Agriculture-Bioenergy Nexus

Transforming Waste into Wealth
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-0-443-34015-4
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 1000 g

Agriculture-Bioenergy Nexus: Transforming Waste into Wealth comprehensively explores agricultural waste-to-bioenergy, covering everything from fundamental principles to advanced technologies and real-world applications. The book provides readers with case studies, practical insights, and actionable guidance for practitioners, investors, and policymakers. It illustrates the application of theoretical knowledge to practical scenarios, offering a holistic understanding of bioenergy conversion processes, challenges, and opportunities of agricultural waste. Additionally, the book offers detailed technoeconomic analysis to aid decision-making, sustainable environmental practices, and actionable insights for planning and executing bioenergy projects. It bridges disciplines, fostering a holistic understanding that connects agriculture, bioenergy, and environmental science.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bhatia, Shashi Kant

Kumar, Bikash

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Biogasanlagen, Energie aus Biomasse
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Abfallbeseitigung, Abfallentsorgung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Abfallwirtschaft, Abfallentsorgung
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Nachhaltige Landwirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction
2. Bioenergy crops a source of renewable energy
3. Agricultural biomass pyrolysis for energy production
4. Gasification technologies for agro-waste to energy conversion
5. Hydrothermal liquification of agricultural biomass to energy
6. Advances in agro biomass pretreatment for a feedstock for fermentation
7. Bioalcohol production from agricultural biomass
8. Biogas Production from Agricultural Waste
9. Agrowaste based microbial biorefinery for biohydrogen production
10. Agriculture waste a feedstock for biodiesel production
11. Integrated technologies for agro-waste valorization
12. Advances in technologies for energy production and analysis
13. Commercialisation and techno-economic analysis of agrowaste based biofuels
14. Life cycle assessment of agriculture-bioenergy nexus technologies

Über Autor(innen)

Bhatia, Shashi Kant
Dr. Shashi Kant Bhatia is an Associate professor in the Department of Biological Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea, and has more than ten years’ of experience in biowaste valorization into bioenergy, biochemicals, and biomaterials. He holds an M.Sc and a Ph.D in biotechnology from Himachal Pradesh University (India). Dr. Bhatia has worked as a Brain Pool Post Doc Fellow at Konkuk University (2014–2016) and has contributed extensively to the industrial press and served as an editorial board member of Sustainability and Energies journal and associate editor of Frontier of Microbiology, Microbial Cell Factories, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, Bioprocess and Biosystem Engineering, Carbohydrate Technology and Applications, 3 Biotech, and PLOS One journals. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Biotechnology for Sustainable Materials journal. He has published more than 200 research and review articles on industrial biotechnology, bioenergy production, biomaterials, biotransformation, microbial fermentation, and enzyme technology in international scientific peer-reviewed journals and holds 15 international patents. He has also edited 7 books on microbial biotechnology. With more than 15000 citations with an h-index of 66 and an i10 index of 216 (As per Google Scholar), he is included in the top 2% of the Scientist List at Stanford University. Dr. Bhatia has successfully supervised and completed three projects funded by NRF Korea ($ 600,000).

Kumar, Bikash
Dr. Bikash Kumar is currently working as an
Assistant Professor at Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Chhattisgarh, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. He also served as a National Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, and as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering at the Indian Institute of Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam. His work is focused on the development of microbial and bioprocess technology with focus on biomass pretreatment technologies and microbial bioactive compounds such as enzyme (cellulases, laccase, xylanases), for greener energy, environmental sustainability, and health. Dr. Kumar earned his PhD from the Department of Microbiology, Central University of Rajasthan, India. The work has resulted in the publication of more than 25+ research/review
papers and 25+ book chapters. He has edited three books on biorefinery and sustainable agriculture applications, and has been acknowledged for Editorial assistance to Prof. Pradeep Verma in compiling 11 books for CRC Press, Elsevier, and Springer. His work has attracted significant impact, which is evident from 2973+ citations with h-index-25–, & i-10- index-30. He is the recipient of several awards and Fellowships, such as the AMI-Young Scientist Award, INSA-NASI-SRF, CSIR-SRF, JNMF scholarship, etc. He is a life member of the Biotech Research Society of India (BRSI), the Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI), the Mycological Society of India (MSI), and the Association of Carbohydrate Chemists and Technologists, India (ACCTI). He is a reviewer of 20+ peer-reviewed research journals for Elsevier, Wiley, MDPI, Springer, and Taylor and Francis. Dr. Bikash Kumar is working as an Associate Editor in Frontiers in Energy Research, Guest Editor for a Special Issue in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (Green Synthesis of Catalyst for Sustainable Industrial Technologies), and Review Editor for Frontiers in Chemistry. Dr. Kumar is the recipient of DST-SERB NPDF project funding of 2.711 million INR. He is included in the top 2% of the Scientists List by Stanford University in the list for the year 2023.