“Biocrude” and “Biomethane” from Croton bonplandianum

Sharma, D. K.; Mbise, H.A.

doi:10.1016/0921-3449(88)90047-x

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“…In India, MNRE, Government of India has also conducted extensive research along with several other organizations in this area. The author has also extended some research in this area (Sharma et al, 1995b;Sharma et al, 1994b;Sharma and Mbise, 1988).…”

Section: Anaerobic Digestion Of Biomassmentioning

confidence: 77%

Emerging Biomass Conversion Technologies for Obtaining Value-Added Chemicals and Fuels from Biomass

Sharma¹

2015

Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy

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Biomass is a renewable fuel. Several technologies have been developed for biomass conversion to obtain value-added chemicals and fuels such as gasification, anaerobic digestion, hydrolysis, fermentation, and hydrogenation. Biomass may also be directly used for power generation. Interest in the production of bioethanol, biodiesel and biogas from the biomass has increased the world over. Efforts are also underway to make the production of hydrogen from the biomass cost effective. Availability of biomass is to be increased manifold. Improved scientific planning and management may help in growing plenty of biomass, which may be compressed and collected. Development of cost-competitive biomass conversion technologies such as chemical, thermochemical and biochemical conversion processes may afford the utilization of biomass to obtain hydrogen , biogas, alcohols, biodiesel and other cleaner fuels for power generation and transport. Biomass may also afford the production of feedstock for chemical, petrochemical and other industries. This may help in establishing bioeconomy of the future.

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Section: Anaerobic Digestion Of Biomassmentioning

confidence: 77%

Emerging Biomass Conversion Technologies for Obtaining Value-Added Chemicals and Fuels from Biomass

Sharma¹

2015

Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy

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“…The biomolecularm engineering processes producing these active products may act synergistically to affect MEOR. Research work in the authors' laboratory was focused on the production of biogas from the inexpensive and renewable sources (Sharma and Mbise, 1988;Sharma, Dastidar, and Chahar, 1995). Research is being extended to develop thermophillic acidogenic and methanogenic bacteria from cattle dung slurry of biogas digesters presently by the authors.…”

Section: Future Work In the Area Of Meor And Oil Pollution Controlmentioning

confidence: 99%

Studies on the Production of Biosurfactant for the Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery by Using Bacteria Isolated from Oil Contaminated Wet Soil

Agarwal

Sharma

2009

Petroleum Science and Technology

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There are obvious advantages of biosurfactants over chemical surfactants. The developing shortage of oil and rapid increase of oil prices is putting pressure on oil companies to recover as much oil as possible from the wells to sustain the oil economy. Therefore, there is a need to research some "super bugs," which can produce active and stable biosurfactants in good yields. Five bacterial strains presently isolated from the oil-contaminated soil were selected for the screening for biosurfactant production, via three different methods: surface tension measurements, drop-collapsing test, and emulsification index (EI 24 ) test. Two thermophillic isolates coded as SGI and LFA were found to be the suitable candidates for biosurfactant production. In fact, the biosurfactant produced by the isolate SGI led to the reduction of surface tension up to 26 m/N/m; thus, SGI was selected for the further studies. Biosurfactant production by the thermophillic isolate SGI was found to be growth-associated in all conditions tested. Biosurfactant production using different cheaper carbon substrates was studied. The production of biosurfactant was also studied using isolate SGI, under different conditions of high temperature, NaCl concentration, pH, carbon source, and initial nitrogen concentration. The biosurfactant was found to produce a relatively stable emulsion with hydrocarbons at a wide range of pH. It was also found to be stable at various pH ranges (7.0-14.0) for SGI and was also found to be thermostable for 1 hr at 125 ı C, based on the value of surface tension. There is a wide array of further studies in the area of microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) including further boosting the activity of the isolate by using adaptation, enrichment, and nutrient enrichment techniques.

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Physic Nut Seed Cake Methanation and Chemical Characterization of Anaerobic Bio-digested Substrate

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Guedes

Silva

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Waste Biomass Valor

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“Biocrude” and “Biomethane” from Croton bonplandianum

Cited by 6 publications

References 6 publications

Emerging Biomass Conversion Technologies for Obtaining Value-Added Chemicals and Fuels from Biomass

Emerging Biomass Conversion Technologies for Obtaining Value-Added Chemicals and Fuels from Biomass

Studies on the Production of Biosurfactant for the Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery by Using Bacteria Isolated from Oil Contaminated Wet Soil

Physic Nut Seed Cake Methanation and Chemical Characterization of Anaerobic Bio-digested Substrate

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