Brajesh Kumar, Surendra Kumar

 

Chapter 22: Biofuels from chitinous sources                                            

Aishwarya Krishnamoorthy, Tarun Kumar Upadhyay and Amit Baran Sharangi

 

 

Chapter 23: Chitinolytic enzymes in biofuel production: applications and future challenges

Vikram Poria, Prakriti Jhilta, Anusha Suresh, Surender Singh, Pawan Kumar, Sandeep Kumar

 

Chapter 24: Hydrolases from extremophiles: Exploring alternative strategies for low cost biofuel production

Avishek Ghosh

 

Chapter 25: Animal derivatives as a source of biofuel

Subir Chandra Dasgupta and Nabanita Ghosh

 

 

Chapter 26:Biofuel from plastic waste: A step forward to a greener and cleaner future

Bipasha Roy and Avishek Ghosh

 

Chapter 27: Biohydrogen production from bio-oil and other sources        

Thummala Chandrasekhar, Khateef Riazunnisa, Vankara Anu Prasanna, Muni Ramanna Gari Subhosh Chandra

 

Chapter 28: Second Generation Biodiesel Production from Household and Industrial Waste

Bidisha Saha, Mainak Mukhopadhyay, Debalina Bhattacharya

 

Chapter 29: Green Biotechnology for Sustainable Development and Climate Change

Sutapa Saha,Swagatam Pala, Sreeja Dasa, Parakbritta Hazra Duttaa, Ankur Mukhopadhyay

 

 

Section F: Biofuel Economics

 

Chapter 30: Analysis of decentralized biofuel-based mini-grid power project with respect to current policy and regulatory framework

Atreyee Sinha Chakraborty, Satadru Chakraborty, Shantanu Ghosh

 

Chapter 31: Biofuel Economy

Mizik Tamás

 

Chapter 32: Profit, Carbon Footprints and Challenges in Biofuel Industries

Arnab Bose

North Carolina State University, NC, USA.  

 

Commentary

The Past, Present, and Future of Biofuels: Tomorrow will never be the same

Samudra P. Banik, Rituparna Ghosh, Manashi Bagchi, and Debasis Bagchi

 

O autorze

Debasis Bagchi, PhD, MACN, FRSM, CNS, FISNFF, CFFS, MAIChE, received his Ph.D. in Medicinal Chemistry in 1982. He is an Adjunct Professor in the College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Texas Southern University, Houston, TX; an Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Biology, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, and the Course Director of Neurotoxicology (BIO 585); an Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, and the Course Co-Director of Integrative Neuroscience Seminar (PIA395-001); and Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Herbs LLC, Concord, CA. Ex-Professor in the Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy, Houston, TX. He served as the Chief Scientific Officer at Cepham Inc, Belmont, NJ, from June 2013, till Dec 2018, and as the Director of Scientific Affairs, VNI Inc., Bonita Springs, FL, from Jan 2019 to Jan 2023. He served as the Senior Vice President of Research & Development of InterHealth Nutraceuticals Inc, Benicia, CA, from 1998 till Feb 2011; Director of Innovation and Clinical Affairs, of Iovate Health Sciences, Oakville, ON, till June 2013.

Dr. Bagchi received the Master of American College of Nutrition Award in October 2010; became a Fellow of ISNFF in 2021 and awarded an overseas Fellow of Royal Society of Medicine (FRSM) in 2022. He is the Past Chairman of International Society of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods (ISNFF), Past President of American College of Nutrition, Clearwater, FL, and Past Chair of the Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods Division of Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), Chicago, IL. He is serving as a Distinguished Advisor on the Japanese Institute for Health Food Standards (JIHFS), Tokyo, Japan. Dr. Bagchi is a Member of the Study Section and Peer Review Committee of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD. Dr. Bagchi has 443 papers in peer reviewed journals, 48 books and 20 patents. Dr. Bagchi is also a Member of the Society of Toxicology, Member of the New York Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the Nutrition Research Academy, and Member of the TCE stakeholder Committee of the Wright Patterson Air Force Base, OH. Dr. Bagchi is the Associate Editors of the Journal of Functional Foods, Journal of the American College of Nutrition, and Archives of Medical and Biomedical Research, and also serving as Editorial Board Member of numerous peer reviewed journals, including Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, Cancer Letters, Food & Nutrition Research, Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods, The Original Internist, and other peer reviewed journals.

Samudra Prosad Banik completed his B.Sc. in Microbiology from Calcutta University, India in 2001. Subsequently he did his Masters from the Department of Biophysics & Molecular Biology from the same University in 2003. Thereafter, he obtained his Ph.D. in protein biochemistry and fungal biotechnology from CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata in 2009 after qualifying as a Junior Research Fellow in University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test of India. He has been the recipient of travel grant from International Rice Research Institute, Philippines. He has been serving as Assistant Professor at the Department of Microbiology, Maulana Azad College, Kolkata since 2009. His teaching specialization is Biophysics, Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Protein Biochemistry. He has been the Principal Investigator of one major and one minor research grant awarded by the University Grants Commission, India and the thrust areas of his research interest are 1) Biophysical characterization of glycated proteins and their implications in Type II diabetes and neurodegenerative disorders and 2) Biophysical characterization of industrially important fungal glycosidases in relation to production of cellulosic ethanol. He has authored 27 peer reviewed publications with an average JCR impact factor of more than 3 and has contributed 14  chapters in books. He has successfully mentored one doctoral student till now and numerous Masters’ students for their summer internship. He is a Life member of the Biotech Research Society of India and Microbiologists Society, India. He is presently the Head of his department and also a member of the Internal Quality Assurance Cell of his college.