Bioenergy

Opportunities and Challenges

R. Navanietha Krishnaraj, Jong-Sung Yu, R. Navanietha Krishnaraj, Jong-Sung Yu

• Publisher: Apple Academic Press
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN: 9781771881098
• eBook ISBN: 9781498722056
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Energy

Energy is one of the prime needs of the modern world, and energy demands have been rapidly increasing in the recent years owing to rapid advancements in industrialization and population explosion. Conventional fossil fuels are being depleted at rapid rates, and the use of conventional sources such as coal or nuclear sources cause several hazards to

Table of contents

• Cover
• ABOUT THE EDITORS
• CONTENTS
• LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
• LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
• PREFACE
• PART 1: BIOHYDROGEN PRODUCTION
• CHAPTER 1: THERMOPHILIC BIOHYDROGEN PRODUCTION: CHALLENGES AT THE INDUSTRIAL SCALE
• CHAPTER 2: BIO-HYDROGEN PRODUCTION: CURRENT TRENDS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
• PART 2: MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS
• CHAPTER 3: MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS: A PROMISING ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE
• CHAPTER 4: CHALLENGES TO AND OPPORTUNITIES IN MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS
• CHAPTER 5: SYSTEMS BIOLOGY APPROACHES FOR MICROBIAL FUEL CELL APPLICATIONS
• PART 3: BIOETHANOL PRODUCTION
• CHAPTER 6: POTENTIALS OF OSCILLATORIA ANNAE IN PRODUCING BIOETHANOL BY DEGRADATION OF SELECTED LIGNOCELLULOSICS
• CHAPTER 7: CHALLENGES IN HARNESSING THE POTENTIAL OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOFUELS AND THE PROBABLE COMBATING STRATEGIES
• PART 4: BIODIESEL PRODUCTION
• CHAPTER 8: BIODIESEL: PRODUCTION,OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
• CHAPTER 9: AN OVERVIEW OF REACTOR DESIGNS FOR BIODIESEL PRODUCTION
• CHAPTER 10: STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF ANTIOXIDANTS ON THE LONG-TERM STORAGE STABILITYAND OXIDATION STABILITY OF PONGAMIA PINNATA AND JATROPHA CURCUS BIODIESEL
• CHAPTER 11: EFFECT OF FUNGAL BIOTIC STRESS ON PHYSIC NUT (JATROPHA CURCAS L.)
• PART 5: CATALYSIS FOR BIOFUELS
• CHAPTER 12: A CHEMIST’S PERSPECTIVE ON BIOENERGY—OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
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