Neha Srivastava - Microbial Strategies for Techno-economic Biofuel Production

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Replacement of fossil fuels with renewable energy is important to save the environment from its hazardous effect as well as fulfilling the needs of society. Renewable energy production is a unique sustainable replacement option of fossil fuels in the form of biofuels production, which is cheap, renewable, and environment friendly. The cost of technology involved in this green fuel production process is the main limitation of its practical and commercial implementation. Production process such as enzymes used in biofuels production, processing of waste biomass for enzymatic hydrolysis, imbalance, the cost economy of this process, and so required attention for commercial utility and environmental protection. Various approaches like microbial and bioprocess improvement may be able to resolve this issue to some extent.

The publication of the book entitled Microbial Strategies for Techno-economic Biofuel Production is a commendable step in the proposed area. I am writing this message with satisfaction as a researcher in the same area. This book essentially contains ten chapters addressing various issues on practical ground level to improving the economy of the system. The book presents details of various microbial and microbes-related parameters used in different biofuels production technologies including biogas, biobutanol, bioethanol, biohydrogen, and biodiesel. In my view, the book will prove itself as an asset to those working and interested in this field, which includes scientists, researchers, teachers, students, and industries.

I appreciate the efforts of Dr. Neha Srivastava [IIT (BHU), Varanasi], Dr. Manish Srivastava [IIT (BHU), Varanasi], Prof. (Dr.) P.K. Mishra [IIT (BHU), Varanasi], and Dr. Vijai Kumar Gupta [TTU, Estonia] for bringing out the book entitled Microbial Strategies for Techno-economic Biofuel Production. The effort taken to complete this book will surely cover the whole and demand of industries, scientists, teachers, researchers, and students. I congratulate the editors for their hard work and bringing a final shape to this book.

The editors are thankful to all the academicians and scientists whose contributions have enriched this volume. We also express our deep sense of gratitude to our parents whose blessings have always prompted us to pursue academic activities deeply. It is quite possible that in a work of this nature, some mistakes might have crept into the text inadvertently and for these we owe undiluted responsibility. We are grateful to all the authors for their contribution to this book. We are also thankful to Springer Nature for giving this opportunity to editors and the Department of Chemical Engineering & Technology, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, U.P., India, for all technical support. We thank them from the bottom of our heart.