Sustainable utilization of natural resources / edited by Prasenjit Mondal, Ajay K. Dalai.

Increased research is going on to explore the new cleaner options for the utilization of natural resources. This book aims to provide the scientific knowhow and orientation in the area of the emerging technologies for utilization of natural resources for sustainable development to the readers. The b...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors: Mondal, Prasenjit (Editor), Dalai, Ajay Kumar, 1959- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, a CRC title, part of the Taylor & Francis imprint, a member of the Taylor & Francis Group, the academic division of T & F Informa, plc, [2017]
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Sustainability issues in the twenty-first century and introduction to sustainable ways for utilization of natural resources / Amiya Kumar Ray, Prasenjit Mondal, and Kumar Anupam
  • 2. Clean coal technologies / Prabu Vairakannu
  • 3. Downstream processing of heavier petroleum fractions / Shubham Saroha, Prasenjit Mondal, and Deepak Tandon
  • 4. Hydrogen from natural gas / Mumtag Shah, Prasenjit Mondal, Ameeya Kumar Nayak, and Ankur Bordoloi
  • 5. Liquid fuels from oil sands / Sandeep Badoga and Ajay K. Dalai
  • 6. Bioethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass : an overview of pretreatment, hydrolysis, and fermentation / Hossain Zabed, J.N. Sahu, and Akter Suely
  • 7. Butanol from renewable biomass : highlights of downstream processing and recovery techniques / Sonil Nanda, Ajay K. Dalai, and Janusz A. Kozinski
  • 8. Oil from algae / Prasenjit Mondal [and 5 others]
  • 9. Biofertilizers and biopesticides : a holistic approach from sustainable agriculture / P. Balasubramanian and P. Karthickumar
  • 10. Production of life-saving drugs from marine sources / Rakesh Maurya and Sudhir Kumar
  • 11. Production of life-saving drugs from Himalayan herbs / Kriti Juneja [and 4 others]
  • 12. Energy production through microbial fuel cells / Ravi Shankar [and 4 others]
  • 13. Harvesting solar energy : fundamentals and applications / Syed Shaheer Uddin Almed, Sayedus Salehin, Md. Mustafizur Rahman, and A.K.M. Sadrul Islam
  • 14. Utilization of CO2 for fuels and chemicals / Fatin Hasan and Paul A. Webley
  • 15. Hydrogen from water / Pramod H. Borse
  • 16. Integrated water resources management / Narayan C. Ghosh
  • 17. Water optimization in process industries / Elvis Ahmetović, Ignacio E. Grossmann, Zdravko Kravanja, and Nidret Ibrić
  • 18. Energy integration in process plants / Pratik N. Sheth, Suresh Gupta, and Sushil Kumar
  • 19. Green building / Shahriar Shams and M. Motiar Rahman
  • 20. Life cycle analysis as the sustainability assessment multicriteria decision tool for road transport biofuels / Vineet Kumar Rathore, Lokendra Singh Thakur, and Prasenjit Mondal
  • 21. Optimization of life cycle net energy of algal biofuel production / Varun Sanwal, Raja Chowdhury, and Jhuma Sadhukhan
  • 22. Sustainabile production and utilization technologies of bioject fuels / Philip E. Boahene and Ajay K. Dalai.