1st Edition
Biodegradable Waste Processing for Sustainable Developments
The text comprehensively highlights the key issues surrounding the implementation of waste-to-energy systems, such as site selection, regulatory aspects and financial, and economic implications. It further discusses environmental aspects of food waste to energy conversion, microbial fuel cells (MFCs) for waste recycling and energy production, and valorization of algal blooms and their residues into renewable energy.
This book:
- Discusses the environmental impact of waste-to-energy and sustainable waste-to-energy technologies in a comprehensive manner.
- Presents life cycle assessment studies and perspective solutions in waste-to-energy sectors.
- Covers applications of smart materials in thermal energy storage systems.
- Explains thermo-chemical technologies for recycling plastic waste for energy production and recovery of valuable products.
- Illustrates biorefineries and case studies for sustainable waste valorization.
It is primarily written for senior undergraduate nad graduate students, and academic researchers in the fields of mechanical engineering, environmental engineering, energy studies, production engineering, industrial engineering, and manufacturing engineering.
Chapter 01: Introduction to Bioenergy and Waste to Energy
Atanu Kumar Paul, Arbind Prasad, Bidyanand Mahto, Ashwani Kumar, Pavitra Singh
Chapter 02: Waste to Bioenergy: A Sustainable Solution
Ankita Kumari, Ajeet Singh, Shivani Patel and Garima Srivastava
Chapter 03: Environmental impact of waste to energy
Sagar Dhanuskar, S. N. Naik, K K Pant
Chapter 04: Strategic Approach to Biomass Energy Production: Feasibility, Challenges, and Opportunities
Amer Al Asi, Morteza Khashehchi, Sivasakthivel Thangavel, Ashwani Kumar, Arbind Prasad
Chapter 05: Plastic Recycling for Energy Production
Nipun Jain, Yusuf Olatunji Waidi, Ranjit Barua, Vilay Vannaladsaysy, Arbind Prasad, Sudipto Datta
Chapter 06: A study on waste management practices in Oman and a way forward to a circular economy
Abdul Nasser Salim Hamuda al-Manji, Sivasakthivel Thangavel, Ashwani Kumar and Milad Heidari
Chapter 07: Sustainable Waste to Energy Technologies: Fermentation
Kakali Borah, Vaibhav V. Goud
Chapter 08: Environmental Aspects of Food Waste-to-Energy Conversion
B.V.S. Praveen, Rupam Sinha
Chapter 09: Biorefineries for Sustainable Waste Valorization
Xiao Sun, Lingkan Ding, Yuanhang Zhan, Bo Hu
Chapter 10: Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) for Waste Recycling and Energy Production
Anirban Das Gupta
Chapter 11: Industrial Organic Waste to Energy
Surabhi Patel
Chapter 12: Valorization of algal blooms and their residues into renewable energy
Nongmaithem Debeni Devi, Angana Chaudhuri
Chapter 13: Recycling of biopolymers
Siddharth Mohan Bhasney, Shubhranshu Ranjan Das, Arbind Prasad, Bidyanand Mahto, Sivasakthivel Thangavel
Chapter 14: Plastic Recycling for Energy Production
Pradeep Sahu, Barnali Bhui
Chapter 15: Current and perspective solutions in waste to energy sector
Sudha Minz
Biography
Arbind Prasad has completed his Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India. He has also earned the gold medal in his M. Tech. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor and Head (Mechanical Engineering) in the Department of Science, Technology and Technical Education, Government of Bihar, at Katihar Engineering College, Katihar, Bihar, India.
Atanu Kumar Paul received his M. Tech. in Chemical Engineering from National Institute of Technology Durgapur (West Bengal) and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India. He has published numerous articles in reputable national and international journals, books, and conference proceedings. He has a lot of experience organising workshops and seminars. He is currently employed by the National Institute of Technology Andhra Pradesh, Tadepalligudem, Andhra Pradesh, India, as an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering.
