Waste-to-Energy Approaches Towards Zero Waste
Interdisciplinary Methods of Controlling Waste
- 1st Edition - November 8, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Sunpreet Singh, Lalit Goswami, Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 3 8 7 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 3 8 8 - 0
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Request a sales quoteWaste-to-Energy Approaches Towards Zero Waste: Interdisciplinary Methods of Controlling Waste provides a comprehensive overview of the key technologies and approaches to achieve zero waste from energy. The book emphasizes the importance of an integrated approach to waste-to-energy using fundamental concepts and principles, and presents key methods, their applications, and perspectives on future development. The book provides readers with the tools to make key decisions on waste-to-energy projects from zero-waste principles, while incorporating sustainability and life cycle assessments from financial and environmental perspectives.
Waste-to-Energy Approaches Towards Zero Waste: Interdisciplinary Methods of Controlling Waste offers practical guidance on achieving energy with zero waste ideal for researchers and graduate students involved in waste-to-energy and renewable energy, waste remediation, and sustainability.
- Provides an integrated approach for waste-to-energy using zero waste concepts
- Offers decision-making guidance on selecting the most appropriate approach for each project
- Presents the sustainability and life cycle assessment of WTE technologies on financial and environmental grounds
Researchers, practitioners, and graduate students interested in waste-to-energy and renewable energy, and environmental engineers interested in waste remediation, energy, and sustainability. Researchers, practitioners, and graduate students in Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Environmental Biotechnology, Civil Engineering, Public Health Engineering, and Municipal Engineering
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- Chapter 1. Emerging sustainable opportunities for waste to bioenergy: an overview
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Bioethanol
- 1.3 Biogas production through anaerobic digestion
- 1.4 Biodiesel
- 1.5 Bioelectricity generation using microbial fuel cell
- 1.6 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 2. Role of lignocellulosic bioethanol in the transportation sector: limitations and advancements in bioethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 2.1 Importance of bioethanol in the transportation sector
- 2.2 Ethanol
- 2.3 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 3. In-depth analysis of waste cooking oil as renewable and ecofriendly biofuel candidate
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Biofuels—overview
- 3.3 Biodiesel as an appropriate substitute of diesel
- 3.4 Feedstock of biodiesel: renewable feedstock available in India
- 3.5 Waste cooking oil as alternative feedstock source of biodiesel
- 3.6 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 4. Emerging commercial opportunities for conversion of waste to energy: aspect of gasification technology
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Types of waste
- 4.3 Methods of recovery energy
- 4.4 Conclusion
- Abbreviations
- References
- Chapter 5. Anaerobic digestion as a sustainable biorefinery concept for waste to energy conversion
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Anaerobic digestion
- 5.3 Anaerobic codigestion of different wastes
- 5.4 Trends for process intensification
- 5.5 Coupling anaerobic digestion with other waste to energy conversion technologies
- 5.6 Policy drivers and barriers in anaerobic digestion
- 5.7 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 6. Biohydrogen production from wastewater and organic solid wastes
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Biohydogen production from wastewater
- 6.3 Biohydrogen production from solid organic wastes
- 6.4 Biological water-gas shift reaction
- 6.5 Microbial electrolysis cells (electro-fermentation)
- 6.6 Genetic and metabolic engineering tools for enhanced biohydrogen production
- 6.7 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 7. Recent advancement in microwave-assisted pyrolysis for biooil production
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Pyrolysis for biooil production
- 7.3 Microwave-assisted pyrolysis for biooil production
- 7.4 Techno-economic analysis and scalable opportunities
- 7.5 Future perspective and challenges
- 7.6 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 8. Oleaginous microbes: potential and challenges from waste-to-energy conversion
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Strategies to enhance lipid content in microbes
- 8.3 Modern methods to improved lipid production in oleaginous microbes
- 8.4 Conclusion
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter 9. Strategic consideration as feedstock resource for biofuel production as a holistic approach to control invasive plant species
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Bioenergy
- 9.3 Invasive species
- 9.4 The need of promising alternative feedstock
- 9.5 Potential of invasive plant species to meet the biomass demand
- 9.6 Various techniques involved
- 9.7 Strategy
- 9.8 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 10. The methods and factors of decoupling energy usage and economic growth
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Theories of decoupling
- 10.3 Data of survey
- 10.4 Structural decomposition analysis
- 10.5 Index decomposition analysis
- 10.6 Statistical studies of decoupling
- 10.7 Policy implication of the decoupling factors
- 10.8 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix I
- References
- Chapter 11. Sustainable energy generation from municipal solid waste
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Potential of municipal solid waste as energy resource
- 11.3 Challenges of using biomass for energy production
- 11.4 Biomass pretreatment methods
- 11.5 Biomass conversion methods
- 11.6 Process of biogas production (anaerobic digestion)
- 11.7 Comparative analysis between different methods of waste to energy conversion
- 11.8 Strategies on implementation of waste to energy conversion (WTE) technologies (strategic action plan)
- 11.9 Conclusion
- List of abbreviation
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Chapter 12. Life cycle assessment and techno-economic analysis of algae-derived biodiesel: current challenges and future prospects
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 12.1 Introduction
- 12.2 Algae biodiesel production process overview
- 12.3 Life cycle analysis, energy, and environmental measures
- 12.4 Life cycle analysis of algae biodiesel process
- 12.5 Life cycle impact analysis
- 12.6 Techno-economic and policy analyses
- 12.7 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 13. Biohythane production from organic waste: challenges and techno-economic perspective
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 13.1 Introduction
- 13.2 Biochemical reactions and thermodynamics involved
- 13.3 Biohythane production process
- 13.4 Feedstocks for biohythane production
- 13.5 Dual-stage process for biohythane production
- 13.6 Energy aspects of biohythane production
- 13.7 Techno-economic perspective
- 13.8 Challenges and future perspectives for scale up
- 13.9 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 14. Waste biomass to biobutanol: recent trends and advancements
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 14.1 Introduction
- 14.2 Biobutanol: characteristics and applications
- 14.3 Clostridia for biobutanol production
- 14.4 Different biomass as substrates
- 14.5 Pretreatment and hydrolysis
- 14.6 Fermentation process
- 14.7 Separation and recovery
- 14.8 Genetic engineering and metabolic engineering for enhancing the biomass titer
- 14.9 Process integration: a biorefinery concept
- 14.10 Techno-economic analysis
- 14.11 Conclusion
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 8, 2021
- No. of pages (Paperback): 454
- No. of pages (eBook): 454
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323853873
- eBook ISBN: 9780323853880
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Sunpreet Singh
Sunpreet Singh is researcher in NUS Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Initiative (NUSNNI). He has received Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana, India. He has contributed extensively in additive manufacturing literature with publications appearing in Journal of Manufacturing Processes, Composite Part: B, Rapid Prototyping Journal, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, Measurement, International Journal of Advance Manufacturing Technology, and Journal of Cleaner Production. He has authored more than 150+ research papers and book chapters. He is also editor of 3 books- "Current Trends in Bio-manufacturing", “3D Printing in Biomedical Engineering”, and "Biomaterials in Orthopaedics and Bone Regeneration - Design and Synthesis". He is also guest editor of several journals- special issue of “Functional Materials and Advanced Manufacturing”, Facta Universitatis, series: Mechanical Engineering (Scopus Indexed), Materials Science Forum (Scopus Indexed), and special issue on “Metrology in Materials and Advanced Manufacturing”, Measurement and Control (SCI indexed), Materials, Sustainability (MDPI).
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, SingaporeLG
Lalit Goswami
Lalit Goswami, PhD, is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Chungbuk National University, Republic of Korea. He has received his Ph.D. in Environment from Centre for the Environment, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, India. He has a specialization in environmental biotechnology, biodiesel production, bio-inspired carbonaceous nano-materials, membrane separation, and bioreactors. His current research involves industrial wastewater treatment, micropollutant, biofuels, downstream processing, resource recovery, bio-inspired materials, hydrogeochemistry. Dr. Goswami is the author of several articles published in peer-reviewed journals, many book chapters and three books in his research areas published in Elsevier, Taylor and Francis, Springer and American Society for Civil Engineers, etc.
Affiliations and expertise
Postdoctoral Researcher at Chungbuk National University, Republic of KoreaCM
Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain
Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain is an Adjunct Professor and Director of Laboratories in the Department of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, New Jersey, United States. His research is focused on the applications of nanotechnology and advanced materials, environmental management, analytical chemistry, and other industries. Dr. Hussain is the author of numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as a prolific author and editor in his research areas. He has published with Elsevier, the American Chemical Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, CRC Press, and Springer.
Affiliations and expertise
Adjunct Professor & Director of Laboratories, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, NJ, USARead Waste-to-Energy Approaches Towards Zero Waste on ScienceDirect