Overview
- Presents a succinct compilation of state-of-the-art technologies for solid waste recycling and their implications
- Introduces novel biorefinery concepts for renewable bio-products and bio-fuels
- Highlights knowledge gaps on the basis of real case studies and practical problems in solid waste treatment
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes (EFEPP)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
- Sustainable energy
- Biomass and biofuels
- Anaerobic digestion
- Molecular sequencing
- Bacterial and archaeal community
- Bioreactor Landfills
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Odour compounds
- Leachate Treatments
- carbon and nitrogen recycling
- Plastic and special waste pyrolysis
- solidification and stabilization
- Case studies
- biochemical engineering
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Prof. Kirsten Heimann is the director of the North Queensland Algal Identification/Culturing Facility at JCU, Townsville, Australia, where she leads a microalgal research team focusing on developing microalgae for carbon dioxide and waste water remediation whilst generating valuable co-products. Her research interests include methane remediation from underground coal mines.
Dr. Subramanian Senthilkannan is currently working for SGS as Environmental Services Manager- Asia, based at Hong Kong. He gained his diploma, bachelors and masters in Textile Technology from premier institutes of India. He was awarded doctorate from The Institute of Textiles and Clothing of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University for his dissertation entitled,” Eco-functional Assessment of Grocery Shopping Bags” He also has more than seven years of industrial experience in textile manufacturing, testing and sustainability evaluation of textiles and clothing materials. He was an outstanding student throughout his studies and bagged numerous awards and medals including many gold medals in his study period. He has more than 75 academic publications in various textiles and environmental journals to his credit. Additionally he has 2 patents, many books of chapter and over 20 books and numerous conference publications. He is acting as an editor, editorial board member and reviewer for many international peer-reviewed journals of textiles and environmental science disciplines. He is theeditor-in-chief of Textiles and Clothing Sustainability journal of Springer. Additionally, he is one of the directors of Textile and Bioengineering Informatics Society, (TBIS) which is a charitable organization created to foster, develop and promote all aspects of science and technology in bioengineering of materials, fibers and textiles.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Recycling of Solid Waste for Biofuels and Bio-chemicals
Editors: Obulisamy Parthiba Karthikeyan, Kirsten Heimann, Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu
Series Title: Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0150-5
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-0148-2Published: 22 August 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9090-5Published: 15 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-0150-5Published: 10 August 2016
Series ISSN: 2345-7651
Series E-ISSN: 2345-766X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 422
Number of Illustrations: 33 b/w illustrations, 51 illustrations in colour
Topics: Waste Management/Waste Technology, Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology, Biochemical Engineering, Renewable and Green Energy, Environmental Science and Engineering