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Handbook of Biorefinery Research and Technology

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  • Jun 2024

Overview

  • Covers Lignocellulosic and Algal Biorefinery research
  • Offers in-depth Description of Biomass Logistics, Pretreatments, Enzyme Characteristics and Cellulose Hydrolysis
  • Focuses on Bioconversion Technologies for Biofuels and Platform Chemicals

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Keywords

  • Alkane Biofuel
  • Bio-gas Production
  • Bio-oil Production
  • Biocatalysis
  • Bioenergy
  • Biofuel Production
  • Biomass Pretreatment
  • Bioprocess Control
  • Biorefinery Reference
  • Butanol Production
  • Permentative Bio-Hydrogen Production
  • Petroleum Refinery
  • Photosynthetic Bio-hydrogen Production
  • Polylactate Production
  • Production of Long-chain Organic
  • Progress in Integrated Bioprocess
  • Saccharification
  • Solid Acid Mediated Hydrolysis of Biomass
  • Succinate
  • Synthetic Regulatory Device for Design of Microbes

About this book

This handbook provides a comprehensive review of the latest scientific developments through authoritative, expertly validated overviews in this field. It covers the basic principles, upfront research accomplishments as well as successful industrial applications. Each chapter is written by a domain expert which besides the in-depth review of the topic also outlines an economic outlook and future directions of research of the area. The book is structured in a way that is appropriate for advanced graduate students and professionals in diverse scientific and engineering communities including biocatalysis, genetic engineering, metabolic engineering, and bioprocess technology.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Biochemical Eng. & Biotechnol., Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Dehli, India

    Virendra Bisaria

About the editor

Prof Virendra S. Bisaria, a PhD from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, was till 2018 a professor of biochemical engineering at the Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, IIT Delhi where he worked for about 42 years. He has extensive experience of working on different aspects of cellulosic biorefinery.   He was a post-doc at ETH-Zurich (Switzerland), University of Minnesota (USA), and Cambridge University (UK). He was also a visiting professor at International Centre of Biotechnology, Osaka University, Osaka and at Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan. He has published more than 110 research papers in peer-reviewed international journals and about 20 book chapters. He along with Prof A. Kondo of Kobe University has edited a book “Bioprocessing of Renewable Resources to Commodity Bioproducts”, which was published by Wiley in 2014. His awards include the Research Exchange Award from the Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering. He is an editor of the Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering and serves on the editorial board of Process Biochemistry. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad, India and a vice-president of Asian Federation of Biotechnology.

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