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Record Nr.

UNINA9910409693603321

Titolo

Biotechnology for Biofuels: A Sustainable Green Energy Solution / / edited by Nitish Kumar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

981-15-3761-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XI, 288 p. 49 illus., 32 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

662.88

Soggetti

Agriculture

Plant breeding

Environmental engineering

Biotechnology

Environmental management

Natural resources

Plant Breeding/Biotechnology

Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology

Environmental Management

Natural Resources

Biotecnologia

Biomassa

Energia de la biomassa

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Biofuels: perspective for sustainable development and climate change mitigation -- Chapter 2: Nanoparticles for Sustainable Bioenergy and Biofuel Production -- Chapter 3: Bio-hydrogen: technology developments in microbial fuel cells and their future prospects -- Chapter 4: Recent Advances in Genetic Improvement of Jatropha curcas: a potent biodiesel plant -- Chapter 5: Catalytic approach for production of hydrocarbon rich bio-oil from a red seaweed species -- Chapter 6: Seaweed biomass and microbial lipids as a source of biofuel -- Chapter 7: Microbial Biofuels: an economic



and eco-friendly approach -- Chapter 8: Biofuels: sources, modern technology developments and views on bioenergy management -- Chapter 9: Integrating omics and microbial biotechnology for the production of Biofuel -- Chapter 10: An Overview on Biomass of Bamboo as a Source of Bioenergy -- Chapter 11: Advances and challenges in sugarcane biofuel development. .

Sommario/riassunto

The depletion of petroleum-derived fuel and environmental concerns have prompted many millennials to consider biofuels as alternative fuel sources. But completely replacing petroleum-derived fuels with biofuels is currently impossible in terms of production capacity and engine compatibility. Nevertheless, the marginal replacement of diesel with biofuel could delay the depletion of petroleum resources and abate the radical climate change caused by automotive pollutants. Energy security and climate change are the two major driving forces for worldwide biofuel development, and also have the potential to stimulate the agro-industry. The development of biofuels as alternative and renewable sources of energy has become critical in national efforts towards maximum self-reliance, the cornerstone of our energy security strategy. At the same time, the production of biofuels from various types of biomass such as plants, microbes, algae and fungi is now an ecologically viable and sustainable option. This book describes the biotechnological advances in biofuel production from various sources, while also providing essential information on the genetic improvement of biofuel sources at both the conventional and genomic level. These innovations and the corresponding methodologies are explained in detail.