Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Sustainable Bioresources for the Emerging Bioeconomy

Sustainable Bioresources for Emerging Bioeconomy outlines the basics and recent advances in bioenergy, biorefinery and bioeconomy, which is very much essential for a 21st century bio-based society. This work provides the information about the biomass and various conversion technologies with different parameters which affects the conversion process. A wide range of solutions have also been discussed in this book to overcome the technological barriers to bioenergy. Different bioproducts and the biorefinery systems are also discussed in this book. Energy and greenhouse gas emission balances of bioenergy and biorefinery are also discussed from life cycle assessment perspective as well as environmental and economic footprints of bioeconomy. Finally, different strategies adopted by developed and developing countries for promotion and implementation of bioeconomy concept for a bio-based society are also systematically covered. The book provides comprehensive information starting from early progress to the latest trends on bioenergy, biorefinery and bioeconomy with special reference to the developed and the developing countries and the linkage between bioeconomy and climate change mitigation in simple scientific language to appeal to a wider audience. Includes the fundamentals and concepts of biomass and bioenergy Outlines recent technology development for biomass conversion Provides concept of different bioproducts Includes biorefinery concept for developing bioeconomics Provides global strategies and policies for development of bioeconomics INDICE: SECTION A: Potential Bioresources 1. Bioresources and their significance: prospects and obstacles 2. Valorization of agricultural wastes for multi-dimensional use 3. Vermicomposting: Earthworms as potent bioresources for biomass conversion 4. Unconventional bioresources and their prospects: focus on spent-straw and biochar 5. Agro-based industrial wastes as potent sources of alternative energy and organic fertilizers 6. Comparative assessment of biowaste conversion technologies: Energy recovery perspective 7. The role of perennial grasses for ecological restoration of degraded lands 8. An evaluation of different climate matrices used in biomass energy research SECTION B: Economics of bioresources 9. Economics of Bioresource utilization technologies: An overview 10. Organic farming and composting approaches: Insights on cost-benefit analysis 11. Medicinal plants and herbal based medicine: An economic assessment 12. Industrial perspective of food preservatives from microbial origin 13. Gasification technologies and their energy recovery potential: can we reduce the capital cost? SECTION C: Economic sustainability of the bioresources 14. Sustainability analysis of large scale composting of food-wastes 15. Economic potential of Bamboo and tea plantation residues as soil mulch: A soil health perspective 16. Socioeconomic potential of sericulture, arboriculture, lac-culture, and fisheries: Challenges and possibilities 17. Sustainability issues of plantations crops: economics and ecology 18. Social LCA in sustainable bioresource bioeconomy 19. Biomass energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) SECTION D: Alternative approaches in bioeconomy of bioresources 20. Role of Bionanomaterials and Bionanotechnology in bioeconomy 21. Traditional bioeconomy versus modern technology based bioeconomy 22. Ayurveda and its role in current bioeconomy 23. Bio-village as a model for bioeconomy

• ISBN: 978-0-444-64309-4
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 412
• Fecha Publicación: 31/08/2020
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés