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Biotechnology in the Chemical Industry

Towards a Green and Sustainable Future

  • 1st Edition - November 8, 2019
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Pratima Bajpai
  • Language: English

Biotechnology in the Chemical Industry: Towards a Green and Sustainable Future focuses on achievements and prospects for biotechnology in sustainable production of goods and servi… Read more

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Description

Biotechnology in the Chemical Industry: Towards a Green and Sustainable Future focuses on achievements and prospects for biotechnology in sustainable production of goods and services, especially those that are derived at present mostly from the traditional chemical industry. It considers the future impact of industrial biotechnology and lays out the major research areas which must be addressed to move from a flourishing set of scientific disciplines to a major contributor to a successful future knowledge-based economy. The book focuses on the research needed to underpin three broad topics: biomass, bio-processes and bio-products, including bio-energy.

Readers, including advanced students, researchers, industry professionals, academics, analysts, consultants, and anyone else interested, or involved in biotechnology will find this book very informative.

Key features

  • Offers a comprehensive introduction to the subject for researchers interested in the biotechnological applications in chemical industry
  • Provides a state-of-the art update on the field
  • Presents the economic and ecological advantages of industrial biotechnology
  • Discusses efforts made by developing countries towards industrial biotechnology
  • Describes new biotechnological applications
  • Includes the major challenges facing industrial biotechnology

Readership

Biotechnologists, Biochemists, Microbiologists, Industrial Technologists, Chemists, Chemical Engineers, Biochemical Engineers, Environmental Engineers, Process Engineers

Table of contents

1. General introduction2. Industrial sustainability and Biotechnology3. Renewable versus fossil resources4. Renewable raw materials for the industry4.3 Bioprocesses in industrial biotechnology Fermentation processes Enzymatic processes4.4 Application of biotechnology in chemical industry Bulk chemicals Food additives and food supplements Bio-pesticides Bio-colorants, flavours and aroma compounds Solvents Plastics or bio-plastics Vitamins Fine chemicals and Pharmaceuticals . Biofuels Bioethanol Biodiesel Biogas Bioremediation4.5 The economical and ecological advantages of industrial biotechnology4.6 Efforts made by developing countries towards industrial biotechnology4.7 Major challenges facing Industrial Biotechnology4.7 Future perspectives

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 8, 2019
  • Language: English

About the author

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Pratima Bajpai

Pratima Bajpai is currently working as a consultant in the field of paper and pulp. Her research career spans about 40 years, having worked at the National Sugar Institute, the University of Saskatchewan, the University of Western Ontario, and the Thapar Research and Industrial Development Centre in India. She also worked as a visiting professor at the University of Waterloo, Canada, and as a visiting researcher at the Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. Dr. Bajpai’s main areas of expertise are industrial biotechnology, pulp and paper, and environmental biotechnology.

Affiliations and expertise
Consultant-Pulp and Paper, Kanpur, India

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