1st Edition
Bioenergy Opportunities and Challenges
Preface
Section 1: Biohydrogen Production
Thermophilic Biohydrogen Production: Challenges at the Industrial Scale; Sudhir Kumar, Aditya Bhalla, Mohit Bibra, Jia Wang, Kayla Morisette, Subramanian M. Raj, David Salem, and Rajesh K. Sani
Bio-hydrogen Production: Current Trends and Future Prospects; Vinita Mishra and Isha Srivastava
Section 2: Microbial Fuel Cells
Microbial Fuel Cells: A Promising Alternative Energy Source; M. J. Angelaa Lincy, B. Ashokkumar, M. Vasantha, and P. Varalakshmi
Challenges to and Opportunities in Microbial Fuel Cells; J. Jayapriya and V. Ramamurthy
Systems Biology Approaches for Microbial Fuel Cell Applications; Navanietha Krishnaraj. R, and Jong-Sung Yu
Section 3: Bioethanol Production
Potentials of Oscillatoria annae in Producing Bioethanol by Degradation of Selected Lignocellulosics; P.Malliga, V. Viswajith, D. Malini, and R. Sabitha
Challenges in Harnessing the Potential of Lignocellulosic Biofuels and the Probable Combating Strategies; Lakshmi Shri Roy, Vijay Kumar Garlapati, and Rintu Banerjee
Section 4: Biodesel Production
Biodiesel: Production, Opportunities and Challenges; Deeksha
An Overview Of Reactor Designs for Biodesel Production; Vijay Kumar Garlapati, Lakshmi Shri Roy, and Rintu Banerjee
Studies on the Effect of Antioxidants on the Long-Term Storage Stability and Oxidation Stability of Pongamia pinnata and Jatropha curcus Biodiesel; A. Obadiah and S. Vasanth Kumar
Effect of Fungal Biotic Stress on Physic Nut (Jatropha curcas L.); Seweta Srivastava and Asha Sinhda
Section 5: Catalysis for Biofuels
A Chemist’s Perspective on Bioenergy: Opportunities and Challenges; Sannapaneni Janardan, B. B. Pavankumar, Shivendu Ranjan, Nandita Dasguptand, Melvin Samuel, Chidambaram Ramalingam,Akella Sivaramakrishna, and Kari Vijayakrishna
Index
Biography
R. Navanietha Krishnaraj, PhD, is currently working as the technical officer in National Institute of Technology in Durgapur, India. Before joining NIT Durgapur, he was working at CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute. He holds a BTech in biotechnology and PhD in the field of microbial fuel cells. His areas of interests include bioelectrocatalysis and nanobiotechnology. He has authored several research articles in reputed journals and is a life member of several professional bodies.
Prof. Jong-Sung Yu is one of the most renowned scientists in the field of electrochemical science. He is currently a professor in the Department of Advanced Materials Chemistry at Korea University in Seoul, South Korea. He received a bachelor of science in chemistry from Sogang University in 1983 in Korea and a PhD in chemistry at the University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA, in 1990. He has several years of rich post-doctoral experience at Ohio State University, the University of Houston, Pennsylvania State University, and Northwestern University. He is currently on the editorial board of the Journal of Experimental Nanoscience (Taylor and Francis), Frontiers in Fuel Cells, and Carbon Letter (Korean Carbon Society). He was awarded an Excellent Research Award from the Inorganic Chemistry Division in 2011 and from the Material Chemistry Division in 2004 of the Korean Chemistry Society. He was also given a Korea Strategic Research Grant (2010–2015) in energy application. He has authored about 190 peer-reviewed articles and 60 patents. His research interests lie in nanostructured materials for storage, delivery, and conversion with particular attention toward electrochemical applications, such as fuel cell, battery, capacitor, solar cell, and sensors.
