1st Edition
Advanced Green Technology for Environmental Sustainability and Circular Economy
This book elucidates the growing application of greener technology with a circular economic approach and examines the connection among environment, economy, and ecology for an emerging and supportable human society. It focuses on numerous features of environmental sustainability, and more responsibly, labels the technologies and methods essential to overcome growing environmental challenges including biotechnological methods, cutting-edge research, applications, and procedures.
Features
- Proposes the latest advances in waste treatment, pollution reduction, and circular economy development based on green technology.
- Considers the relationship between green technological progress and various forms of circular economy.
- Describes resource recycling and recovery.
- Covers advanced technology in bioremediation.
- Includes reports and case studies highlighting the “how-to” on waste-to-energy generation.
This book is aimed at professionals and graduate students in environmental engineering, project management, bioremediation, sustainable development, and waste management.
1. Comparative Study of Ansys and Aspen Plus Simulation of a Typical Fluidized Bed Column-Advanced Greener Approach for Environmental Sustainability
Sourab Baidya, Harjeet Nath, and Abanti Sahoo
2. Surfactant and Potable Water Recovery from Grey Water Using Integrated UF And RO Membranes- A Typical Method for Waste Recycling, Reusing, and Recovery of Value-Added Products
Harjeet Nath and Sukanta Reang
3. Withania somnifera: A Rasayana Herb for Sustainable Management of Human Health and Overall Wellbeing
Jackson Sugunakara Chary and Anuradha Sharma
4. Microbial Nexus for Converting Dairy Wastewater into Value-added Products
Shaon Ray Chaudhuri, Mandakini Gogoi, Ajoy Modak, et al.
5. Novel Microbial Techniques for Pollutant Environment: Their Principles, Advantages, Limitations and Future Prospects
Vikas Kumar, Preeti Pallavi, and Sangeeta Raut
6. Microbial Biopolymer from Renewable Feedstock: A Sustainable Approach for the Production of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs)
Shiva Aley Acharjee and Pranjal Bharali
7. A Sanitary Engineering Assessment of a Local Community Wastewater Plan for Nitrogen Removal: A Case Study Highlighting Decision Making Tactics
J. T. Tanacredi, R. Reynolds, R. Nuzzi, et al.
8. Bioremediation by Using Green Nanotechnologies: A Novel Biological Approach for Environmental Clean-Up
Maheswari Behera, Sunanda Mishra, Prateek Ranjan Behera, et al.
9. Energy Recovery from Municipal Solid Waste Through Pyrolysis Techniques
Mukta Mayee Kumbhar, Sunanda Swain, Prajna Sarita Sethy, et al.
10. Endophytic Microbes in Agarwood Oil Production from Aquilaria Malaccensis Lam. Engendering Bio-Resources For Socioeconomic Development
Bipul Das Chowdhury, Abhijit Bhattacharjee, and Bimal Debnath
11. Recent Trends in Conversion of Agro-Waste to Value-Added Green Products
Deepika Devadarshini, Swati Samal, Pradip Kumar Jena, et al.
12. Green Inventory and Carbon Emissions - A Review
Bhabani S. Mohanty
13. Biological System for Waste Management and Alternative Biofuel Production
Oindrila Gupta, Srishti Joshi, Shweta Shukla, et al.
14. Syngas Production from Lignocellulosic Biomass and Its Applications
Diptimayee Padhi, Deepika Devadarshini, Sunanda Mishra, et al.
Biography
Dr. Maulin P. Shah is the Chief Scientist and Head of the Industrial Wastewater Research Lab, Division of Applied and Environmental Microbiology Lab at Enviro Technology Ltd., Ankleshwar, Gujarat, India. His work focuses on the impact of industrial pollution on the microbial diversity of wastewater following cultivation-dependent and cultivation-independent analysis. His major work involves isolation, screening, identification, and genetically engineering high-impact microbes for the degradation of hazardous materials. His research interests include biological wastewater treatment, environmental microbiology, biodegradation, bioremediation, and phytoremediation of environmental pollutants from industrial wastewater. He has published more than 250 research papers in national and international journals of repute on various aspects of microbial biodegradation and bioremediation of environmental pollutants. He is the editor of more than 120 books of international repute and is an active editorial board member in top-rated journals.
Dr. Alok Prasad Das serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Life Sciences, Rama Devi Women’s University, Odisha India. Before that, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Polymer Engineering, Tripura Central University, Agartala, India. He has more than 15 years of research experience. His research and innovation work, done in national and international collaborations, has appeared in over 100 publications; and his contributions have been recognized with several awards. His areas of expertise include biological wastewater treatment, bioremediation-based bioleaching of mining pollutants, bioremediation of microplastics and microfiber pollutants, and geomicrobiology of extreme habitats. He is the editor of several books of international repute, and he is an active lead guest editorial board member in top-rated journals. His current Google Scholar: Citations is 3500 and h-index 32. He is enlisted in the world’s top 2% influential scientists as per the Stanford University list 2023.
