Microbial Fuels: Technologies and Applications

✍ Scribed by Farshad Darvishi Harzevili, Ir Serge Hiligsmann

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 578
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The book will highlight major trends and developments in the field of microbial fuels, with contributions from a number of highly experienced researchers. It will serve as a comprehensive reference for industrial stakeholders, scientists, researchers and graduate students interested in microbial fuels. The aims of this work are to present the technologies and perspectives taking into account different socio-economical contexts. A specific chapter will focus on the general perspectives of microbial fuels for low-income and emerging countries.

✦ Table of Contents

Content: 1. Impressive Potential of Microorganisms to Achieve the Transition from FossilFuels to BiofuelsFarshad Darvishi and Serge HiligsmannSection Iâ Gaseous Biofuels2. Bioenergy Production from Waste SubstratesAmit Kumar, Anish Ghimire, Bo H. Svensson, and Piet N.L. Lens3. Biomethane from Industrial and Municipal WastewaterMiriam H.A. van Eekert and Grietje Zeeman4. Microbial Biomethane from Solid Wastes: Principles and Biotechnogical ProcessesAntoine P. Trzcinski and David C. Stuckey5. Microbial Biomethane Production from Municipal Solid Waste Using High SoildsAnaerobic DigestionGregory R. Hinds, Piet N.L. Lens, Qiong Zhang, and Sarina J. Ergas6. Microbial Biomethane Production from Agricultural Solid WastesRemy Bayard and Pierre Buffiere7. Dark Fermentative Hydrogen Production: From Concepts to a Sustainable ProductionPatricia Madeira da Silva Moura, Joana Resende Ortigueira, Idania Valdez-Vazquez,Ganesh Dattatray Saratale, Rijuta Ganesh Saratale, and Carla AlexandraMonteiro da Silva8. Engineering Strategies for Enhancing Photofermentative Biohydrogen Productionby Purple Nonsulfur Bacteria Using Dark Fermentation EffluentsAnish Ghimire, Giovanni Esposito, Vincenzo Luongo, Francesco Pirozzi,Luigi Frunzo, and Piet N.L. Lens9. Hydrogen Photoproduction by Oxygenic Photosynthetic MicroorganismsFabrice Franck, Bart Ghysels, and Damien GodauxSection IIâ Liquid Biofuels10. Microbial Production of Liquid Biofuels through Metabolic EngineeringWei Ning Chen and Jiahua Shi11. Designing a Plant for Bioethanol Production from Different Raw Materials:The Biowanze Ethanol Plant as a Case StudyOlivier Janssens12. Microbial Lipids as Diesel Replacement: Current Challenges and Recent AdvancesHatim Machrafi, Christophe Minetti, and Carlo Saverio IorioSection IIIâ Prospects for Future Development of Biofuels13. New Tools for Bioprocess Analysis and Optimization of Microbial Fuel ProductionIsabelle France George, Philippe Bogaerts, Dimitri Gilis, Marianne Rooman,and Jean-Francois Flot14. Industrial Integration of Biotechnological Processes from Raw Material to EnergyIntegration: Study by Modeling ApproachGregoire Leonard, Andreas Pfennig, Ayse Dilan Celebi, Shivom Sharma,and Francois Marechal15. Perspectives of Microbial Fuels for Low-Income and Emerging Countries:Biogas ProductionPuhulwella G. Rathnasiri

✦ Subjects

Biomass energy.;Biomass energy -- Case studies.;Microbial fuel cells.;Microbial fuel cells -- Case studies.