Biohydrogen: Developments and Prospects

Biohydrogen is a promising gaseous biofuel that has prospective  applications in combined heat and power, for fuel cells, or as a  precursor for chemicals production. Hydrogen can also be converted to  liquid hydrocarbon fuels and value-added chemicals through catalytic  thermochemical or through biocatalytic biological pathways. This book  addresses both the fundamentals as well as advanced new technological  research on biohydrogen production by focusing on recent global research  with emphasis on the technological, environmental, socioeconomic, and  techno-economic aspects. It covers some the important advances in the  production and utilization of biohydrogen and its solutions for clean  fuel, waste management, waste valorization, reduced greenhouse gas  emissions, and climate change mitigation.
The book first covers the  basic principles, benefits, and challenges concerning both the  biological and thermochemical routes for biohydrogen production and then  goes on to address topics such as biomass conversion to hydrogen  through gasification with a focus on the process parameters, catalytic  reforming technologies for hydrogen production concerning various  feedstocks, the co-conversion of plastic wastes and biomass into  biohydrogen through co-gasification technology, the effect of process  parameters on syngas yields through co-gasification; fermentative  hydrogen production technologies, the molecular mechanism of hydrogen  production and enhancing the yield in hydrogen production by genetic and  metabolic engineering, hydrogen production routes through microbial  electrolysis, and much more.

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Preface
Chapter 1: Recent Advancements in Biohydrogen Production: Thermochemical and Biological Conversion Routes
Chapter 2: Production of Hydrogen through Gasification Technology
Chapter 3: Hydrogen Production by Catalytic Reforming Process
Chapter 4: Co-Conversion of Plastic Wastes and Biomass into Biohydrogen
Chapter 5: An Overview of Fermentative Hydrogen Production Technologies
Chapter 6: Genetic Engineering and Fabrication of Microbial Cell System for Biohydrogen Production
Chapter 7: Hydrogen Production through Microbial Electrolysis
Chapter  8: Confluence of Nanocatalysts and Bioenergy: An Overview of Microbial  Electrochemical Systems and Biohydrogen Production
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