1st Edition

Biogas Technology

418 Pages 88 B/W Illustrations

by CRC Press

Description

Biogas is a renewable energy resource that can be an alternative solution for the world’s insatiable energy demands while helping in managing waste and reducing the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It is also regarded as carbon neutral as the carbon in biogas comes from organic matter (feedstock) that captured this carbon from atmospheric CO2 over a relatively short timescale. This book has been... Read more

1. Methanogenesis: Microbiology and Ecology 2. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Biomethanation 3. Methane Driven Biogeochemical Processes in Terrestrial Ecosystem 4. Bioenergetics and Evolutionary Relationship in Biomethanation with Respect to MCR 5. Application of Methanation as an Alternate Energy Technology 6. Biogas Generation from Kitchen Wastes and its Purification Technology 7. Biomethanation of Rice Straw-Feasibility Assessment 8. Biogas Production from Dairy Effluents 9. Valorization of Pineapple Wastes for Biomethane Generation 10. Optimised Process Considerations for Enhanced Kitchen Refuse Biomethanation 11. Electrofermentation in Aid of Bioenergy and its Industrial Application 12. Industrial Applications of Anaerobic Digestion 13. Biomethanation under Biphasic Conditions: Success Story of Nisargruna Biogas Plant 14. Improved Biogas Plants and Related Technologies A Status Report 15. Socioeconomic Analyses of Biogas Technology Towards the Upliftment of Rural India