Overview
- Explores the latest developments in microbial biofuel production
- Highlights the sustainability of various approaches to the improvement of biofuel production
- Elaborates on the environmental impacts of biofuel synthesis
Part of the book series: Biofuel and Biorefinery Technologies (BBT, volume 11)
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This book focuses on the different kinds of biofuels and biofuel resources. Biofuels represent a major type of renewable energy. As part of a larger bio-economy, they are closely linked to agriculture, forestry and manufacturing. Biofuels have the potential to improve regional energy access, reduce dependence on fossil fuels and contribute to climate protection. Further, this alternative form of energy could revitalize the forestry and agricultural sector and promote the increased use of renewable resources as raw materials in a range of industrial processes. Efforts are continuously being made to develop economically competitive biofuels, and microbes play important roles in the production of biofuels from various bioresources.
This book elaborates on recent advances in existing microbial technologies and on sustainable approaches to improving biofuel production processes. Additionally, it examines trends in, and the limitations of, existing processes and technologies. The book offers a comprehensive overview of microbial bioresources, microbial technologies, advances in bioconversion and biorefineries, as well as microbial and metabolic engineering for efficient biofuel production. Readers will also learn about the environmental impacts and the influence of climate change on the sustainability of biofuel production.
This book is intended for researchers and students whose work involves biorefinery technologies, microbiology, biotechnology, agriculture, environmental biology and related fields.
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Book Title: Biofuels Production – Sustainability and Advances in Microbial Bioresources
Editors: Ajar Nath Yadav, Ali Asghar Rastegari, Neelam Yadav, Rajeeva Gaur
Series Title: Biofuel and Biorefinery Technologies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53933-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-53932-0Published: 09 October 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-53935-1Published: 10 October 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-53933-7Published: 08 October 2020
Series ISSN: 2363-7609
Series E-ISSN: 2363-7617
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 387
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 71 illustrations in colour
Topics: Microbiology, Applied Microbiology, Energy Policy, Economics and Management