Biodegradable Waste Processing for Sustainable Developments

The text comprehensively highlights the key issues surrounding the implementation of waste-to-energy systems, such as site selection, regulatory aspects and financial, and economic implications. It further discusses environmental aspects of food waste to energy conversion, microbial fuel cells (MFCs) for waste recycling and energy production, and valorization of algal blooms and their residues into renewable energy.

This book:

• Discusses the environmental impact of waste-to-energy and sustainable waste-to-energy technologies in a comprehensive manner.
• Presents life cycle assessment studies and perspective solutions in waste-to-energy sectors.
• Covers applications of smart materials in thermal energy storage systems.
• Explains thermo-chemical technologies for recycling plastic waste for energy production and recovery of valuable products.
• Illustrates biorefineries and case studies for sustainable waste valorization.

It is primarily written for senior undergraduate nad graduate students, and academic researchers in the fields of mechanical engineering, environmental engineering, energy studies, production engineering, industrial engineering, and manufacturing engineering.

Dr. Arbind Prasad has completed his Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India. He has also earned the gold medal in his M. Tech. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor and Head (Mechanical Engineering) in the Department of Science, Technology and Technical Education, Government of Bihar, at Katihar Engineering College, Katihar, Bihar, India. He has four granted patents out of his research work. He has 15 international Journal papers, edited 08 books (Wiley, Elsevier, AAP, De Gruyter, and CRC Press (Taylor & Francis) USA), 25 book chapters, and 15 reputed international conference papers to his credit. Dr. Arbind Prasad has obtained various prestigious awards such as the Sponsored Research Industrial Consultancy (SRIC) award from IIT Kanpur, Best Oral Presentation from the American Chemical Society, and Best Paper awards from IIT Guwahati during Research Conclave. He has completed numerous projects funded by the state Government. He is an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Materials, Manufacturing and Sustainable Technologies (IJMMST) and an early career editor for the International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences (IJMEMS) Indexed in ESCI/Scopus and DOAJ. He is an editorial board member of various international journals and acts as an active review board member of 10 prestigious (Indexed in SCI/SCIE/Scopus) and guest editor in special issues of international journals with high impact factor i.e. Bioengineering, Journal of Design, Materials, Journal of functional materials, Molecules, etc. His main areas of research include Resorbable polymers, recycling of biodegradable polymers, waste processing, Implants biomaterials, materials processing, and bio energies generation. He is also a lifetime member of the Society of Polymer Science India, the Material Research Society of India, the Society of Biomaterials and Artificial Organs of India, the Asian Polymer Association, and the Indian Society of Technical Education.

Dr. Atanu Kumar Paul received his M. Tech. in Chemical Engineering from National Institute of Technology Durgapur (West Bengal) and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India. He has published numerous articles in reputable national and international journals, books, and conference proceedings. He has a lot of experience organising workshops and seminars. He is currently employed by the National Institute of Technology Andhra Pradesh, Tadepalligudem, Andhra Pradesh, India, as an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering. Biofuels, biolubricants, epoxides, rheology, kinetics, artificial neural networks, response surface methodology, genetic algorithms, biodegradable waste, and multiphase flow are among his research interests. He is a member of several professional organisations, including the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the International Association of Engineers (IAENG).