1st Edition
Energy from Waste Production and Storage
Conversion of waste into value-added products such as energy transforms a potential environmental problem into a sustainable solution. Energy from Waste: Production and Storage focuses on the conversion of waste from various sources for use in energy production and storage applications. It provides the state-of-the-art in developing advanced materials and chemicals for energy applications using wastes and discusses the various treatment processes and technologies.
- Covers synthesis of usable materials from various types of waste and their application in energy production and storage
- Presents an overview and applications of wastes for green energy production and storage
- Provides fundamentals of electrochemical behavior and understanding of energy devices such as fuel cells, batteries, supercapacitors, and solar cells
- Elaborates on advanced technologies used to convert waste into green biochemical energy
This work provides new direction to scientists, researchers, and students in materials and chemical engineering and related subjects seeking to sustainable solutions to energy production and waste management.
PART 1 Introduction
Chapter 1 Biowastes for Energy: An Introduction
Alfred Nkhama, Muhammad Rizwan Sulaiman, Jonghyun Choi, and Ram K. Gupta
PART 2 Municipal Waste for Energy
Chapter 2 Operational Tools and Techniques for Municipal Solid Waste Management
Zobaidul Kabir, Mahfuz Kabir, M. Ashiqur Rahman, and Mofijur Rahman
Chapter 3 Municipal Waste for Energy Production
Mahfuz Kabir and Zobaidul Kabir
Chapter 4 A Brief History of Energy Recovery from Municipal Solid Waste
Debra R. Reinhart, Aditi Podder, and Stephanie C. Bolyard
Chapter 5 Materials and Energy from Waste Plastics: A Catalytic Approach
Shadab Shahsavari, Gita Bagheri, Zahra Shokri, and Shahin Shahsavari
Chapter 6 Elucidating Sustainable Waste Management Approaches along with Waste-to-Energy Pathways: A Critical Review
Asmita Mishra, Hammad Siddiqi, and B.C. Meikap
Chapter 7 Biomass Downdraft Gasifier: State of the Art of Reactor Design
Nathada Ngamsidhiphongsa, Phuet Prasertcharoensuk, Yaneeporn Patcharavorachot, and Amornchai Arpornwichanop
Chapter 8 Food-Based Waste for Energy
Shadab Shahsavari, Zahra Shokri, and Gita Bagheri
PART 3 Waste for Biochemicals and Bioenergy
Chapter 9 Biowastes for Ethanol Production
Jeffin James Abraham, Christian Randell A. Arro, Ali A. El-Samak, Alaa H. Hawari, and Deepalekshmi Ponnamma
Chapter 10 Waste Feedstocks for Biodiesel Production
Umer Rashid, Rose Fadzilah Abdullah, Balkis Hazmi, and Wan Nur Aini Wan Mokhtar
Chapter 11 Biowaste-Based Microbial Fuel Cells for Bioelectricity Generation
Bhim Sen Thapa and T. S Chandra
Chapter 12 Biowaste-Based Microbial Fuel Cells
Nidhi Chauhan, Utkarsh Jain, and Kirti Saxena
Chapter 13 Recent Development in Microbial Fuel Cells Using Biowaste
Abhinay Thakur, Shveta Sharma, and Ashish Kumar
Chapter 14 Waste-Derived Carbon Materials for Hydrogen Storage
Mohamed Aboughaly and Hossam A. Gabbar
Chapter 15 Organic Waste for Hydrogen Production
Yassine Slimani and Essia Hannachi
Chapter 16 Recycling E-Waste for Hydrogen Energy Production and Replacement as Building Construction Materials
Ramji Kalidoss, Radhakrishnan Kothalam, and Ganesh Vattikondala
PART 4 Waste for Advanced Energy Devices
Chapter 17 Biowaste-Derived Carbon for Solar Cells
Fahmeeda Kausar, Jazib Ali, Ghulam Abbas Ashraf, and Muhammad Bilal
Chapter 18 Biowastes for Metal-Ion Batteries
C. Nithya
Chapter 19 NaFePO4 Regenerated from Failed Commercial Li-Ion Batteries for Na-Ion Battery Applications
Dona Susan Baji, Anjali V. Nair, Shantikumar Nair, and Dhamodaran Santhanagopalan
Chapter 20 Polymeric Wastes for Metal-Ion Batteries
Ranjusha Rajagopalan and Haiyan Wang
Chapter 21 Biowaste-Derived Components for Zn–Air Battery
Yiyang Liu, Tasnim Munshi, Jennifer Hack, Ian Scowen, Paul R. Shearing, Guanjie He, and Dan J. L. Brett
Chapter 22 Recycling of Wastes Generated in Automobile Metal–Air Batteries
Weng Cheong Tan, Lip Huat Saw, Ming Chian Yew, and Ming Kun Yew
Chapter 23 Biowastes for Metal–Sulfur Batteries
Chaofeng Zhang, Quanwei Ma, Longhai Zhang, Rui Wang, Hao Li, Tengfei Zhou, and Changzhou Yuan
Chapter 24 High-Performance Supercapacitors Based on Biowastes for Sustainable Future
Kwadwo Mensah-Darkwa, Stefania Akromah, Benjamin Agyei-Tuffour, David Dodoo-Arhin, Anuj Kumar, and Ram K. Gupta
Chapter 25 Hybrid Biowaste Materials for Supercapacitors
Prashant Dubey, Ashwinder Kaur, Vishal Shrivastav, Isha Mudahar, Sunita Mishra, and Shashank Sundriyal
Chapter 26 Polymeric Wastes for Supercapacitors
Fabeena Jahan, Deepthi Panoth, Sindhu Thalappan Manikkoth, Kunnambeth M. Thulasi, Anjali Paravannoor, and Baiju Kizhakkekilikoodayil Vijayan
Chapter 27 Carbon Nanostructures Derived from Polymeric Wastes for Supercapacitors
Vanessa Hafemann Fragal, Elisangela Pacheco da Silva, Elizangela Hafemann Fragal, Michelly Cristina Galdioli Pella, Thiago Sequinel, Rafael Silva, Cristian Tessmer Radmann, Vanessa Bongalhardo Mortola, and Luiz Fernando Gorup
Chapter 28 Supercapacitors Based on Waste Generated in Automobiles
Souhardya Bera and Subhasis Roy
Chapter 29 Halogenated Polymeric Wastes for Green Functional Carbon Materials
Yingna Chang, Zongge Li, and Guoxin Zhang
Chapter 30 Waste Mechanical Energy Harvesting from Vehicles by Smart Materials
Omer Faruk Unsal and Ayşe Celik Bedeloğlu
Index
Biography
Ram K. Gupta is Associate Professor at Pittsburg State University. Dr. Gupta’s research focuses on green energy production and storage using conducting polymers and composites, electrocatalysts for fuel cells, nanomaterials, optoelectronics and photovoltaics devices, organic-inorganic hetero-junctions for sensors, nanomagnetism, bio-based polymers, bio-compatible nanofibers for tissue regeneration, scaffold and antibacterial applications, and biodegradable metallic implants. Dr. Gupta has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles, made over 275 national/international/ regional presentations, chaired many sessions at national/international meetings, wrote several book chapters, and received over $2.5 million for research and educational activities from external agencies. He serves as associate editor, guest editor, and editorial board member for various journals.
Tuan Anh Nguyen earned his BSc in Physics from Hanoi University in 1992, and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Paris Diderot University (France) in 2003. He was a Visiting Scientist at Seoul National University (South Korea, 2004) and the University of Wollongong (Australia, 2005). He then worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate & Research Scientist at Montana State University (USA), 2006-2009. In 2012, he was appointed as Head of Microanalysis Department at the Institute for Tropical Technology (Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology). He has managed 4 Ph.D. theses as thesis director and 3 are in progress; He is Editor-In-Chief of "Kenkyu Journal of Nanotechnology & Nanoscience" and Founding Co-Editor-In-Chief of "Current Nanotoxicity & Prevention". He is the author of 4 Vietnamese books and Editor of 32 Elsevier books in the Micro & Nano Technologies Series.
