Green Nanotechnology for Biofuel Production

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Srivastava, Neha (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Srivastava, Manish (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Pandey, Himanshu (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Mishra, P. K. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ramteke, Pramod W. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Biofuel and Biorefinery Technologies, 5
• Subjects: Renewable energy resources.; Nanotechnology.; Microbiology.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.; Applied Microbiology.

This book focuses on the use of nanotechnology and nanomaterials in the production of biofuels. It describes the current production technologies for different biofuels and their limitations for commercialization, and discusses in detail how nanomaterials could reduce biofuel production costs. After...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter-1: Introduction to biofuels
• Chapter-2: Biofuels economics and policy
• Chapter-3: Biofuels production processes: an overview
• Chapter-4:  Existing production technologies of various biofuels; Advancement and limitations
• Chapter-5: Nanotechnology and its energy applications
• Chapter-6: Nanotechnology in biohydrogen production
• Chapter-7: Nanotechnology for  cellulases
• Chapter-8: Nanotechnology in algal fuel production
• Chapter-9: Nanotechnology in bioethanol/biobutanol production
• Chapter-10: Nanotechnology for biodiesel production.