Agricultural and Kitchen Waste: Energy and Environmental Aspects [Paperback]

Agriculture and kitchen waste are a rich source of carbohydrate, minerals, antioxidants, vitamins, and can be utilized to develop value-added products and for energy production, which is the main theme of book. It covers minimization of this waste via different routes like conversion into industrial products, and efficient energy production.

1 Current Scenario of Forest Residues and Its Utilization in Various Sectors; 2 Commercial Production of Antioxidants from Fresh Agricultural Waste; 3 Utilization of Agricultural Residues for Energy Production; 4 Conversion of Agricultural and Forest Wastes into Water Purifying Materials; 5 Sustainable Production of Nanomaterials from Agricultural Wastes; 6 Domestic and Agricultural Wastes: Environmental Impact and Their Economic Utilization; 7 Sustainable Utilization and Management of Agricultural and Kitchen Waste; 8 Potential Benefits of Utilization of Kitchen and Agri Wastes; 9 Utilization of Biomass from Refineries as Additional Source of Energy; 10 Effects of Agricultural Wastes on Environment and Its Control Measures; 11 Kitchen and Agri Waste as Renewable, Clean and Alternative Bioenergy Resource; 12 Various Value-Added Products from Agricultural and Bio-Waste

Dan Bahadur Pal is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Harcourt Butler Technical University, Nawabganj Kanpur-208002, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has received his M. Tech and Ph.D. in the field of Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Before that, he completed his B. Tech in Chemical Engineering from UPTU, Lucknow. Dr. Pals research interest is nano-technology, catalysis, energy and environment and waste management with a special focus in developing process and materials by using waste as raw materials. He also prefers to work on bio-waste processing and value addition. Dr. Pal has published more than 65 publ³¬