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Global concern for energy security and environmental protection has put great emphasis on the search for alternative energy sources, particularly for the transport sector. Biofuels have emerged as a highly promising source of alternative energy.
List of contents
Biofuel: The Green Alternative. Microalgal-based biofuel: Challenges and future perspectives. Waste To Energy: A means of sustainable development through Bioethanol production. Role of microbes in biofuel production. A comparative account on biodiesel production from forest seeds. Development of Low cost Production medium and Cultivation techniques of Cyanobacteria, Arthrospira platensis for biofuel production. Biofuel and halophytes. Eco-friendly applications of natural secondary metabolites and status of siderophore. Genetic Diversity analysis of Jatropha curcas: a biofuel plant. Cellulase immobilization on magnetic nanoparticles for bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass to ethanol. Biogas production in a biorefiney context: analysis of the scale based on different raw materials. Plant based biofuels and sustainability issues. Microbial based biofuel production - A green sustainable approach. Biodiesel production from Mimusops elengi seed oil through means of co-solvent based transesterification using ionic liquid catalyst. Conventional breeding methods for the genetic improvement of Jatropha curcas L.: A biodiesel plant .
About the author
Dr. Nitish Kumar is Senior Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, Central University of South Bihar, Gaya, Bihar, India. Dr. Kumar completed his doctoral research at the Council of Scientifc & Industrial Research–Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India. He has published more than 60 research articles and book chapters in leading international and national journals and books. He has a wide area of research experience in the feld of renewable source of energy. He has received many awards/fellowships/projects from various organizations, for example, the CSIR, DBT, ICAR and SERB-DST, BRNS-BARC, among others. He is an active reviewer for journals, including Biotechnology Reports, Aquatic Botany, Industrial Crops and Products, PLoS One, Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, and 3Biotech. He also serves as an associate editor of the journal Gene.
Summary
Global concern for energy security and environmental protection has put great emphasis on the search for alternative energy sources, particularly for the transport sector. Biofuels have emerged as a highly promising source of alternative energy.
