Sustainable Development and Application of Renewable Chemicals from Biomass and Waste

• Other Authors: Mohamad Ibrahim, Mohamad Nasir (Editor), Vázquez, Patricia Graciela (Editor), Hussin, Mohd. Hazwan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Mathematics & science; poplar; genotypes; liquefaction; short rotation crops; organic waste; generation; electricity; onion; microbial fuel cells; solid waste-to-biofuel; biomass densification; granulometric distribution; proximate analysis; functional groups for energy storage; pile storage; wood extractives; condensed tannins; stilbenes; gas chromatography with mass selective detection (GC-MS); high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC); silylated starch; hydrophobic agent; starch hydrophobization; paper coating; cellulose; cacao fruit; cacao husk; cacao mucilage exudate; cacao placenta; cacao beans; valorization; saccharose; waste; papaya; bioelectricity; Nypa fruticans fronds; soda cooking; peroxymonosulfuric acid; alkaline hydrogen peroxide; biomass sample; heat capacity; empirical correlation; biomass crystallinity; feature reduction; microbial fuel cell; pineapple; Wickerhamomyces anomalus; waste sawdust; alkali-heat pretreatment; response surface methodology; residual content
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Advancements in efficient energy sources have played a pivotal role in determining the present world energy structure. Renewable biomass energy has been incorporated in industrial regulations and policies in many European countries. Based on the statistics, more than one-seventh of the total world energy consumption is generated from biomass.The renewable energies movement was prompted by two important factors: a) growing world energy consumption and b) the abundance of generated biomass residues, especially in agriculture. In the case of the first, batteries containing different metals are considered, as is the production of items for human consumption (food, clothing, home comfort, etc.). In the second case, the biomass waste from plants and animals, as byproducts of cultivating and production processes, is the main source of generated waste.