Biomass, Biofuels, Biochemicals: Circular Bioeconomy--Current Developments and Future Outlook

ISBN-13: 9780128218785 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 908 str.

Ashok Pandey; R. D. Tyagi; Sunita Varjani

Spis treści

Part I: Genera 1. Circular bioeconomy - An introduction 2. Advance recycling technology and resource cycling 3. Environment and material science technology for circular bioeconomy 4. Biomass to fuels and chemicals: Enabling technologies 5. Water recycling: Economic and environmental benefits 6. Environmental impacts of recovery of resources from industrial wastewater

Part II: Waste Biorefineries 7. Waste biorefinery development towards circular bioeconomy with focus on life-cycle assessment 8. Valorization of industrial waste for biofuel production: Challenges and opportunities 9. Sustainability of gaseous biofuels: State-of-art on the assessment of gaseous biofuels potential uses, technological constraints, and environmental concerns 10. Lignocellulosic biorefinery for value-added products: The emerging bioeconomy

Part III: Bio-electrochemical Systems 11. Waste remediation using bioelectrochemical systems: Opportunity and future perspectives 12. Bioelectrochemical systems for fuel production: A techno-economic analysis 13. Microbial electrochemical technologies for CO2 sequestration: Knowledge gaps and perspectives 14. Bioelectrochemical systems for remediation and recovery of nutrients from industrial wastewater

Part IV: Biopolymers and Green solvents 15. Poly-hydroxyalkonates production from feedstocks: Technological advancements and techno-economic analysis 16. Agro-industrial waste valorisation for biopolymer production and life-cycle assessment towards circular economy 17. Bioethanol production from lignocellulosic waste: Challenges in process integration 18. Green chemistry for green solvents production and sustainability towards green economy

Part V: Bio-adsorbents 19. Sustainable production of bio adsorbents from municipal and industrial waste in a circular bioeconomy context 20. Life cycle assessment of agricultural waste-based and biomass-based adsorbents

Part VI: Technology transfer and global scenario of circular bioeconomy 21. Technology transfer from bench to industry: Closing loop 22. World-wide scenario of circular bioeconomy 23. Challenges for transformation towards circular bioeconomy 24. Waste to wealth and energy vs. sustainability: Life-cycle assessment and techno-economic analysis

O autorze

Professor Ashok Pandey is currently Distinguished Scientist at the Centre for Innovation and Translational Research, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India and Executive Director (Honorary) at the Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability - India. Formerly, he was Eminent Scientist at the Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing, Mohali and Chief Scientist & Head of Biotechnology Division and Centre for Biofuels at CSIR's National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Trivandrum. His major research and technological development interests are industrial & environmental biotechnology and energy biosciences, focusing on biomass to biofuels & chemicals, waste to wealth & energy, industrial enzymes, etc.



Professor Pandey is Adjunct/Visiting Professor/Scientist in universities in France, Brazil, Canada, China, Korea, South Africa, and Switzerland and also in several universities several in India. He has ~1425 publications/communications, which include 16 patents, 90 books, >700 papers and book chapters, etc with h index of 105 and ~48,800 citations (Goggle scholar). He has transferred several technologies to industries and has done industrial consultancy for about a dozen projects for Indian/international industries.



Professor Pandey is the recipient of many national and international awards and honours, which include Highest Cited Researcher (Top 1% in the world), Clarivate Analytics, Web of Science (2020, 2019 & 2018); Top scientist in Biotechnology (#1 in India and #8 in the world), Stanford University world ranking (2020); Fellow, World Society of Sustainable Energy Technologies?(2020); Fellow, Indian Chemical Society (2020); Distinguished Scientist, VDGOOD Professional Association, India (2020); Distinguished Professor of Eminence with global impact in the area of Biotechnology, Precious Cornerstone University, Nigeria (2020); IconSWM Life-time Achievement Award 2019, International Society for Solid Waste Management, KIIT, Bhubaneshwar, India (2019); Yonsei Outstanding Scholar, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (2019); Life-Time Achievement Award from the Biotech Research Society, India (2018); Life-Time Achievement Award from Venus International Research Awards (2018), Most Outstanding Researcher Award from Career360 (2018), Life-Time Achievement Award from the International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (2017); Fellow, Royal Society of Biology, UK (2016); Felow, International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (2016); Academician of European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Austria (2015); Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, India (2012); Fellow, Association of Microbiologists of India (2008); Honorary Doctorate degree from Univesite Blaise Pascal, France (2007); Fellow, International Organization of Biotechnology and Bioengineering (2007); Thomson Scientific India Citation Laureate Award, USA (2006); Fellow, the Biotech Research Society, India (2005); UNESCO Professor (2000); Raman Research Fellowship Award, CSIR (1995); GBF, Germany and CNRS, France Fellowships (1992) and Young Scientist Award (1989), etc.



Professor Pandey is Founder President of the Biotech Research Society, India (www.brsi.in); Founder & International Coordinator of International Forum on Industrial Bioprocesses, France (www.ifibiop.org), Chairman of the International Society for Energy, Environment & Sustainability (www.isees.in), Editor-in-chief of Bioresource Technology (http://ees.elsevier.com/bite/), Honorary Executive Advisor of Journal of Energy and Environmental Sustainability (www.jees.in), Journal of Systems Microbiology and Biomanufacturing (https://www.springer.com/journal/43393), Journal of Environmental Sciences and Engineering (http://neerijese.org/editorial-board/), Subject Editor, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, India (https://www.springer.com/life+sciences/jou Prof. R. D. Tyagi is an internationally recognized Professor of Biochemical Engineering and biotransformation with 'Institut national de la recherché Scientifique - Eau, terre, et environnement', (INRS-ETE), University of Québec, Canada. He also holds Adjunct Professor position at the University of Missouri-Columbia, USA. Prof Tyagi has published over 600 papers/communications, which include 21 books, 75 book chapters, 10 research reports, nine patents, etc. He is Associate Editor of ''Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic & Radioactive Waste Management- Am.Soc.Civil Engineering'' and serves on the editorial board of Process Biochemistry and Bioresource Technology. He has been recognised by many national and international awards and honours. He is member of ''European Academy of Sciences and Arts''. He conducts research on hazardous/solids waste management, water/wastewater treatment, and wastewater sludge treatment/disposal, bioconversion of wastewater and wastewater sludge into value added products. Dr. Sunita Varjani is Scientific Officer at Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. Her major areas of research are Industrial and Environmental Microbiology/Biotechnology. She has worked as visiting scientist at EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland. Dr. Varjani has authored more than 110 publications, including research and review papers, books and book chapters. She has won several awards, including Young Scientist Awards from Association of Microbiologists of India, International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability and AFRO-ASIAN Congress on Microbes for Human and Environmental Health, New Delhi; Top Reviewer Award - 2017, Bioresource Technology, Elsevier and Best Paper Awards in national and international conferences in 2008, 2012, 2013 and 2018. She is member of editorial board of Journal of Energy and Environmental Sustainability and has served as guest editor of special issues of Bioresource Technology, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, ASCE- Journal of Environmental Engineering and others. She is Management Council Member of the BRSI (www.brsi.in).