
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
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
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Nur Izyan Binti Wan Azelee
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RS Saravanan
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V Ponnusami
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Ajay Kumar Mishra
Ajay Kumar Mishra is Professor at the Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability Research Unit at College of Science, Engineering & Technology, University of South Africa, Florida Science Campus, South Africa and also a “Fellow” member at “Royal Society of Chemistry” UK. He received his M. Phil. and Ph.D. degrees in 2003 and 2007, respectively, from The University of Delhi, India. In addition, he was appointed as “Senior Lecturer” in October 2009 at the Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Johannesburg, South Africa where he was promoted to “Associate Professor” in November 2011 until December 2014. Recently, he was appointed by University of South Africa as “Full Professor” since January 2015. He is also working as “Adjunct Professor” at Jiangsu University, China. He has also developed a number of collaborations worldwide. He also served as Associate Editor as well as member of the editorial board of many peer-reviewed international journals. He is also serving as member advisory board of a number of international scientific societies, conferences and workshops. His research interest involves in the broader areas of Nanoscience/Nanotechnology; Materials Science; Polymers; Composite/Nanocomposites; Photocatalysts and Water Research. He is also actively involved in the area of nanotechnology towards the development of smart materials for various applications in the field of materials science and water research. He supervises students involved in the nanotechnology and water treatment research in projects involving finding treatments on organic, inorganic pollutants using synthetic and wastewater solutions.