Processing of Biomass Waste
Technological Upgradation and Advancement
- 1st Edition - April 25, 2024
- Editors: Angana Sarkar, Ulla Lassi
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 1 7 9 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 1 8 0 - 7
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Request a sales quoteProcessing of Biomass Waste: Technological Upgradation and Advancement focuses on the exploitation of various waste management technologies and their associated process (microbial/chemical/physical) as tools to simultaneously generate value during treatment processes, including degradation/detoxification/stabilization toxic and hazardous contaminants. The book explores wastes as a veritable resource for wealth creation, with particular focus on resources recoverable from diverse wastes using special intervention of biotechnological tools. Other sections highlight recent technologies of waste bioprocessing in biorefinery approaches and enlighten on different approaches.
The book encompasses advanced and updated information as well as future directions for young researchers and scientists who are working in the field of waste management, with a focus on sustainable value generation.
- Includes cutting-edge technologies in waste bioprocessing
- Focuses on applications of molecular biotechnological tools in waste bioprocessing
- Provides natural and eco-friendly solutions to deal with the problem of pollution aiming value generation
- Details underlying mechanisms of waste bioprocessing approaches that cover microbes for the simultaneous value generation and removal of emerging contaminants
- Includes field studies on the application of biorefinery approach for eco-restoration of contaminated sites
- Presents recent advances and challenges in waste bioprocessing research and applications for sustainable development
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- Chapter 1. Introduction to waste biomass processing and valorization
- Abstract
- 1.1 What is waste biomass?
- 1.2 Waste biomass valorization
- 1.3 Challenges of waste biomass valorization
- 1.4 Opportunities of waste biomass valorization
- 1.5 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 2. Assessment of wastes for future bioprospecting
- Abstract
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Classification of biomass waste
- 2.3 Techniques for the extraction of value-added products from biowaste
- 2.4 High-value bio-products from biomass waste
- 2.5 Metabolic engineering approaches
- 2.6 Current challenges and future prospects
- References
- Chapter 3. Recent advances in pretreatment of waste biomass
- Abstract
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Types of biomasses
- 3.3 Different pretreatment processes
- 3.4 Typical biomass component
- 3.5 Goals of pretreatment process
- 3.6 Biomass torrefaction
- 3.7 Ozonolysis pretreatment process
- 3.8 Ionic liquid pretreatment process
- 3.9 Alkaline pretreatment process
- 3.10 Organic solvent pretreatment process
- 3.11 Steam explosion pretreatment process
- 3.12 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 4. Emerging technologies for waste biomass pretreatment: pros and cons
- Abstract
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Pretreatment of waste biomass for bioenergy production
- 4.3 Pretreatment technologies for waste biomass: pros
- 4.4 Pretreatment technologies for waste biomass: cons
- 4.5 Advance pretreatment in biorefineries
- 4.6 Technological upgradation and Scale-up
- 4.7 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 5. Design and operation of advanced waste biomass processing system
- Abstract
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Global trend of waste generation and compositional variation in household organic waste
- 5.3 Sources of solid organic waste (SOW)
- 5.4 Classification of technologies for processing of solid organic waste
- 5.5 SWOT analysis of various technologies
- 5.6 Summary and conclusions
- References
- Chapter 6. Application of cutting-edge molecular biotechnological techniques in waste valorization
- Abstract
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Status of waste generation in India and world
- 6.3 Sources and types of wastes
- 6.4 Waste remedial approaches and associated challenges
- 6.5 Waste bioprocessing as a valuable tool for resource recovery
- 6.6 Recent advances in molecular biotechnology tools for waste valorization
- 6.7 Future perspectives
- References
- Chapter 7. Microwave application in bioenergy production from waste biomass
- Abstract
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Need for bioenergy
- 7.3 Biomass materials
- 7.4 Conventional bioenergy production methods
- 7.5 Microwave application in bioenergy production
- 7.6 Lab-scale to large-scale opportunities
- References
- Chapter 8. Bioprospecting of algal biomass for value generation from municipal waste
- Abstract
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Composition of municipal wastewater
- 8.3 Biorefinery approaches of microalgal cultivation in municipal wastewater
- 8.4 Cultivation of microalgae in municipal wastewater
- 8.5 Challenges in microalgal cultivation in municipal wastewater
- 8.6 Future perceptive
- References
- Chapter 9. Bioenergy from waste biomass
- Abstract
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Waste biomass: sources, classification, and characterization
- 9.3 Sources and classification of bioenergy obtained from waste biomass
- 9.4 Catalytic conversion of waste biomass to bioenergy
- 9.5 Biochemical conversion of waste biomass to bioenergy
- 9.6 Thermochemical conversion of waste biomass to bioenergy
- 9.7 Production of transportable bioenergy from waste biomass
- 9.8 Bioeconomy and biorefinery
- 9.9 Technological upgradation and scale-up
- 9.10 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 10. Lignocellulosic wastes: different dimensions to a sustainable 2 G bioethanol production
- Abstract
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Diversity and potentiality of lignocellulosic residue
- 10.3 Biochemistry of lignocellulose
- 10.4 Pretreatment methods of biomass for 2 G bioethanol
- 10.5 Combined pretreatment
- 10.6 Biological pretreatment method treat above combined
- 10.7 Enzymatic pretreatment
- 10.8 Different enzymes used for the pretreatment and hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass
- 10.9 Saccharification
- 10.10 Fermentation
- 10.11 Pilot plant: case study
- 10.12 Why bioethanol has not yet been commercialized in accordance with fermentation techniques? Major challenges that lie with commercialization of lignocellulosic bioethanol
- 10.13 Supply chain management of lignocellulosics bioethanol
- 10.14 Challenges of 2 G bioethanol production: biorefinery concept
- 10.15 Future scope
- 10.16 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 11. Biodiesel from lipid-rich wastes: prospects and challenges in commercialization
- Abstract
- Abbreviations
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Biodiesel market and Indian scenario
- 11.3 Potential of lipid-rich feedstocks for large-scale biodiesel production
- 11.4 Different techniques for large-scale production of biodiesel
- 11.5 Scale-up of biodiesel production and technoeconomic analysis
- 11.6 Commercialization of biodiesel
- 11.7 Challenges and major bottlenecks of biodiesel commercialization
- 11.8 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 12. Biogas from organic wastes
- Abstract
- 12.1 Introduction
- 12.2 Materials and methods
- 12.3 Results and discussion
- 12.4 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 13. Hydrogen from waste and biowaste materials: production, separation, purification, and use
- Abstract
- 13.1 Introduction: H2 from biomass-derived biowastes
- 13.2 Hydrogen production processes from biowastes and industrial waste gases
- 13.3 Hydrogen separation and purification
- 13.4 Hydrogen distribution and end use
- 13.5 Conclusions and summary
- References
- Chapter 14. A biorefinery route to treat waste water through extremophilic enzymes: an innovative approach to generate value from waste
- Abstract
- 14.1 Bioprospecting of novel and industrially relevant enzymes
- 14.2 Extremophilic enzymes
- 14.3 Enzyme modification using immobilization
- 14.4 Metagenomics: a source of enzyme discovery: introduction
- 14.5 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 15. Waste as a substrate for the production of organic acids and solvents
- Abstract
- 15.1 Introduction
- 15.2 Organic acids
- 15.3 Organic solvent
- References
- Chapter 16. Pigments and paints from wastes
- Abstract
- 16.1 Introduction
- 16.2 Different sources of agrowastes
- 16.3 Different forms of agrowaste
- 16.4 Types of pigments produced from agrowastes
- 16.5 Different methods of pigment production
- 16.6 Chemical methods
- 16.7 Biological methods
- 16.8 Production of pigments from agrowastes without using microorganisms
- 16.9 Production of pigment from microorganisms using agrowastes as substrate
- 16.10 Process of pigment production from agrowaste
- 16.11 Commercially available pigments from agrowaste and drawbacks of using agrowastes for pigments production
- 16.12 Challenges and future aspects
- References
- Chapter 17. Plastic waste as a novel substrate for industrial biotechnology
- Abstract
- 17.1 Introduction
- 17.2 Plastics and their classification
- 17.3 Problems associated with conventional plastic usage and its disposals
- 17.4 Biodegradable plastics: limitations and its market studies
- 17.5 Strategies for management of plastic waste (reduction, replacement and reuse)
- 17.6 Reduction strategies
- 17.7 Micro-organisms in plastic reduction
- 17.8 Enzymes in plastic reduction
- 17.9 Mealworm in plastic reduction
- 17.10 Replacement of conventional plastics using biotechnology
- 17.11 Starch-based polymer
- 17.12 Polylactic acid-based polymer
- 17.13 Modification of plastics for waste management
- 17.14 Conversion strategies using biotechnology
- 17.15 Renewal process for utilization of multiple use plastics waste
- 17.16 Pre-treatment of plastic waste by thermochemical depolymerization of plastic waste
- 17.17 Pyrolysis
- 17.18 Hydrothermal treatment
- 17.19 Incineration
- 17.20 Solvothermal process
- 17.21 Plastic waste as feedstock for potential product formation
- 17.22 Synergistic approach for plastic waste conversion
- 17.23 Ecology and environment: modified plastic usage and its future
- 17.24 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 18. Catalytic conversion of biomass-based wastes: upgrading and valorization to value-added intermediates and platform molecules
- Abstract
- 18.1 Introduction
- 18.2 Biomass conversion technologies
- 18.3 Utilization of biological-waste to value-added products
- 18.4 Efficient conversion process of biomass derived platform molecules into fine chemicals and fuels
- 18.5 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 19. Thermal digestion process—a novel technique for converting solid organic waste into nutrient-rich organic fertilizer
- Abstract
- 19.1 Introduction
- 19.2 Qualitative and quantitative analysis of SOW
- 19.3 Existing technologies on the nutrient recovery from solid organic waste
- 19.4 Thermal digestion process
- 19.5 Comparative assessment with various technologies
- 19.6 Summary and conclusions
- References
- Chapter 20. Waste biomass conversion to energy storage material
- Abstract
- 20.1 Introduction
- 20.2 Suitable sources of biomass for electrode preparation
- 20.3 Production and properties of biomass-derived anode materials
- 20.4 Applications of biomass-derived carbon materials for energy storage systems
- 20.5 Conclusions, challenges, and prospects
- References
- Chapter 21. Sewage waste as substrate for value
- Abstract
- 21.1 Introduction
- 21.2 Value-added products from sewage sludge
- 21.3 Applications of sewage sludge
- 21.4 Conclusion
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Chapter 22. Converting biomass waste to water treatment chemicals
- Abstract
- 22.1 Introduction
- 22.2 Biomass feedstock for recovery of chemicals
- 22.3 Recovery of biochemicals from biomass
- 22.4 Technology readiness level and application of bio-based chemicals in water and wastewater treatment practices
- 22.5 Challenges and future perspective
- 22.6 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 23. Waste-biomass-derived potential catalyst materials for water reclamation
- Abstract
- Highlights
- Abbreviations
- 23.1 Introduction
- 23.2 Biomass-derived catalyst materials
- 23.3 Carbon-based catalyst preparation and properties
- 23.4 Application of biomass-derived catalysts for water treatment
- 23.5 Challenges and future perspectives
- 23.6 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 24. Technoeconomic feasibility analysis of waste bioprocessing
- Abstract
- 24.1 Introduction
- 24.2 Materials and methods
- 24.3 Results and discussion
- 24.4 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 25. Sustainability assessment method for waste biomass processing
- Abstract
- 25.1 Introduction
- 25.2 Sustainability
- 25.3 Case study
- 25.4 Discussion and conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 500
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: April 25, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323951791
- eBook ISBN: 9780323951807
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