Agricultural and Kitchen Waste: Energy and Environmental Aspects

Apart from being termed as a pollution source, agriculture and kitchen waste is also a rich source of carbohydrates, minerals, antioxidants and vitamins, and can be utilized to develop value-added products and for energy production, which is the main theme of this book. It also focuses on the minimization of this waste via different routes like conversion into bio-fertilizers, organic acids, other industrial products, and efficient energy production. It comprises different topics and concepts related to waste utilization contributed by recognized researchers and experts.

Features:

• Covers all the technical aspects of utilization of agricultural and kitchen waste.
• Discusses the quality characteristics of value-added products.
• Provides overview of different options for processing of organic wastes.
• Includes production of acids and enzymes from agriculture/kitchen wastes.
• Reviews effects of kitchen/agricultural waste on environment and its role in pollution control.

This book is aimed at researchers and graduate students in chemical and environmental engineering.

Dan Bahadur Pal is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Harcourt Butler Technical University, Nawabganj Kanpur-208002, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has received his M. Tech and Ph.D. in the field of Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Before that, he completed his B. Tech in Chemical Engineering from UPTU, Lucknow. Dr. Pal’s research interest is nano-technology, catalysis, energy and environment and waste management with a special focus in developing process and materials by using waste as raw materials. He also prefers to work on bio-waste processing and value addition. Dr. Pal has published more than 65 publications in reputed journals and books, along with 22 book chapters and four book edits.

Amit Kumar Tiwari is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand. He received his Ph.D. in the field of Food Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology Mesra. Before that, he completed his M.Sc in Fruit and Vegetable Technology and B.Sc in Agriculture from Kanpur University (Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University), Kanpur. Dr. Tiwari’s research interest is development of new and novel food products with a special focus on developing process techniques for fruits, vegetables, food grains etc. with enhanced nutritional and edible qualities. Dr. Tiwari has published more than nine publications in reputed journals and 10 book chapters. Dr. Tiwari is also working on agricultural waste utilization through value addition, energy and environment and food waste management with a special focus on development of process and value-added products by using agricultural and food waste as raw materials. Dr. Tiwari also prefers to work on biomass application.