Conversion of waste into value-added products such as energy transforms a potential environmental problem into a sustainable solution. Energy from Waste: Production and Storage focuses on the conversion of waste from various sources for use in energy production and storage applications. It provides the state-of-the-art in developing advanced materials and chemicals for energy applications using wastes and discusses the various treatment processes and technologies.
- Covers synthesis of usable materials from various types of waste and their application in energy production and storage
- Presents an overview and applications of wastes for green energy production and storage
- Provides fundamentals of electrochemical behavior and understanding of energy devices such as fuel cells, batteries, supercapacitors, and solar cells
- Elaborates on advanced technologies used to convert waste into green biochemical energy
This work provides new direction to scientists, researchers, and students in materials and chemical engineering and related subjects seeking to sustainable solutions to energy production and waste management.
This book focuses on the conversion of waste from various sources for use in energy production and storage applications. It provides the state-of-the-art in developing advanced materials and chemicals for energy applications using wastes and discusses the various treatment processes and technologies.
PART 1 Introduction.
Chapter 1 Biowastes for Energy: An Introduction.
PART 2 Municipal Waste for Energy.
Chapter 2 Operational Tools and Techniques
for Municipal Solid Waste Management.
Chapter 3 Municipal Waste for Energy
Production.
Chapter 4 A Brief History of Energy Recovery from Municipal Solid
Waste.
Chapter 5 Materials and Energy from Waste Plastics: A Catalytic
Approach.
Chapter 6 Elucidating Sustainable Waste Management Approaches along
with Waste-to-Energy Pathways: A Critical Review.
Chapter 7 Biomass Downdraft
Gasifier: State of the Art of Reactor Design.
Chapter 8 Food-Based Waste for
Energy. PART 3 Waste for Biochemicals and Bioenergy.
Chapter 9 Biowastes for
Ethanol Production.
Chapter 10 Waste Feedstocks for Biodiesel Production.
Chapter 11 Biowaste-Based Microbial Fuel Cells for Bioelectricity Generation.
Chapter 12 Biowaste-Based Microbial Fuel Cells.
Chapter 13 Recent Development
in Microbial Fuel Cells Using Biowaste.
Chapter 14 Waste-Derived Carbon
Materials for Hydrogen Storage.
Chapter 15 Organic Waste for Hydrogen
Production.
Chapter 16 Recycling E-Waste for Hydrogen Energy Production and
Replacement as Building Construction Materials. PART 4 Waste for Advanced
Energy Devices.
Chapter 17 Biowaste-Derived Carbon for Solar Cells.
Chapter
18 Biowastes for Metal-Ion Batteries.
Chapter 19 NaFePO4 Regenerated from
Failed Commercial Li-Ion Batteries for Na-Ion Battery Applications.
Chapter
20 Polymeric Wastes for Metal-Ion Batteries.
Chapter 21 Biowaste-Derived
Components for ZnAir Battery.
Chapter 22 Recycling of Wastes Generated in
Automobile MetalAir Batteries.
Chapter 23 Biowastes for MetalSulfur
Batteries.
Chapter 24 High-Performance Supercapacitors Based on Biowastes for
Sustainable Future.
Chapter 25 Hybrid Biowaste Materials for Supercapacitors.
Chapter 26 Polymeric Wastes for Supercapacitors.
Chapter 27 Carbon
Nanostructures Derived from Polymeric Wastes for Supercapacitors.
Chapter 28
Supercapacitors Based on Waste Generated in Automobiles.
Chapter 29
Halogenated Polymeric Wastes for Green Functional Carbon Materials.
Chapter
30 Waste Mechanical Energy Harvesting from Vehicles by Smart Materials
Ram K. Gupta is Associate Professor at Pittsburg State University. Dr. Guptas research focuses on green energy production and storage using conducting polymers and composites, electrocatalysts for fuel cells, nanomaterials, optoelectronics and photovoltaics devices, organic-inorganic hetero-junctions for sensors, nanomagnetism, bio-based polymers, bio-compatible nanofibers for tissue regeneration, scaffold and antibacterial applications, and biodegradable metallic implants. Dr. Gupta has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles, made over 275 national/international/ regional presentations, chaired many sessions at national/international meetings, wrote several book chapters, and received over $2.5 million for research and educational activities from external agencies. He serves as associate editor, guest editor, and editorial board member for various journals.
Tuan Anh Nguyen earned his BSc in Physics from Hanoi University in 1992, and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Paris Diderot University (France) in 2003. He was a Visiting Scientist at Seoul National University (South Korea, 2004) and the University of Wollongong (Australia, 2005). He then worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate & Research Scientist at Montana State University (USA), 2006-2009. In 2012, he was appointed as Head of Microanalysis Department at the Institute for Tropical Technology (Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology). He has managed 4 Ph.D. theses as thesis director and 3 are in progress; He is Editor-In-Chief of "Kenkyu Journal of Nanotechnology & Nanoscience" and Founding Co-Editor-In-Chief of "Current Nanotoxicity & Prevention". He is the author of 4 Vietnamese books and Editor of 32 Elsevier books in the Micro & Nano Technologies Series.
