Proceedings of the First International Conference on Recent Advances in Bioenergy Research

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-81-322-2771-7
Verlag: Springer India

Buch, Englisch, 358 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 7541 g

Reihe: Springer Proceedings in Energy

This contributed volume aims to provide latest updates in the area of bioenergy including biodiesel, bioethanol, biomethanation, biomass gasification, and biomass cook-stove. The proceedings of ICRABR 2015 include cutting edge research vital to R&D organizations, academics, and the industry to promote and document the recent developments in the area of bioenergy for all types of stakeholders. The volume highlights the needs of biofuels and their market, the barriers and challenges faced by biofuels and bioenergy and future strategies required to foster new ideas for research, collaboration and commercialization of bioenergy. The major themes of this contributed volume are: Biomass and Energy Management;Thermochemical Conversion Processes; Biochemical Conversion Processes; Catalytic Conversion Processes; Electrochemical Processes; Waste Treatment to Harvest Energy; and Integrated Processes. The contents of the volume will appeal to students, researchers, professionals, and policymakers in the field of bifuels and bioenergy.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kumar, Sachin

Yadav, Y. K.

Khanal, Samir Kumar

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Biogasanlagen, Energie aus Biomasse
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Biotechnologie Industrielle Biotechnologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Biochemical Conversion.- Chemical Conversion.- Thermochemical Conversion.- Biomass Management.- Electrochemical Processes.- Integrated Systems.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Sachin Kumar is Assistant Director in the Biochemical
Conversion Division at the Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of
Bio-Energy, Kapurthala, India since 2009. Dr. Sachin Kumar obtained his Ph.D.
in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India in
2011. He has more than eleven years of research experience in Biochemical
Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels. His areas of research interest include
biofuels including bioethanol, biogas, biobutanol, and biohydrogen, algal
biomass, bioprocess engineering, enzyme technology, and metabolic engineering.

Dr. Samir Kumar Khanal is Associate Professor of
Biological Engineering at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa and
Collaborating Professor at Iowa State University. Dr. Khanal obtained a Ph.D.
in Civil Engineering with focus in Environmental Biotechnology from the Hong
Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong in 2002. Dr.
Khanal is an internationally leading researcher inthe bioenergy field and has
over ten active research projects in the field of bioenergy/bio-based products
and environmental biotechnology.

Prof. (Dr.) Y. K. Yadav received his
Ph.D. in Energy Studies from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and at
present he is the Director, Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of
Bio-Energy (Formerly Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Renewable
Energy), Kapurthala, India. Prof. Yadav has been actively engaged in research,
teaching, consultancy, administration and management in the field of renewable
energy for more than two decades. He developed and taught renewable energy
courses to undergraduate and postgraduate students at CCS Haryana Agricultural
University, Hisar, India and established a Renewable Energy Laboratory there.
He also contributed in the establishment the Department of Energy at Tezpur
University, Assam, India.