Emerging Energy Alternatives for Sustainable Environment

Sustainability of environment is an emerging global issue at present. Unsustainable or deteriorating environment is a matter of concern as it has threatened the survival of living creatures. Recently, climate change has been matter of great concern at a global platform owing to imbalances in natural environment. Increasing population has increased the demand for energy, which has ultimately put pressure on natural resources and caused a paradigm shift from resource generation to exploitation. Emerging Energy Alternatives for Sustainable Environment aims to address the role of sustainable technologies in energy generation options for clean environment. It covers a wide spectrum of energy generation approaches, with an emphasis on five key (i) renewable energy sources and recent advances, (ii) emerging green technologies for sustainable development, (iii) assessment of biomass for sustainable bioenergy production, (iv) solid waste management and its potential for energy generation, and (v) solar energy applications, storage system, and heat transfer. This book provides essential and comprehensive knowledge of green energy technologies with different aspects for engineers, technocrats and researchers working in the industry, universities, and research institutions. The book is also very useful for undergraduate and graduate students of science and engineering who are keen to know about the development of renewable energy products and their corresponding processes. Preface

1. Biogas Potential in Production, Policies, Problems, and Future Prospects

2. Membrane-less Microbial Fuel A Low-cost Sustainable Approach for Clean Energy and Environment

3. Hydrogen Present and Future

4. Emerging Energy Alternatives for Sustainable Development in Malaysia

5. Role and Initiatives of Indian Government Policies for Growth of Wind Energy Sector

6. Improved Technology for Non-edible Seed Sources for Alternate Fuels

7. Adsorption and photodegradation of sulfamethoxazole in a three-phase fluidized bed reactor

8. Application of Cellulose Nitrate Membrane for Pervaporative Separation of Organics from Water

9. Green Mitigatory Measure for Environmental Pollution

10. Building Energy Simulation for Improved Thermal A CFD Approach

11. Cyanobacterial Biomass – A Tool for Sustainable Management of Environment

12. Low-cost Production of Algal Biofuel from Wastewater and Technological Limitations

13. Physical and Chemical Exergy Analysis and Assessment of Biogas as an Energy Source in Hybrid Cooling Machine

14. Lignocellulosic Biomass to Bioenergy Process and Techniques for Biomass Assessment

15. Municipal Solid Waste Management in Present Status and Energy Conversion Opportunities

16. Organic Superfluous Waste as a Contemporary Source of Clean Energy

17. A Potential Tool for Sustainable Management of Solid Waste

18. Biogas Potential from Sewage Treatment Plant and Palm Oil Mill Effluent for Electricity Generation in Malaysia

19. Passive Energy in Residential Buildings

20. Solar Photocatalytic Treatments of Wastewater and Factors Affecting A Feasible Low-cost Approach

21. Advancement in Phase Change Materials for Solar Thermal Energy Storage

22. Earth to Air Heat Exchanger Systems for Small Houses and Industrial Buildings in Changing Indian Climatic Conditions

23. Development in Metal Oxide Nanomaterial-based Solar Cells