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Advances in Bioenergy

  • 1st Edition, Volume 5 - May 19, 2020
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Yebo Li, Samir Kumar Khanal
  • Language: English

Advances in Bioenergy, Volume Five, part of a new series that provides both principles and recent developments in various kinds of bioenergy technologies, includes the latest on… Read more

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Description

Advances in Bioenergy, Volume Five, part of a new series that provides both principles and recent developments in various kinds of bioenergy technologies, includes the latest on feedstock development, conversion technologies, energy and economics and environmental analysis. This series uniquely provides the fundamentals of these technologies, along with reviews that will be invaluable for students. Chapters in this new release cover Medium Chain Fatty Acids Production by Microbial Chain Elongation: Recent Advances, Two-stage AD for bioenergy and biochemical production from industrial and agricultural wastewater, and more.

Key features

  • Written and edited by a world-leading scientist in the area of bioenergy and bioproducts
  • Includes both principles and recent developments within bioenergy technologies
  • Covers the fundamentals of technologies and recent reviews

Readership

Researchers, students, industry and governmental regulators and policy makers

Table of contents

    1. The microbiome driving anaerobic digestion and microbial analysis
      2.

      Jun Wei Lim, Tansol Park, Yen Wah Tong and Zhongtang Yu

    2. Medium chain fatty acids production by microbial chain elongation: Recent advances

      3.

      Sompong O-Thong, Xinyu Zhu, Irini Angelidaki, Shicheng Zhang and Gang Luo

    3. Coupling of microbial electrosynthesis with anaerobic digestion for waste valorization

      4.

      Nabin Aryal, Nirmal Ghimire and Suman Bajracharya

    4. An overview of complementary microbial electrochemical technologies for advancing anaerobic digestion

      5.

      Basem S. Zakaria, Long Lin, Tae Chung and Bipro Ranjan Dhar

    5. Bioconversion of methane to chemicals and fuels by methane-oxidizing bacteria

      6.

      Shuo Wang, Zhaohui An and Zhi-Wu Wang

    6. Two-stage　fermentation process for bioenergy and biochemicals production from industrial and agricultural wastewater

      7. Sompong O-Thong, Chonticha Mamimin, Prawit Kongjan and Alissara Reungsang

    7. Biogas upgrading

Li Xie, Jun Xu, Yidie Zhang and Yingying He

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 5
  • Published: May 20, 2020
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Yebo Li

Dr. Yebo Li is an internationally recognized expert in bioenergy, waste valorization, and bio-based materials with over 30 years of experience leading applied research and commercial innovation in anaerobic digestion, sustainable polymers, and circular bioeconomy systems. He currently serves as Chief Innovation & Science Officer at Quasar Energy Group, where he directs technology strategy and commercialization of advanced bioenergy and biomaterials technologies.

Prior to joining Quasar, Dr. Li was a Professor of Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering at The Ohio State University, where he established a nationally competitive bioenergy research program. He has led more than $60 million in federally and industry-sponsored research projects, including major awards from the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense, and numerous industrial partners. His innovations have resulted in multiple U.S. patents, licensed technologies, and widely adopted solutions in anaerobic digestion and bio-based polymer systems.

Dr. Li has authored over 150 peer-reviewed publications with more than 22,000 citations and an h-index of 73 (Google Scholar). He has edited several influential books including Bioenergy: Principles and Applications and serves as editor of the Advances in Bioenergy book series published by Elsevier, establishing him as a leading voice in translating bioenergy research into practical applications for the circular economy.
Affiliations and expertise
professor in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University (OSU).

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Samir Kumar Khanal

Dr. Samir Kumar Khanal is a Professor of Biological Engineering at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Previously, he was a post-doctoral research associate and Research Assistant Professor at Iowa State University for 6 years. Dr. Khanal obtained Ph.D. in Civil Engineering with a focus in Environmental Biotechnology from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong in 2002. He obtained in M.S. in environmental engineering from Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand in 1997. Dr. Khanal is a leading researcher, internationally in the field of anaerobic digestion, waste-to-resources and environmental biotechnology. Dr. Khanal, to date, has published over 90 refereed papers in high quality international journals. He also delivered over 90 keynote/invited presentation internationally. In addition, he also wrote and published a book entitled “Anaerobic Biotechnology for Bioenergy Production: Principles and Applications” (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008). Dr. Khanal edited another book, as the Lead Editor, entitled “Bioenergy and Biofuel from Biowastes and Biomass” (American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2010). Both books have become the best-sellers in the respective field. Recently he also published a bioenergy textbook entitled Bioenergy: Principles and Application (Wiley-Blackwell, 2016). He has supervised 11 Ph.D., 16 M.S., 17 undergraduate and 12 high school students, 13 post-docs and 14 visiting scholars. Dr. Khanal is also an editorial board member of the highly prestigious international journal, Bioresource Technology and Korean Journal of Environmental Engineering. He is also a recipient of CTAHR Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research (2016), University of Hawaii at Manoa. Dr. Khanal is a professional engineer (environmental engineering) in the state of Iowa.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, USA; Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong

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