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Informationen zum Autor Dr Thallada Bhaskar, Senior Scientist, is currently heading the Thermo-catalytic Processes Area, Bio-Fuels Division (BFD) at CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, India. He received Ph D for his work at CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) from Osmania University, Hyderabad in the year 1999. He carried out Postdoctoral Research at Okayama University, Okayama, Japan after which he joined as Research Assistant Professor and taught catalysis, chemical kinetics and thermodynamics for ~7 years. He has about 90 publications in journals of international repute, contributed 10 book chapters to renowned publishers (ACS, Elsevier, Woodhead Publishing, CRC Press etc) and 11 patents to his in his field of expertise in addition to 250 national and international symposia presentations. His 20 years of research experience cover various fields of science revolving around his expertise in heterogeneous catalysis thermo-chemical conversion of biomass, waste plastics and e-waste plastics into value added hydrocarbons. He has prepared several catalysts and thrown a light on the structure activity relationships of novel catalytic materials for hydrotreatment of fossil based crudes. His contributions to the field of sustainable hydrocarbons are in the form of process knowhow and catalyst developments. His patents and publications discuss crucial points encompassing wide areas of thermo-catalytic conversion like pyrolysis and hydrothermal liquefaction for biomass (agricultural, forest residues and aquatic biomass) and plastic waste (industrial and e-waste) conversion. In addition he worked on developing micro-channel reactors for several chemical reactions and separation processes. His other interests include utilization of non-conventional energies for the sustainable production of hydrocarbons utilizing the polymeric wastes available which will make the thermo-chemical methods of conversion more energy efficient. In view of his expertise, he is on the editorial board of 2 international peer reviewed journals and expert member of several committees. He received the Distinguished Researcher award from AIST (2013), Japan and Most Progressive Researcher award from FSRJ, Japan (2008). He is also the Fellow of Biotech Research Society of India and member of the Governing Council. He received the Raman Research Fellowship for the year 2013-14. He was also a JSPS Visiting Scientist to Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan during 2009. He has carried out several research projects with great success with national and international collaborators. He has organized several international symposia in India and abroad in this area and visited several countries to deliver invited/ plenary lectures. Prof. Ashok Pandey is currently Executive Director, Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability-India, Lucknow. His major research and technological development interests are industrial and environmental biotechnology and energy biosciences, focusing on biomass to biofuels and chemicals, waste to wealth and energy, etc. Dr.S.Venkata Mohan is working as Principal Scientist in CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad since 1998. He was a Visiting Professor at Kyoto University (2005) and Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Fellow at Technical University of Munich, Germany (2001-02). His main research interests are in the domain of Environmental Bioengineering Specifically in the areas of Advance Waste Remediation, Aciodogenesis, Microbial Electrogenesis, Photosynthesis and Waste Biorefinery. He has authored more than 310 research articles, 36 chapters for books, edited 4 books and has 9 patents. His publication has more than 12,750 citations with an h-index of 62 (Google Scholar). He has guided 22 PhDs., 2 M.Phils and more than 100 M.Tech./B.Tech./M.Sc. students. Recently, Dr Mohan recently successfully demonstrated a pilot plant for biohydrogen production from waste for MNRE and was...
List of contents
I. Feedstocks for Biorefineries1. Waste Feedstocks for Biofefineries: An Approach to Develop a Sustainable Society2. Kinetic Analysis of Biomass Pyrolysis3. Side-streams from bioenergy and biorefinery complexes as a resource for circular bio-economy
II. Conversion Processes4. Thermochemical Conversion in Biorefineries5. Combined Thermochemical-Biochemical Routes in Waste Biorefinery
III. Food Waste Biorefinery6. Acidogenic Valorization of Food Waste to Biogas and Platform Chemicals7. Food Supply Chain Waste: A Functional Periodic Table of Biobased Resources
IV. Municipal Solid Waste Biorefinery8. Conversion of Solid Waste to Fuels and Chemicals through Pyrolysis
V. Lignocellulosic Biorefinery9. Lignocellulosic Biorefinery Wastes - Or Resources10. Hydrothermal Processing of Wet Forest Residues and Agricultural Wastes for Production of Biofuels and Chemicals11. Pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass for the Production of Renewable Chemicals12. Co-pyrolysis of Agro Residues with Waste Plastics for Resource and Energy Recovery13. Microwave-driven Biorefinery for Utilization of Food and Agricultural Waste Biomass14. Lignin Conversion: A Key to the Concept of Lignocellulosic Biomass-based Integrated Biorefinery15. Synthesis of Bioethanol from Invasive Weeds: Process Design, Optimization, and Intensification with Ultrasound16. Valorization of Wastes from Agro-food and Forest Industries within the Biorefinery Concept: South Europe Scenario17. Ionic Liquid Stable cellulases and Hemicellulases: Application in Biobased Production of Biofuels
VI. Water-based Biorefinery18. Resource Recovery from Wastes and Wastewaters using Bioelectrochemical Systems19. Exploitation of Microalgae-based Biorefinery - Opportunities and Challenges
VII. Specific Biorefinery20. Waste Biorefinery in Arid Regions21. Potential and Perspectives of Biorefinery from Castor Seed22. Insect-based biorefinery for bioenergy and biobased products: A critical review23. Thermochemical Valorization of Paper Deinking Residue through Microwave-assisted Pyrolysis
VIII. Associated Studies24. Process Integration and Design Philosophy for Competitive Waste Biorefineries25. Process Control and Monitoring in Biorefineries26. Environmental Impacts of Utilizing Woody Biomass for Energy
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"To conclude, through a balanced combination of different branches of science: chemistry, biology, engineering, and biotechnology, this book provides data-based information on the state of the art of biogenic waste utilisation within the field of biorefinery in which waste and resources are interchangeable." --Detritus
