Circular Bioeconomy Perspectives in Sustainable Bioenergy Production

本書涵蓋了將生物質殘渣轉化為不同形式生物能源的各種技術發展和挑戰。隨著世界人口的持續增加，對食品產品的需求也增加了。現代技術在農業中的應用增加了各種食品產品的生產，從而產生了來自初級和次級農業行業的農業生物質殘渣的過剩。由於這些生物質殘渣是有價值的生物產品的豐富來源，它們可以轉化為各種形式的生物能源，如沼氣、生物炭、生物油、生物柴油和生物乙醇。此外，這種方法預計可以解決生物質殘渣管理和轉化為有價值的生物產品的問題，並增強循環經濟的觀點。本書對於對可持續建設和相關領域感興趣的初學者、研究人員和專業人士來說是一本有價值的參考資料。

Dr. Gurunathan Baskar: Dr. Gurunathan Baskar has 24 years of teaching and research experience, published more than 200 research and review articles in reputed National and International Journals, 37 book chapters and edited 6 books in various fields of Biotechnology. He is Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India) and International Society for Energy Environment and Sustainability; Active Life Member of various national and international professional bodies; listed in top 2% Scientist in the world consecutively in 2020, 2021 and 2022 by Elsevier BV and Stanford University, USA; and received Bestowed ISTE-Periyar Best Engineering College Teacher Award 2020 from Indian Society for Technical Education-Tamil Nadu Section, Prof. S. B. Chincholkar Memorial Award 2019 from Biotech Research Society, India, for the outstanding work in the area of Biofuels and Food Biotechnology, ISTE-Syed Sajid Ali National Award 2016 for his outstanding research on renewable energy from Indian Society for Technical Education, New Delhi, and Young Scientist Award 2015 from International Bioprocessing Association, France. He has been actively researching for creating sustainable bioenergy solutions while contributing toward a greener and circular bioeconomy environment.

Dr. Veeramuthu Ashokkumar received his Ph.D. from the University of Madras, Chennai, India, in 2014. During his Ph.D. period, he was awarded an Indo-Australian fellowship and visited Adelaide University, Australia, as a visiting scientist. He received his M.Phil. and M.Sc. in Plant Biotechnology from Indian universities. Currently, he is working as a professor at Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Saveetha University, Chennai, India. He was the visiting professor at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. He worked as a postdoctoral scientist in Microalgal Biorefinery at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University Technology Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia. Also, he worked as a postdoctoral scientist at the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan. He was also a visiting scientist and visited European Universities under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Fellowship scheme.

Dr. Samuel Lalthazuala Rokhum: Dr. Samuel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology Silchar, Silchar. His research interests encompass synthetic chemistry, heterogeneous catalysis, green chemistry, and biofuel synthesis. Dr. Rokhum has completed two SERB-funded research projects and currently running projects funded by CSIR and DST. He has so far published 99 papers in journals of international repute and has authored and edited two books published by Wiley, UK. In addition, he has delivered a lecture at several national and international conferences and has been granted a German patent.

Dr. Vijayanand Suryakant Moholkar (b. 1972) is Professor (HAG) of Chemical Engineering and Adjunct Faculty at School of Energy Science and Engineering (erstwhile Centre for Energy) at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. He has been Head of the Chemical Engineering Department, IIT Guwahati between 2012 and 2015, and Head of Centre for Energy, IIT Guwahati between 2017 and 2020. His main research interests are sonochemistry, cavitation assisted physical, chemical, and biological processing, and thermo and biochemical routes to biofuels. As of January 2023, he has published more than 200 papers in renowned international journals that have received more than 11000 citations (with h-index of 62 and i-10 index of 182). He is Co-inventor of 3 US patents (issued to CTI Nanotech, CA, USA) on application of hydrodynamic cavitation reactors for biomass pretreatment and bioalcohol synthesis.

Dr. Gurunathan Baskar: Dr. Gurunathan Baskar擁有24年的教學和研究經驗，在國內外知名期刊上發表了200多篇研究和評論文章，撰寫了37篇專書章節，並編輯了6本關於生物技術不同領域的書籍。他是印度工程師學會和國際能源環境和可持續發展學會的會士，也是多個國內外專業組織的活躍終身會員。他連續三年（2020年、2021年和2022年）被Elsevier BV和美國斯坦福大學評選為全球前2%的科學家，並且獲得了印度技術教育學會-泰米爾納德邦分會頒發的ISTE-Periyar最佳工程學院教師獎2020，以及印度生物技術研究學會頒發的Prof. S. B. Chincholkar紀念獎2019，以表彰他在生物燃料和食品生物技術領域的傑出工作。此外，他還獲得了印度技術教育學會新德里分會頒發的ISTE-Syed Sajid Ali國家獎2016，以表彰他在可再生能源研究方面的傑出成果，以及國際生物加工協會法國分會頒發的Young Scientist Award 2015。他一直致力於研究創造可持續的生物能源解決方案，同時為更綠色和循環的生物經濟環境做出貢獻。

Dr. Veeramuthu Ashokkumar於2014年在印度馬德拉斯大學獲得博士學位。在博士期間，他獲得了印度-澳大利亞研究員獎學金，並作為訪問科學家訪問了澳大利亞阿德萊德大學。他在印度大學獲得了植物生物技術的碩士學位和哲學碩士學位。目前，他在印度錫瑪茲醫學和技術科學學院（SIMATS）的教授職位上工作，該學院隸屬於錫瑪茲大學，位於印度金奈。他曾擔任泰國朱拉隆功大學的訪問教授。他曾在馬來西亞馬來西亞理工大學機械工程系的微藻生物精煉實驗室擔任博士後科學家。此外，他還在台灣國立成功大學航空航天系擔任博士後科學家。他還作為訪問科學家訪問了歐洲大學，參與了瑪麗居里行動獎學金計劃。

Dr. Samuel Lalthazuala Rokhum: Dr. Samuel是印度國家技術研究所錫爾查爾分校化學系的助理教授。他的研究興趣包括合成化學、異相催化、綠色化學和生物燃料合成。Dr. Rokhum已完成了兩個由SERB資助的研究項目，目前正在進行由CSIR和DST資助的項目。他迄今在國際知名期刊上發表了99篇論文，並編著了兩本由Wiley出版的書籍。此外，他在多個國內外會議上發表了演講，並獲得了一項德國專利。

Dr. Vijayanand Suryakant Moholkar（1972年出生）是印度古瓦哈提印度理工學院化學工程系的教授（HAG），也是能源科學與工程學院（前身為能源中心）的兼職教師。他曾擔任印度理工學院古瓦哈提分校化學工程系主任（2012年至2015年）和能源中心主任（2017年至2020年）。他的主要研究方向包括聲化學、空化輔助物理、化學和生物處理，以及熱和生物路徑生物燃料。截至2023年1月，他在國際知名期刊上發表了200多篇論文，被引用超過11000次（h指數為62，i-10指數為182）。他是3項美國專利（由CTI Nanotech, CA, USA頒發）的共同發明人，該專利涉及水力空化反應器在生物質預處理和生物醇合成中的應用。