Bio-Clean Energy Technologies: Volume 1

1 Brief introduction to first, second and third generation of biofuels.- 2 Renewable biofuel sources as bioclean energy potential and challenges.- 3 Metabolic rewiring and cultivation optimization for photosynthetic biofule production in cynobacteria.- 4 Role of enzymes in biofuel production: recent developments and challenges.- 5 Engineered strains in the development of the biofuel industry.- 6 Genetic Engineering: an optimism for sustainable biofuel production.- 7 Algal-based biofuel production; opportunities, challenges, and prospects.- 8 SAPO-34 zeolite and membranes for biogas purification.- 9 Nanotechnology based biofuel production.- 10 Advancement of Nanoparticles in Gaseous Biofuel Production.- 11 Nano catalyzed transesterification of thumba oil for  biodiesel production using hydrodynamic cavitation.- 12 Nanotechnology: Use of conventional methods in biofuel production.- 13 An insight into nanomaterials andits used in biofuel production.- 14 An overview of nanostructures and its application in biofuel production.- 15 Production of biodiesel from the bacterial lipid of sewage sludge: Versatile future of bioenergy in developing countries.- 16 Environmental Impact and Economic Benefits of Biofuel Production.- 17 Advanced anaerobic processing of bioresources for production of clean and sustainable gaseous biofuels.- 18 Techno economic analysis of lignocellulosic based biofuels: an approach towards a practical biorefinery.

Dr. Pankaj Chowdhary

Dr. Chowdhary is President, Society for Green Environment (SGE) at New Delhi. Currently he is working as Postdoctoral Fellow in Indian Institute of Toxicology Research. He received his B.Sc. in Zoology, Botany and Chemistry from St. Andrews College, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh and Post graduation degree in Biotechnology from Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University Uttar Pradesh (UP), India. Afterward, he obtained his Ph.D. in the area of Microbiology from Department of Environmental Microbiology at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. His main research areas are Microbial Biotechnology, Biodegradation and Bioremediation of Environmental contaminants in Industrial wastewaters, and Metagenomics. He has edited five International Books. Besides, he has also authored two international books. He has published more than seventy (70) research publications including research/review papers in national and international peer reviewed journals of high impact factor published by Springer, Elsevier, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Taylor & Francis Group and Frontiers. He has also published many National and International Book chapters & Magazine articles on the biodegradation and bioremediation of industrial pollutants. He has been also served as a potential reviewer for various national and international journals in his respective areas of the research. He is a life member of the "Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI)", "Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) Kolkata, India" and The Biotech Research Society, India (BRSI).

Dr. Namita KhannaDr. Khanna completed her graduate studies from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. Thereafter she worked as Post-Doctoral Fellow in Uppsala University, Sweden. Currently, she works as an Assistant Professor inthe Department of Biotechnology at Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences