Sustainable Biotechnology [electronic resource] : Sources of Renewable Energy /
Singh, Om V.editor.
Harvey, Steven P.editor.
Nature offers abundant renewable resources that can be used to replace fossil fuels but issues of cost, technology readiness levels, and compatibility with existing distribution networks remain. Cellulosic ethanol and biodiesel are the most immediately obvious target fuels, with hydrogen, methane and butanol as other potentially viable products. Sustainable Biotechnology; Sources of Renewable Energy draws on the vast body of knowledge about renewable resources for biofuel research, with the aim to bridge the technology gap and focus on critical aspects of lignocellulosic biomolecules and the respective mechanisms regulating their bioconversion to liquid fuels and other value-added products . This book is a collection of outstanding research reports and reviews elucidating several broad-ranging areas of progress and challenges in the utilization of sustainable resources of renewable energy, especially in biofuels. This ground-breaking book comes just at a time when governments and industries are accelerating their efforts in the exploration of alternative energy resources, with expectations of the establishment of long-term sustainable alternatives to petroleum-based liquid fuels. Apart from liquid fuel this book also emphasizes the use of sustainable resources for value-added products, which may help in revitalizing the biotechnology industry at a broader scale. This book offers scientists and graduate students involved in biofuel research, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, a comprehensive review of the basic literature and advanced research methodologies of this exciting field.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Heat and Mass Transport in Processing of Lignocellulosic Biomass for Fuels and Chemicals -- Biofuels from Lignocellulosic Biomass -- Environmentally Sustainable Biofuels – The Case for Biodiesel, Biobutanol and Cellulosic Ethanol -- Biotechnological Applications of Hemicellulosic Derived Sugars: State-of-the-Art -- Tactical Garbage to Energy Refinery (TGER) -- Production of Methane Biogas as Fuel Through Anaerobic Digestion -- Waste to Renewable Energy: A Sustainable and Green Approach Towards Production of Biohydrogen by Acidogenic Fermentation -- Bacterial Communities in Various Conditions of the Composting Reactor Revealed by 16S rDNA Clone Analysis and DGGE -- Perspectives on Bioenergy and Biofuels -- Perspectives on Chemicals from Renewable Resources -- Microbial Lactic Acid Production from Renewable Resources -- Microbial Production of Potent Phenolic-Antioxidants Through Solid State Fermentation -- Photoautotrophic Production of Astaxanthin by the Microalga Haematococcus pluvialis -- Enzymatic Synthesis of Heparin -- Extremophiles: Sustainable Resource of Natural Compounds-Extremolytes.
Nature offers abundant renewable resources that can be used to replace fossil fuels but issues of cost, technology readiness levels, and compatibility with existing distribution networks remain. Cellulosic ethanol and biodiesel are the most immediately obvious target fuels, with hydrogen, methane and butanol as other potentially viable products. Sustainable Biotechnology; Sources of Renewable Energy draws on the vast body of knowledge about renewable resources for biofuel research, with the aim to bridge the technology gap and focus on critical aspects of lignocellulosic biomolecules and the respective mechanisms regulating their bioconversion to liquid fuels and other value-added products . This book is a collection of outstanding research reports and reviews elucidating several broad-ranging areas of progress and challenges in the utilization of sustainable resources of renewable energy, especially in biofuels. This ground-breaking book comes just at a time when governments and industries are accelerating their efforts in the exploration of alternative energy resources, with expectations of the establishment of long-term sustainable alternatives to petroleum-based liquid fuels. Apart from liquid fuel this book also emphasizes the use of sustainable resources for value-added products, which may help in revitalizing the biotechnology industry at a broader scale. This book offers scientists and graduate students involved in biofuel research, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, a comprehensive review of the basic literature and advanced research methodologies of this exciting field.
Medicine.
Biotechnology.
Microbiology.
Renewable energy resources.
Biomedicine, general.
Biotechnology.
Microbiology.
Renewable and Green Energy.
Applied Microbiology.