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Bioenergy Resources and Technologies

  • 1st Edition - March 10, 2021
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Abul Kalam Azad, Mohammad Masud Kamal Khan
  • Language: English

Bioenergy Resources and Technologies presents advanced approaches and applications of bioenergy resources, with a strong focus on environmental sustainability. Chapters on the ap… Read more

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Bioenergy Resources and Technologies presents advanced approaches and applications of bioenergy resources, with a strong focus on environmental sustainability. Chapters on the applications of bioenergy, the implementation of bioenergy as an alternative fuel, and future energy security make this an invaluable and unique resource to further advance the field. This book provides new information and novel techniques across a variety of bioenergy applications, with the book's authors addressing key uses for bioenergy resources as an alternative fuel. Various case studies and examples help demonstrate meaning and provide additional clarity.

Social and economic aspects are included for each technology discussed, along with a number of research works and their findings in a diverse mix of areas including energy, environmental science, biotechnology, chemical engineering and mechanical engineering. Researchers and professionals in these disciplines will gain knowledge on the underlying concepts, technologies, fuel applications and solutions to global environmental issues using bioenergy resources.

Key features

  • Presents technical and social issues surrounding the latest bioenergy technologies
  • Explores solutions to global sustainability goals through bioenergy applications and the future of energy security
  • Includes experimental investigations of engine performance, emissions and combustion phenomena using different types of oxygenated fuel

Readership

Academics; Experts in Energy and resource industries; Postgraduate students; Department of energy staff; Environmental protection organizations; Professional engineers and technologists in sustainable energy. Students on Energy Engineering courses, particularly modules focusing on Bioenergy and Sustainable Energy. Researchers and professionals in related industries including: energy and fuels, algae science, environmental science, biotechnology, genomics, economics, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, and sustainability engineering. Energy Engineering: Bioenergy, sustainability

Table of contents

Section A: Biomass Energy

1. Usefulness of selected annual plants cultivated for more energy content biomass production purposes in a temperate climate
Frankowski Jakub

2. Catalytic pyrolysis of biomass using shape selective zeolites for bio-oil enhancement
Salman Raza Naqvi, Syed Ali Ammar Taqvi, M. Taqi Mehran, Asif Hussain Khoja, M. Naqvi, and Awais Bokhari

3. Advance strategies for tar elimination from biomass gasification technique
Muddasser Inayat, Muhammad Shahbaz, Salman Raza Naqvi, Shaharin A. Sulaiman, and NorAishah Saidina Amin

Section B: Biogas Energy

4. Biogas: A promising Clean energy technology
Muhammad Arshad, Sadia Javed, Abdur Rahman Ansari, Arooj Fatima, and Mirza Imran Shahzad

5. Potential applications of ionic liquids on gas separation and bio-oil cleaning process
Pobitra Halder, Savankumar Patel, Sazal Kundu, Biplob Pramanik, Rajarathinam Parthasarathy, and Kalpit Shah

Section C: Hydrogen Energy

6. Technologies for renewable hydrogen production
Mahin Basha Syed

7. Hydrogen production from electrolysis: mathematical modelling approach
Atta Sojoudi, Ali M. Sefidan, K.C.A. Alam, and Suvash C. Saha

8. Techno-economic evaluation of hydrogen energy by flow sheeting simulation and economic evaluation
Venkatakrishnan Balasubramanian, Nawshad Haque, Suresh Bhargava, Srinivasan Madapusi, and Rajarathinam Parthasarathy

9. Assessment of combined renewable sources and hydrogen storage for residential application
Apinya Chanthakett, M.T. Arif, Mohammad Masud Kamal Khan, and Aman M.T. Oo

Section D: Biofuels Energy

10. A comprehensive investigation on the effects of ceramic layering and cetane improver with avocado seed oil biodiesel fuelled diesel engine
Karthickeyan Viswanathan and Shuang Wang

11. Effect of low carbon biofuel on carbon emissions in biodiesel fuelled CI engine
S. Thiyagarajan, Ankit Sonthalia, V. Edwin Geo, Karthickeyan Viswanathan, and Dhinesh Balasubramaniyam

12. Life cycle assessment and Techno-economic analysis of photosynthetic microalgae for sustainable biodiesel production
Neha Arora and George P. Philippidis

Section E: Socio-economic Aspect of Bioenergy

13. Social, economic and environmental aspects of bioenergy resources
Zobaidul Kabir

14. Policies and measures to promote the use of bioenergy resources for sustainable environmental
Zobaidul Kabir, M.A. Yusuf, and Imran Khan

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 10, 2021
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Abul Kalam Azad

Dr. Kalam Azad is a Lecturer at CQUniversity, Melbourne, Australia. His field of interest is renewable energy technologies, energy conversion, and their relevant industrial applications. He has published over a hundred scientific articles, including six edited books with Elsevier. The recognition of his research has been proved through a high number of citations and h-index both in Scopus and Google Scholar. He also works as a Section Editor: Sustainable Energy and Energies journal. Currently, he is a member of different professional bodies throughout the world.
Affiliations and expertise
School of Engineering and Technology Central Queensland University, Melbourne Campus, VIC-3000, Australia

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Mohammad Masud Kamal Khan

Professor Masud Khan is currently the Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. He previously served as the Head of Department and School, Deputy Dean Research, School of Engineering and Technology at Central Queensland University, Australia. His research and teaching interests are in thermofluids engineering, energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable technologies including production, storage, and performance assessment of renewable energy, hydrogen, and biofuels produced from various feedstock. He has made significant contributions in research providing fundamental solutions to many complex projects, engineering education, and academic leadership. He spent three visiting professorial appointments in Canada and the United States of America. He has over 410 publications including 3 edited books and 27 book chapters.
Affiliations and expertise
School of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland-1010, New Zealand

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