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Valorization of Wastes for Sustainable Development
Waste to Wealth
- 1st Edition - August 8, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Rangabhashiyam Selvasembian, Nur Izyan Binti Wan Azelee, RS Saravanan, V Ponnusami, Ajay Kumar Mishra
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 4 1 7 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 8 7 2 - 1
Valorization of Wastes for Sustainable Development: Waste to Wealth highlights the various valorization of organic and non-organic waste to offer a way forward to a sustainab… Read more
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Valorization of Wastes for Sustainable Development: Waste to Wealth highlights the various valorization of organic and non-organic waste to offer a way forward to a sustainable world. Categorizing the various types of waste valorization for renewable fuel production and other valorizations utilizing organic and non-organic waste, this book offers the reader a comprehensive view of various waste valorizations together with their potential applications. Split into four sections, the book's chapters cover the general scenarios and challenges of current waste management and the valorization of waste specifically for renewable fuels as the alternative energy source to depleting fossil fuels.
Other chapters cover waste valorizations categorized into organic and non-organic waste for various applications and the future prospect of waste valorizations with possible plans and strategies for effective global waste management.
- Comprehensively discusses the various types of global waste
- Discusses the latest technologies used for waste valorizations
- Includes future prospects and strategies for waste valorizations
Chemical and Civil Engineers, researchers, students and industry professionals working in the biorefinery-based industries, or on research related to waste valorizations and waste management, Researchers in research and development, Government and policy makers
Section one: Overview – Current scenarios and challenges
1. Challenges and opportunities associated with different forms of waste resources utilizations
2. Mitigation of Environment Crisis: Conversion of Organic Plant Waste to Valuable Products
Section two: Waste valorization for renewable fuel
3. Conversion of plastics waste into renewable fuel
4. Conversion of waste tyres into renewable fuel
5. Mammals’ dung and urine for fuel production
6. Biofuel production from lignocellulosic biomass waste
7. Biofuel production from food waste
8. Biofuel scale-up from waste source and strategies
9. Biobutanol production from agricultural wastes
10. Thermochemical treatment of wastes for power generation
Section three: Other Valorizations of Organic Waste and Non-Organic Waste
11. Marine waste for nutraceutical and cosmeceutical production
12. Algae cultivation in industrial effluents, carbon dioxide sequestration and biofuel production
13. Animal and human excreta, fish waste as fertilizer
14. Valorization of agricultural waste for activated carbons
15. Biomaterials-based waste for membranes and energy applications
16. Valorization of industrial wastes
17. Waste resources utilization for bio-sorbent preparation, sorption studies and electrocatalytic applications
18. Utilization of waste resources for bio-sorbent preparation and its applications
Section four: Future prospect for waste valorization
19. Waste utilization for sustainable concrete manufacturing
20. Strategies and plans for effective waste management
- Edition: 1
- Published: August 8, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
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Rangabhashiyam Selvasembian
Dr. Rangabhashiyam Selvasembian currently working as Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Sciences, SRM University-AP, India. Previously worked in the Department of Biotechnology, School of Chemical & Biotechnology, SASTRA Deemed University, India. He received his Doctor of Philosophy degree from National Institute of Technology Calicut, India. He was awarded Post-Doctoral Fellowship by Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, 2015, Germany. He was further awarded the National-Post Doctoral Fellowship from SERB-DST, 2016-2018, India. Dr Selvasembian was awarded as Young Scientist by DST, India for the BRICS Conclave held in Durban, 2018, South Africa and was the recepient of Hiyoshi Young Leaf Award from Hiyoshi Ecological Services, Hiyoshi Corporation, 2018, Japan. His major research interests are bioremediation and wastewater treatment. He is Editorial Board Member in Separation & Purification Reviews, Scientific Reports, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery and Environmental Management. He is also serving as Associate Editor in International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, IET Nanobiotechnology, Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry and also as an Academic Editor for Adsorption Science and Technology. He has published more than 100 peer reviewed international research articles and contributed several book chapters. He is editing books from prestigious publishers such as Elsevier, Wiley, CRC and Springer. Recently Dr Selvasembian was listed in Top 2% most cited research scientist in the world as per data published by Stanford University USA.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Sciences, SRM University-AP, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaNW
Nur Izyan Binti Wan Azelee
Dr. Nur Izyan Wan Azelee is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) under the Department of Bioprocess and Polymer Engineering. She is also an associate research fellow in the Institute of Bioproduct Development (IBD), UTM. Currently she holds a position as the Head of Laboratory for Bioprocess Teaching Lab at the faculty and the Head of Cosmeceutical and Fragrance Laboratory in IBD. She has obtained her bachelor degree as well as completed her Ph.D in Bioprocess Engineering, both from UTM. She has received Post-Doctoral Fellowship from UTM, Malaysia for a project on Valorization of Agricultural Waste for Sugar Production. Her research expertise is on enzyme technology, enzyme immobilization, carbohydrate analysis, biomass pretreatment, biomass conversion, bioprocess optimization, enzyme kinetics and biomass for cosmetics. Currently she is working on several biorefinery projects specifically bioconversion of biomass which include agricultural waste and marine biomass into valuable ingredients for various applications including cosmeceutical products as well as biofuel. She is currently active providing several training courses and consultations to the government and private sectors in the field of biomass conversion and bioproducts. She has received 12 research grants as project leader and 22 research grants as project member from the university level, national level and several research contract grants from R&D based companies for product developments. She has published more than 68 research articles in peer-reviewed International Journals including several book chapters in Elsevier, Springer Nature, CRC Press, Academic Press and UTM Press. She has taken part as an active reviewer to numerous reputable and high impact journals and also act as a managing editor for Journal of Bioprocessing and Biomass Technology under the UTM Press, She has supervised many Masters and Ph.D students as main and co-supervisor. She has filed several Intellectual Properties including several copyrights and trade secrets.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)RS
RS Saravanan
Dr. Saravanan Ramiah Shanmugam is currently working as Assistant Research Professor in Biosystems Engineering Department at Auburn University, Alabama, USA. He has previously worked as a DST Inspire Faculty in the School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA Deemed University, India. He received his Doctor of Philosophy degree from University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He has worked as an Associate Scientist in AgraCity Crop & Nutrition Ltd., Wallaceburg, Ontario, Canada. During his tenure he has registered two biofertilizer products towards commercialization and submitted the dossier for three other products to Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). He has received Post-Doctoral Fellowship from Auburn University, Alabama, USA. He has received numerous research grants such as Alabama Agricultural Experimental Station (AAES)- SEED grant, Auburn University Intramural Grants Program and Ocean University of China (OUC)- Auburn University (AU) grants program. Currently, he has received a Core Research Grant from DST and has also completed another DST grant (DST Inspire Faculty Fellowship). He is currently involved with industry projects from Chameleon Speciality Chemicals, UK, EID Parry Nutraceuticals Pvt. Ltd. and CUB CSR funded work. He has also founded a start-up “ENVIROHIL Solutions” and currently incubated at ABLEST-TBI, SASTRA. The start-up focuses on converting organic wastes into food, fuel, fertilizer and a variety of products such as grease, soaps and shoe polish. His major research interests are biofuels production, wastewater treatment, nutrient and energy recovery from waste streams and biopolymer production. He has published more than 28 research articles in peer-reviewed International Journals and 4 book chapters including one in Elsevier.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Research Professor in Biosystems Engineering Department at Auburn University, Alabama, USA.VP
V Ponnusami
Dr. Ponnusami is at present working as Associate Dean in the School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA Deemed University, India. He did the doctoral research on textile effluent treatment at SASTRA Deemed University, India. His post-doctoral research includes wastewater treatment by physico-chemical treatments, lignocellulose degradation, bioprocessing for the production of enzymes and microbial polysaccharides, and biodiesel production. Towards achieving the goals of sustainable development his team is exploring the uses of green methods in biorefining of biomass. In particular, bioconversion of biomass into microbial exopolysaccharides such as levan, xantham gum, dextran, cellulose that are suitable for food and medical treatments are investigated. As far as renewable fuels are concerned we mainly work on process development for biodiesel and bioethanol from various agricultural and industrial waste products. The group is interested in developing chemical and biocatalysts for above-mentioned conversion processes. Prof. Ponnusami is included in the list of top 2% highly cited researchers’ published by Elsevier, consecutively for the past two years (2021 and 2022).
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Dean in the School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA Deemed University, India.AM
Ajay Kumar Mishra
Dr. Ajay Kumar Mishra MSc, MPhil, PhD, CSci, FRSC working as Professor at Durban University of Technology, South Africa. Besides Prof Mishra is also working as Director: Academy of Nanotechnology and Waste Water Innovations (ANWWI), South Africa and Visiting Professor at Robert Gordon University, UK, Bashir State University, Russia and Adjunct Professor at Hebei University of Science and Technology and Jiangsu University, China. He is actively serving as Chair of the IEEE Nanotechnology Council, South Africa Chapter since 2016. Prof Mishra has published more than 400 papers in international journals/conferences, books/book chapters and others. He graduated 13 PhD, 22 Master students and hosted more than 10 postdoctoral fellows/scientist globally. He was awarded a number of international awards including Top 2% most cited scientist in the world for year 2019-2022 and Chancellor prize (2020) & many more. He is editor and editorial board member of many peer reviewed journals and scientific societies, conferences/workshops.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Chemistry, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South AfricaRead Valorization of Wastes for Sustainable Development on ScienceDirect