Development of Agro-Industrial Wastes as Adsorbent Materials: Applications and Future Scope

This book examines advanced processing methodologies and innovative technologies for converting agricultural wastes and biomass into highly efficient biosorbent and adsorbent materials designed for environmental hazard remediation through cutting-edge and emerging technological approaches. Additionally, the book delivers comprehensive data regarding biosorbent and adsorbent material performance against diverse chemical contaminants including synthetic dyes and heavy metals. Furthermore, it thoroughly analyzes future prospects, contemporary developments and commercial potential of biosorbent technologies.

Features:

• Focusses on use of agricultural waste and biomasses for development of adsorbent materials.
• Gives updated information about the novel and emerging technologies for biosorbent preparation.
• Contains comprehensive information about the adsorption models.
• Highlights reduced use of toxic chemicals for biosorbent materials preparation.
• Fills the gap of environmental sustainability concept in development of adsorbent materials.

This book is aimed at graduate students and researchers in agro-industrial, bioprocessing, environmental and agriculture engineering.

Sumit Kumar, PhD is currently working as Assistant Professor, Department of Food Technology, JAIN (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, Karnataka. He has completed B. Tech in Agricultural Engineering and M. Tech in Process and Food Engineering from GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand. He has completed his PhD in Food Process Engineering from the National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM), Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. During his PhD, he has worked on the utilization of waste generated from food processing industry and biomasses for the development of adsorbent material and extraction of valuable compounds. He has published 12+ National and International papers in peer reviewed SCI journals and has 4 Indian Patent (published). Also, he is reviewer for many national and international journals.

Naveen Kumar Arora, Ph.D. Microbiology, Professor and Dean, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, is a renowned researcher in the field of Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology. His specific area of research is rhizosphere biology and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR). He has more than 100 research papers published in premium international journals. He is the editor of 45 books published by international publishers. He is member of several national and international societies, in the editorial board of 4 journals and reviewer of several international journals. As per the list released by Stanford University, USA and in collaboration with Elsevier B. V. he is among the top 2% scientists of the world. He is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Environmental Sustainability and Series Editor of book series Microorganisms for Sustainability. He has been an advisor to 18 doctoral students. He has also received awards for excellence in research by the Honorable Governor of Uttar Pradesh, India, Asian PGPR Society, and Samagra Vikas Welfare Society. He is Fellow of International Society for Environmental Botanists and has delivered talks as Keynote and Plenary Speaker in conferences around the world. He has collaborations with researchers in various countries including Germany, Uzbekistan, USA, Turkey, etc. Although an academician and researcher by profession, he has a huge obsession for the wildlife and its conservation and has authored a book, Splendid Wilds. He is President of Society for Conservation of Wildlife and is also Secretary of Society for Environmental Sustainability.

Krushna Prasad Shadangi, PhD, is working as an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla, Odisha, India. He earned his doctorate in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, Guwahati, India. He has ten years of research experience in the field of biofuel technologies and has contributed eight book chapters in edited books. He has published 30+ papers in peer reviewed SCI journals and is an editorial board member on five international journals.