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Nanomaterials in Biomass Conversion
Advances and Applications for Bioenergy, Biofuels, and Bio-based Products
- 1st Edition - February 23, 2024
- Editors: Komal Rizwan, Muhammad Bilal
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 5 0 0 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 5 0 1 - 9
Nanomaterials in Biomass Conversion: Advances and Applications for Bioenergy, Biofuels and Biobased Products critically reviews basic principles and advances in nanotechn… Read more
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Request a sales quoteNanomaterials in Biomass Conversion: Advances and Applications for Bioenergy, Biofuels and Biobased Products critically reviews basic principles and advances in nanotechnology for the production of biofuels and bioenergy. Sections explain the fundamentals of nanomaterials, their properties, characterization, and basic processes for synthesis while also reviewing various methods and technologies for the conversion of biomass to bioenergy, biofuels, and value-added products using nanomaterials. This includes homogeneous and heterogeneous nano-catalytic systems, nano-photocatalytic conversion, nanomaterial-assisted anaerobic digestion, nanoparticles-immobilized enzymes conversion, the production of biogas, volatile fatty acids, value-added products, and in carbon capture and conversion to sustainable energy products, and much more.
Final sections address technoeconomics and financial viability in the context of the circular economy, risk related to toxicology, stability, and environmental impacts, and consider the various challenges and future opportunities of biomass conversion through nanomaterials.
- Critically examines the role of nanomaterials in the management of waste biomass as applied to bioenergy and biofuels
- Explains various nanotechnological methods for the conversion of waste biomass into value-added products
- Discusses the basic principles, operational aspects, ongoing developments, and future perspectives related to the applications of nanotechnologies and nanomaterials in biomass conversion
- Provides solutions to the key challenges of nanotechnologies and nanomaterials in the conversion of biomass, along with future challenges and risks
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Woodhead Series in Bioenergy
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- Preface
- 1. Biomass feedstock: A sustainable and renewable source of energy production
- 1.1. Introduction
- 1.2. Bioenergy, a key pillar of modern sustainability
- 1.3. Biomass conversion pathways
- 1.4. Conclusion
- 2. Nanotechnology for bioenergy production
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. Global view of bioenergy and biofuel
- 2.3. Nanotechnology in bioenergy production
- 2.4. Nanotechnology in hydrogen production
- 2.5. Conclusion
- 3. Introduction to nanomaterials: A strategic tool for production of biofuel and bioenergy from biomass
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Role of nanoparticles in biofuel production
- 3.3. Challenges as well as boundaries of nanomaterials in biofuel in bioenergy manufacturing
- 3.4. Use of nanomaterials to improve the production of biofuels and bioenergy from biomass through photocatalysis and nanofiltration
- 3.5. Use of nanocatalysts to enhance the efficiency by reducing activation energy and enhancing rate of reaction
- 3.6. Conclusion
- 4. Chemical and bio-mediated processes for the synthesis of nanomaterials
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Synthesis methods of nanomaterials
- 4.3. Bio-mediated method
- 4.4. Conclusion
- 4.5. Future perspectives
- Abbreviations
- 5. Nanomaterials derived from animals, plants, and microbes for energy production
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Nanotechnology
- 5.3. Use of nanomaterials in the field of renewable energy
- 5.4. Microorganism-derived nanomaterials
- 5.5. Plant-derived nanomaterials
- 5.6. Animal-derived nanomaterials
- 5.7. Land animal–derived nanomaterials
- 5.8. Conclusion
- 6. Physicochemical attributes, structural characterization, and catalytic properties of nanomaterials
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. Physicochemical properties
- 6.3. Selectivity parameters for nanomaterials
- 6.4. Structural characterization of nanomaterials
- 6.5. Catalytic properties of nanomaterials
- 6.6. Conclusion
- 7. Homogeneous and heterogeneous nanocatalytic systems for bioenergy and biofuel production
- 7.1. Overview of bioenergy and biofuels
- 7.2. Biofuels production via nanotechnology
- 7.3. Nanocatalyst for biofuel production
- 7.4. Importance of machine learning, modeling, and optimization of biofuel production
- 7.5. Issues and challenges and future perspectives
- 8. Nanophotocatalytic conversion of biomass to bioenergy
- 8.1. Introduction
- 8.2. Biomass as useful source of energy
- 8.3. Catalytic or photocatalytic conversion of biomass
- 8.4. Catalyst and nanomaterials as photocatalyst or nanophotocatalyst
- 8.5. Nanophotocatalytic conversion of biomass into energy
- 8.6. Potentially employed photocatalysts for conversion of lignocellulosic biomass
- 8.7. Different types of bioenergy by using nanophotocatalyst
- 8.8. Some nanophotocatalyst for energy production from biomass
- 8.9. Conclusion
- 8.10. Future prospectives
- 9. Potential role of nano-biochar, nano-cellulose, and other nanomaterials in microbial fuel cell
- 9.1. Introduction
- 9.2. Nano-biochar in MFCs
- 9.3. Nano-cellulose in MFCs
- 9.4. Other nanomaterials in MFCs
- 9.5. Challenges and considerations
- 9.6. Conclusion
- 10. Nanomaterial-assisted anaerobic digestion of biomass for bioenergy and biofuel production
- 10.1. Anaerobic digestion—Introduction
- 10.2. Anaerobic digestion process stages
- 10.3. Factors affecting anaerobic digestion
- 10.4. Denitrification
- 10.5. Ammonia
- 10.6. Challenges like toxicity of nanomaterials to microorganisms and environment
- 10.7. Why nanomaterials are important?
- 10.8. Types of nanomaterials and their impacts on the AD process
- 10.9. Mechanisms of nanomaterials in AD process
- 10.10. Factors affecting the performance of nanoparticles
- 10.11. Challenges and future outlook
- 11. Augmentation of biomass digestion under optimal conditions for bioenergy production
- 11.1. Introduction
- 11.2. Biomass and its sources
- 11.3. Biomass conversion technologies
- 11.4. Anaerobic digestion
- 11.5. Process of Anaerobic digestion
- 11.6. AD biological community
- 11.7. Bioenergy/biofuel production by AD of biomass
- 11.8. Key parameters for AD process
- 11.9. Nano-assisted bioenergy/biofuel production
- 11.10. Nanomaterials
- 11.11. Types of Nanomaterial in AD enhancement
- 11.12. Nano-assisted biofuel production
- 11.13. Factors influencing nano-assisted biofuel production
- 11.14. Conclusion
- 11.15. Future directions
- 12. Advances in nanomaterials for production of fuel gases from biomass
- 12.1. Introduction
- 12.2. Biomass conversion techniques/technologies
- 12.3. Role of nanomaterials in biomass conversion
- 12.4. Nanomaterials for enhanced fuel gas production from biomass
- 12.5. Nanomaterials for gas cleaning and conditioning
- 12.6. Emerging nanomaterials and innovative techniques
- 12.7. Challenges and future perspectives
- 12.8. Conclusion
- 13. Developments in nanomaterials for conversion of biomass to bio-based value-added products
- 13.1. Introduction
- 13.2. Nanomaterials-based biomass pretreatment
- 13.3. Production of value-added derivatives
- 13.4. Challenges and opportunities
- 13.5. Conclusion
- 14. Production of volatile fatty acids from biomass, their recovery and applications in fuel and other valued products formation
- 14.1. Introduction
- 14.2. Production of VFAs from biomass
- 14.3. Recovery of volatile fatty acids
- 14.4. Applications of VFA in fuel formation
- 14.5. Applications of VFA in valued products formation
- 14.6. Future prospects and challenges
- 14.7. Conclusion
- 15. Nanomaterials for carbon capture and their conversion to useful products for sustainable energy production
- 15.1. Introduction
- 15.2. Carbon capture
- 15.3. Existing carbon capturing and storage methods
- 15.4. Carbon capture through conventional methods
- 15.5. Advanced methods
- 15.6. Carbon capture to useful products
- 15.7. Conclusion
- 16. Nanomaterial for carbon dioxide capturing and carbon emission control
- 16.1. Introduction
- 16.2. Carbon emission impact
- 16.3. Nanomaterials for CO2 capturing
- 16.4. Modification techniques for enhancement of CO2 capture
- 16.5. Nanomaterials properties–performance relationships
- 16.6. Membranes-based nanomaterials for CO2 capturing
- 16.7. CO2 emission control through sustainable catalysis conversions
- 16.8. Concluding remarks
- 17. Recovery of resources and circular economy from biomass-derived waste through aerobic and anaerobic digestion-based technique
- 17.1. Introduction
- 17.2. Biomass waste
- 17.3. Global scenario of biowaste generation
- 17.4. Biowaste recycling and its resource recovery
- 17.5. Biomass-derived wastes and bioproducts
- 17.6. Biomass-waste conversion techniques
- 17.7. Bioenergy and bioproducts generated by different bioprocesses
- 17.8. Biorefinery processes and bioproducts
- 17.9. Circular economy
- 17.10. Sustainable biomass
- 17.11. Bio-based fertilizers
- 17.12. Significance of circular economy of bioenergy and bioproducts
- 17.13. Biowaste refining process advancement and technologies for bioenergy and bioproducts development
- 17.14. Challenges and prospects of bio-based circular economy
- 17.15. Circular life cycle assessment tools for biowaste utilization
- 17.16. Policy frame works for transforming bio-based sector toward circular economy
- 17.17. Conclusion
- 17.18. Research gaps and future aspects
- 18. Potential risks, toxicology, stability, economic feasibility, and environmental impacts of biomass conversion
- 18.1. Introduction
- 18.2. Biomass conversion pathways
- 18.3. Potential risks of biomass conversion
- 18.4. Toxicology of biomass conversion
- 18.5. Socioeconomic issues
- 18.6. Stability and economic consideration
- 18.7. Environmental impacts of biomass conversion
- 18.8. Conclusion and future perspective
- 19. Challenges and future prospective of biomass conversion to various products
- 19.1. Introduction
- 19.2. Current state of energy production from biomass feedstock
- 19.3. Availability of biomass resource for biofuels
- 19.4. Structural complexity of biomass
- 19.5. Technological progress for increasing biofuel production
- 19.6. Biofuels production: Challenges and perspectives
- 19.7. The need for incentives and shift in policies
- 19.8. Conclusion
- Index
- No. of pages: 532
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: February 23, 2024
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443135002
- eBook ISBN: 9780443135019
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