Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Sustainable Bioresources for the Emerging Bioeconomy outlines recent advances in bioenergy, biorefinery and the bioeconomy, an essential element for a 21st century bio-based society. The book provides information on biomass and various conversion technologies with different parameters that affect the conversion process. Sections cover different bioproducts, biorefinery systems, energy and greenhouse gas emission balances of bioenergy and biorefinery, and environmental and economic footprints of bioeconomy. Finally, different strategies adopted by developed and developing countries for the promotion and implementation of a bioeconomy concept for a bio-based society are 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 for different bioproducts- Covers global strategies and policies on the development of bioeconomies

SECTION A: Potential Bioresources1. Bioresources and their significance: prospects and obstacles2. Valorization of agricultural wastes for multi-dimensional use3. Vermicomposting: Earthworms as potent bioresources for biomass conversion4. Unconventional bioresources and their prospects: focus on spent-straw and biochar5. Agro-based industrial wastes as potent sources of alternative energy and organic fertilizers6. Biowaste to Biogas Production: Recent Microbial and Technological Updates7. Merging the margins for beneficial biofuels: An Indian perspective8. An evaluation of different climate matrices used in biomass energy research9. Resource recovery from wastewater: a new approach with alkaline dehydration of urine at source10. Circular Economy: Transforming Useless Solid-Wastes to Useful ProductsSECTION B: Economics of bioresources11. Industrial Perspective of Food Preservatives from Microbial Origin12. Gasification Technologies and Their Energy PotentialsSECTION C: Economic sustainability of the bioresources13. Sustainability analysis of large scale composting of food-wastes14. Valorization of Municipal Solid Waste in Bio-refineries for the Creation of a Circular Economy: Role of Emerging Technologies15. Sustainable agriculture, fishery and forestry for a bioeconomy16. Bio-economy and Environmental Sustainability: A Social, Political and Scientific Nexus Framework for Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment17. Biomass energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS)SECTION D: Alternative approaches in bioeconomy of bioresources18. Ayurveda and its role in Indian bioeconomy19. Bio-village as a model for bioeconomy20. Aquaponics for Resource Recovery and Organic Food Productions21. Traditional bioeconomy versus modern technology-based bioeconomy