Microbial Resources for Sustainable Energy

• Main Authors: Kumara Behera, Basanta (Author), Varma, Ajit (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Renewable energy resources.; Microbiology.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Life Sciences.; Applied Microbiology.; Renewable and Green Energy.

This book sheds new light on how microbes can be used as effective and sustainable resources to produce green energy in the form of biogas, algal diesel, ethanol, hydrogen and direct electricity. It discusses topics such as microbial energy conversion technologies, including ethanol production by mi...

Table of Contents:

• Microbial Energy Conversion Technology
• Biomethanization
• From Algae to Liquid Fuels
• Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC)
• The Microbiological Production of Hydrogen.