Intro
Conference Committee Members
Preface
Contents
About the Editors
Part I Biochemical Conversion
1 Analysis of Methane Emission Reduction of Biogas Plant at Bhopal
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Methods
1.2.1 Deciding Project Boundary
1.2.2 Baseline Emission Estimation
1.2.3 Project Emission
1.2.4 Leakage Emission
1.3 Results
1.4 Conclusion
References
2 Review of Anaerobic Digestion of Landfill Leachate and its Co-digestion Potential
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Landfill Systems
2.3 Landfill Leachate Characteristics
2.3.1 Leachate Formation

2.3.2 Leachate Properties
2.4 Anaerobic Digestion of Landfill Leachate
2.4.1 Co-digestion
2.5 Biogas Yield
2.6 Future Gap and Challenges
2.7 Conclusion
References
3 Nanobiotechnological Routes in Lignocellulosic Waste Pre-treatment for Bio-renewables Production
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Conventional Pre-treatment Methods for Lignocellulose Biomass
3.3 Role of Nanotechnology in the Pre-treatment of LB for the Production of Renewable Energy
3.3.1 Nanoparticles in the Pre-treatment of LB
3.3.2 Nanoscale Shear Hybrid Alkaline Method

3.3.3 Carbon Nanotubes in the Pre-treatment of LB
3.4 Conclusion
References
4 Comparative Study of Enriched Biogas Bottling Cylinder in the Presence of Distinct Filler at Low Pressure
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Material and Methods
4.2.1 Sample Preparation
4.2.2 Biochar Preparation
4.2.3 Sample Characterization
4.2.4 Adsorption Experiment
4.3 Result and Discussion
4.3.1 Proximate and Ultimate Analysis
4.3.2 Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA)
4.3.3 Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)
4.3.4 Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)

4.3.5 Iodine Number and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) Test
4.4 Conclusion
References
5 Design and Techno-economic Analysis of a Biogas Plant as an Alternative Heat Source in the Food Processing Industry
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Energy Demand of the Industry
5.3 Energy Equivalence (Replacing Coal with Biogas)
5.4 Designing of Biogas Power Plant
5.4.1 Mathematical Analysis
5.5 Economic Analysis
5.5.1 Capacity Recovery Factor
5.5.2 Levelized Cost of Energy
5.5.3 Net Present Value (NPV)
5.6 Results and Discussion
5.7 Conclusion
References

Part II Chemical Conversion
6 Synthesis of Biolubricant by Transesterification of Soybean Oil Using Ni-Al Hydrotalcite as a Catalyst
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Experimental
6.2.1 Reagents and Chemicals
6.2.2 Hydrotalcite Preparation
6.2.3 Synthesis of the Soybean Oil-Based Biodiesel
6.2.4 Transesterification of Soybean Oil-Based Biodiesel with Alcohols
6.3 Results and Discussion
6.3.1 Catalyst Characterizations
6.3.2 Biodiesel Characterization
6.3.3 Biolubricant Characterization
6.4 Conclusion
References