Bioconversion of Waste Materials to Industrial Products
A. M. Martin(Editor)
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published in August 1991
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Hardback
521 pages
978-1-85166-571-6 (ISBN)
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The recycling of resources is becoming a valid and viable activity and is increasingly mentioned as a solution to some of the most pressing problems which will affect mankind's economic performance. Bioconversion of wastes is the natural way to return to the environment the resources previously extracted from it. The development of technologies for the bioconversion of wastes to industrial products is needed due to the present and future levels of population densities and their increasing demands. This book is designed as a study of the biotechnological methods for the recovery of wastes, emphasizing the recycling objective of the bioconversion - the production of industrial products from wastes. In conducting this study, it is this book's objective that its various chapters deal with the scientific and technological bases of the bioconversion involved, the problems and advantages associated with each, the products arising from the operations, and future trends and possibilities.
Although the bioconversion processes have been traditionally applied to products of biological origin, such as agricultural, fisheries, forestry, and food processing wastes, the present volume also deals with areas where novel bioconversion processes are also applicable, such as some mineral and hydrocarbon based industrial operations. The contents of the book have been organized into two sections. Section one is oriented more towards the principles or fundamentals of the bioconversion operations, while section two considers the characteristics of the main groups of waste materials and the specific technologies for bioprocessing and recycling them. It should be of interest to academic, industrial and scientific communities, including ecologists and environmentalists, administrators, consultants and governments.
Although the bioconversion processes have been traditionally applied to products of biological origin, such as agricultural, fisheries, forestry, and food processing wastes, the present volume also deals with areas where novel bioconversion processes are also applicable, such as some mineral and hydrocarbon based industrial operations. The contents of the book have been organized into two sections. Section one is oriented more towards the principles or fundamentals of the bioconversion operations, while section two considers the characteristics of the main groups of waste materials and the specific technologies for bioprocessing and recycling them. It should be of interest to academic, industrial and scientific communities, including ecologists and environmentalists, administrators, consultants and governments.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
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Kluwer Academic Publishers Group
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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index
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Height: 250 mm
Weight
970 gr
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978-1-85166-571-6 (9781851665716)
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Content
Fundamentals of bioconversion operations; biorecovery processes - fundamental and economic considerations, N. Kosaric and R. Velayudhan; the enzymic treatment of waste materials, P. Gacesa and J. Hubble; processes with immobilized enzymes and cells, S. Dumitriu; solid substrate fermentation - a biotechnological approach to bioconversion of wastes, O. Paredes-Lopez and A. Alpuche-Solis; composting processes, S.P. Mathur; bioconversion applications; bioprocessing of agro-residues to glucose and chemicals, V.S. Bisaria; use of photosynthetic bacteria for the production of SCP and chemicals from agro-industrial wastes, K. Sasaki, N. Noparatnaraporn and S. Nagai; bioconversion of starch wastes, B.H. Lee; food processing wastes, G.T. Kroyer; bioconversion of cheese whey to organic acids, R.D. Tyagi, D. Kluepfel and D. Couillard; production of industrial enzymes from waste materials and utilization of waste ATP energy for synthesis, T. Tochikura; lignocellulosic wastes - biological conversion, D.S. Chahal; conversion of low grade fats by biological means E. Lie and G. Molin; bioconversion of wastes from marine organisms, A.M. Martin and T.R. Patel; biorecovery of metals from mining, industrial and urban wastes, D.S. Holmes; microbial conversion of hydrocarbons to products - commercial perspectives, W.R. Finnerty.