The book will highlight major trends and developments in the field of microbial fuels, with contributions from a number of highly experienced researchers. It will serve as a comprehensive reference for industrial stakeholders, scientists, researchers and graduate students interested in microbial fuels. The aims of this work are to present the technologies and perspectives taking into account different socio-economical contexts. A specific chapter will focus on the general perspectives of microbial fuels for low-income and emerging countries.
1. Impressive Potential of Microorganisms to Achieve the Transition from Fossil
Fuels to Biofuels
Farshad Darvishi and Serge Hiligsmann
Section I Gaseous Biofuels
2. Bioenergy Production from Waste Substrates
Amit Kumar, Anish Ghimire, Bo H. Svensson, and Piet N.L. Lens
3. Biomethane from Industrial and Municipal Wastewater
Miriam H.A. van Eekert and Grietje Zeeman
4. Microbial Biomethane from Solid Wastes: Principles and Biotechnogical Processes
Antoine P. Trzcinski and David C. Stuckey
5. Microbial Biomethane Production from Municipal Solid Waste Using High Soilds
Anaerobic Digestion
Gregory R. Hinds, Piet N.L. Lens, Qiong Zhang, and Sarina J. Ergas
6. Microbial Biomethane Production from Agricultural Solid Wastes
Rémy Bayard and Pierre Buffière
7. Dark Fermentative Hydrogen Production: From Concepts to a Sustainable Production
Patrícia Madeira da Silva Moura, Joana Resende Ortigueira, Idania Valdez-Vazquez,
Ganesh Dattatray Saratale, Rijuta Ganesh Saratale, and Carla Alexandra
Monteiro da Silva
8. Engineering Strategies for Enhancing Photofermentative Biohydrogen Production
by Purple Nonsulfur Bacteria Using Dark Fermentation Effluents
Anish Ghimire, Giovanni Esposito, Vincenzo Luongo, Francesco Pirozzi,
Luigi Frunzo, and Piet N.L. Lens
9. Hydrogen Photoproduction by Oxygenic Photosynthetic Microorganisms
Fabrice Franck, Bart Ghysels, and Damien Godaux
Section II Liquid Biofuels
10. Microbial Production of Liquid Biofuels through Metabolic Engineering
Wei Ning Chen and Jiahua Shi
11. Designing a Plant for Bioethanol Production from Different Raw Materials:
The Biowanze Ethanol Plant as a Case Study
Olivier Janssens
12. Microbial Lipids as Diesel Replacement: Current Challenges and Recent Advances
Hatim Machrafi, Christophe Minetti, and Carlo Saverio Iorio
Section III Prospects for Future Development of Biofuels
13. New Tools for Bioprocess Analysis and Optimization of Microbial Fuel Production
Isabelle France George, Philippe Bogaerts, Dimitri Gilis, Marianne Rooman,
and Jean-François Flot
14. Industrial Integration of Biotechnological Processes from Raw Material to Energy
Integration: Study by Modeling Approach
Grégoire Léonard, Andreas Pfennig, Ayse Dilan Celebi, Shivom Sharma,
and François Maréchal
15. Perspectives of Microbial Fuels for Low-Income and Emerging Countries:
Biogas Production
Puhulwella G. Rathnasiri
This book highlights major trends and developments in the field of microbial fuels, written by experienced researchers in their respective fields.
"This is a substantial and comprehensive body of work that tackles a wide range of aspects of microbial fuels. It has a large target audience: students; scientists; researchers; industries; corporations; and government agencies, and achieves being a useful and suitable text for all these groups. The book chapters guide the reader from the basics for the novice reader through to the more complex and detailed parts suitable for experts. The case studies that are towards the end of each chapter are a particularly interesting feature and offer something different to the content of many other text books. The reader is competently guided through each topic, with text which is easy to follow and digest."
— Elizabeth Heidrich, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
