Bioprocessing for Biofuel Production

1. Front Matter

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2. Impact of Fermentation Types on Enzymes Used for Biofuels Production

   • Veena Paul, Saloni Rai, Abhishek Dutt Tripathi, Dinesh Chandra Rai, Aparna Agarwal

   Pages 1-27

3. Downstream Processing; Applications and Recent Updates

   • Aparna Agarwal, Nidhi Jaiswal, Abhishek Dutt Tripathi, Veena Paul

   Pages 29-55

4. Types of Bioreactors for Biofuel Generation

   • Ajay Kumar Chauhan, Gazal Kalyan

   Pages 57-79

5. Bioprocess for Algal Biofuels Production

   • Raunak Dhanker, Archana Tiwari

   Pages 81-94

6. Effect of Bioprocess Parameters on Biofuel Production

   • Javaria Bakhtawar, Safoora Sadia, Muhammad Irfan, Hafiz Abdullah Shakir, Muhammad Khan, Shaukat Ali

   Pages 95-126

7. Role of Substrate to Improve Biomass to Biofuel Production Technologies

   • Safoora Sadia, Javeria Bakhtawar, Muhammad Irfan, Hafiz Abdullah Shakir, Muhammad Khan, Shaukat Ali

   Pages 127-156

8. Techno-Economic Analysis of Second-Generation Biofuel Technologies

   • Saurabh Singh, Akhilesh Kumar, Jay Prakash Verma

   Pages 157-181

9. Recent Advances in Metabolic Engineering and Synthetic Biology for Microbial Production of Isoprenoid-Based Biofuels: An Overview

   • Amirhossein Nazhand, Alessandra Durazzo, Massimo Lucarini, Antonello Santini

   Pages 183-201

10. Applications of Biosensors for Metabolic Engineering of Microorganisms and Its Impact on Biofuel Production

    • Amirhossein Nazhand

    Pages 203-216

11. Recent Progress in CRISPR-Based Technology Applications for Biofuels Production

    • Amirhossein Nazhand

    Pages 217-231

Converting biomass to biofuels involves hydrolyzing cellulose to sugars using cost-intensive commercial enzymes – an expensive step that makes large-scale production economically non-viable. As such, there is a need for low-cost bioprocessing.

This book critically evaluates the available bioprocessing technologies for various biofuels, and presents the latest research in the field. It also highlights the recent developments, current challenges and viable alternative approaches to reduce the overall cost of producing biofuels.

• Biomass
• Biofuels
• Cellulose
• Fermentable sugar
• Process parameters

• Department of Chemical Engineering & Technology, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, Varanasi, India

  Neha Srivastava, P.K. Mishra

• Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

  Manish Srivastava

• Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia

  Vijai Kumar Gupta

Dr. Neha Srivastava is an expert on biofuel production, microbial bioprocessing and enzyme technologies, and is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, India. She completed her Ph.D. in Bioenergy at the Department of Molecular and Cellular Engineering, SHIATS, India. She has received 06 Young Scientist Awards. Her current research focuses on biofuel production (cellulase enzymes; production and enhancement, biohydrogen production from waste biomass, bioethanol production), and she has published 25 research articles in peer-reviewed journals, and holds 3 patents with 1 technology transfer. 

Dr. Manish Srivastava is an expert on the synthesis of nanomaterials and their application as catalysts for development of electrode materials in energy storage, biosensors and biofuel productions. He is currently a member of the DST INSPIRE faculty at the Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, India. He worked as a post doctorate fellow at the Department of BIN Fusion Technology, Chonbuk National University. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, India. His research interests include the synthesis of nanostsructured materials and their applications as catalysts for the development of electrode materials in energy storage, biosensors and biofuel production. He has published 45 research articles in peer-reviewed journals, authored several book chapters and filed 1 patent.

Dr. P.K. Mishra is an expert on biofuel production, microbial bioprocessing and enzyme technologies, and is currently a Professor and Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India. He has authored/co-authored over 60 technical papers published in respected national/international journals, has received several awards and honors, and holds 5patents with and 1 technology transfer. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers India.

Dr. Vijay Kumar Gupta is ERA Chair of Green Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Science, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia. He is a member of the International Sub-commission on Trichoderma and Hypocrea, Austria; International Society for Fungal Conservation, UK; and Secretary of the European Mycological Association.  He has edited several books for leading international publishers, such as CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, Springer, Elsevier Press, Nova Science Publisher, DE Gruyter, and CABI.

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