This book discusses recent trends and developments in the microbial conversion process, which serves as an important route for biofuel production, with particular attention to bioreactors. It combines microbial conversion with multiphase flow and mass transfer, providing an alternative perspective for the understanding of microbial biomass and energy production process as well as enhancement strategy. This book is relevant to students and researchers who work in the fields of renewable energy, engineering and biotechnology. Policymakers, economists and industry engineers also benefit from this book, as it can be used as a resource for the implementation of renewable energy technologies.
Biomass and Bioenergy: Current State.- Role of Bioreactors in Microbial Biomass and Energy Conversion.- Photoautotrophic Microalgal Cultivation.- Heterotrophic Microalgal Cultivation.- Biogas from Anaerobic Digestion.- Hydrogen from Dark Fermentation.- Hydrogen from Photo Fermentation.- Fermentative Alcohols Production.- Biofuels from Microbial Fatty Acids.- Electricity from Microbial Fuel Cells.- Biofuels from Bioelectrochemical Systems.- Concluding Remarks and Perspectives.
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Prof. Qiang Liao
Dr Qiang Liao is a professor in the College of Power Engineering, Chongqing University (CQU). He is also the Director of Institute of Engineering Thermophysics (IETP) and Vice Dean of College of Power Engineering at CQU. His research focuses on bioenergy and bioreactors. He has more than 250 peer-reviewed journal papers and has a number of conference presentations. According to Scopus his work has been cited ca. 1300 times in peer-reviewed press.
Prof. Liao serves as the guest editor for International Journal of Hydrogen Energy and International Journal of Green Energy, and is on the editorial board of 12 journals such as Energy, Fuel and Applied Thermal#X
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