14^th International Conference on Biofuels and Bioenergy December 09-10, 2021 Paris, France

Biography:

Mooktzeng has more than 10 years of experience in biomass & plasma technologies for energy sustainability, with a PhD from the University of Canterbury (New Zealand). His research areas are in biomass conversion and plasma technologies. Research outcomes include plasma synthesis of biogas, plasma assisted solid fuel combustion and pre-treatment of biomass. He has designed & commissioned a 150 kW & a 600 kW fluidized bed gasifiers, and is a professional Engineer with the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (UK) and Board of Engineers Malaysia. Mooktzeng’s international experience includes postdoctoral experiences in New Zealand, the United Kingdom.

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A process that reduces slagging and fouling from the combustion of certain types of biomass is developed. The utilization of biomass for combustion causes several operational issues, such as slagging and fouling, particulate matter emissions, and corrosion. These issues are caused by a higher alkali metal content, especially potassium (K), which increases slagging propensity by lowering its formation temperature; and higher chlorine (Cl) content in the biomass, which causes corrosion. The above issues are especially prevalent in the combustion of empty fruit bunches (EFB), a type of biomass from the palm oil industry. Thus, this research develops a pre-treatment process for EFB to reduce the K and Cl contents. The process reduces K & Cl by 80% at an Combustion trials in a 100 kW boiler show that fouling thickness was reduced by 80% with lower K content. A further combustion trial in a 10 MW power plant with treated EFB was performed, and showed that the fuel consumption was reduced by 12% and increased net plant efficiency by 0.67%. The K content in fly ash reduced by 19% and bottom ash by 40%.

Biography:

Prof. Dr. Christophe Len develops his research at Chimie ParisTech (France). He has published ~ 205 original publications and review articles, 8 book chapters, and 10 patents. Among recent awards and recognition to his scientific career, he was promoted Honorary Professor of the University of Hull, England (2012–2018), Honorary Life Fellow of Indian Society of Chemists and Biologists (ISCB, 2014), Fellow of the Association of Carbohydrate Chemists and Technologist of India (ACCTI, 2015), and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC, 2015). In 2017, he was honored with the 2017 Glycerine Innovation Award sponsored by the American Cleaning Institute and the National Biodiesel Board. His current research explores organic chemistry and catalysis applied to biomass.

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The concepts of sustainable development, bio-economy and circular economy are increasingly being applied to the synthesis of molecules of industrial interest. Among these molecules, furfural as a platform molecule is the subject of various research approaches to improve its synthesis and productivity, and also to extend its transformation for the production of molecules of interest. Due to the current momentum in promoting green chemistry for sustainable development, chemists have recently established catalytic reactions based on alternative technologies such as continuous flow.

The present study showed recent breakthroughs obtained in the continuous production of furfural derivatives such as hydroxymethylfuran, methylfuran, methyl levulinate, g-valerolactone and 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid starting from either biomass or carbohydrate in the presence of homogeneous catalysts and heterogeneous catalysts. Various reaction parameters in dependence of time such as temperature, catalyst and feedstock loadings as well as solvent types have been optimized. Conception, synthesis and physico-chemical properties will be detailed.

Biography:

Dr. Mahesh P. Joshi has completed his Ph.D. from Symbiosis International University. He is working as Asst. Professor at MIT Academy of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra, India. He has published more than 14 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an academic expert for numerous industry as well as skill development universitis.      

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The present work investigates the combined effects of thermal barrier coating (250μm and 500μm) and higher CR (18, 19, and 20), on the performance, combustion and emissions of a DI diesel engine using diesel and BD20ZnO200. Increasing CR with thermal barrier coating enhances in-cylinder pressure, temperature and density of air-fuel charge, which improved the spray characteristics and burning of blend fuel. Also, the observed improvements occurred due to the catalytic effect, high surface-to-volume ratio of nanoparticles, and micro-explosion of water particles in the fuel. Maximum brake thermal efficiency of 29.2% is obtained at minimum BSFC of 0.22 for BD20ZnO200 at higher compression ratio (20) with thermal barrier coating (500μm). For the all test fuels, at higher CR with thermal barrier coating leads to decrement in the HC (5.45%), CO (12.6%) emissions while increment in the NOx emissions (8%). In addition, the results of the modification of the engine with thermal barrier coating process at higher compression ratio are better than the uncoated one in terms of increasing peak pressure (7%), heat release rate (6.8%), and decreasing ignition delay (11.36%) for BD20ZnO200. The overall mean square error, mean absolute percentage error, and regression coefficient obtained with the model were 0.011%, 4.80%, and 0.9608, respectively. The experimental and artificial neural network results revealed that adding metal oxide nanoparticles (200 ppm of ZnO) as a fuel additive to a small volume (BD20) of the algae biofuel blend, at higher CR (≥18) with thermal barrier coating (500μm) improved the engine characteristics. The resultant fuel can be employed as a moderate and renewable substitute for conventional fuels.

Biography:

Ts. Dr. Rozzeta Dolah CEng completed her PhD in Meiji University, Japan and her postdoctoral at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA with expertise in biomass-intobiofuels renewable energy. Her area of interests are in biomass-into-biofuels and low carbon emission for climate change mitigation. She is the CEO of Naglus Industries Sdn. Bhd. , a UTM spin-off company for her research commercialization for low carbon emission device to mitigate climate change. She is the recipient of L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science 2020, member of Young Scientists Network of Academy of Sciences Malaysia 2020 (YSN-ASM) and Perdana Scholar Award 2018.

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Being an entrepreneur for a scientist or academician is not an easy transformation. As innovation is crucially needed to transform knowledge into applications for society contribution, academicians are facing a challenging journey to ensure research commercialization is successfully delivered. Herecomes the growth mindset to transform an entrepreneur in science and engineering into a term used quite often nowadays, known as "Technopreneur". The talk presents the real hands-on experience of Dr.Z NanoFuel TM patch challenging route in nanotechnology research innovation such as: 1. Why Research-Development-Commercialization-Innovation (RDCI) is important in translating research-to-revenue? 2. How to change the routine of an academician into a succesful technopreneur? 3. Hurdles faced by biofuels-nanotechnology technopreneur? 4. What are the documents needed to set up a university's spin-off or start-up company? 5. How to face the red tapes in building the spin-off? 6. What are the elements in Business Model Canvas (BMC)? 7. Professorship vs. Technopreneur – How to juggle? The university ecosystem is the most fundamental entity to ensure the succesfulnes of research commercialization. Technology Transfer Office (TTO) is responsible to translate the innovation into a business entity. Besides the TTO, the researcher or the innovator has to work hand-in-hand with TTO to materialize their dream to own a spin-off. The business plan and the impact of technopreneur should consider the multiplier impact on socioeconomic drivers of quintuple helix of society, academia, government, industry,and environment.

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Dr. Surajit Mondal has completed his PhD at the age of 29 years from University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun in the area of Alternate Energy Resources. He is the Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering of UPES, Dehradun. He has published more than 22 research articles and have published 18 patents (out of those 4 granted). He is the DST young scientist awardee and had grant an amount of 33.67 Lakhs INR for an innovative project. In addition to that he is the In-Charge of Centre for Alternate Energy Research (CAER) Laboratory of UPES.

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The fossil fuel issues due to toxic carbon dioxide emissions and climate change have a direct link with the particulate matter that has caused severe threat to the environment. The bio-based products such as biodiesel and bio-compressed natural gas (Bio-CNG) can be less expensive and adaptable. Biofuels are increasingly being used in transportation, heat, and power development requiring the need for renewable sources of energy. By using of dreck organic matters from aquatic environment and soil supplies for renewable energy production for human requirements, sustaining a clean and healthy environment, the world can sustain. Dreck can be harnessed to manufacture bioenergy that would help to mitigate greenhouse gases and preserve the environment. Methane, hydrogen, ethanol, bioelectricity, algal diesel, and butanol, or other forms of fuels provide a renewable supply of bioenergy, which can be created by the biological systems. The waste-to-energy methodologies (thermal plus biochemical) for energy production via agro-residues are covered. Biofuels have gained a great deal of interest because of their environmentally-friendly and nontoxic nature. Biofuels are an intriguing subject and incorporate financial matters, nature, agronomy, ecological sciences, microbiology, chemical engineering, science, mechanical, and plant science. Original biofuels are presently economically accessible, and crops that are not currently generally utilized for biofuel creation or are not monetarily developed, can become appealing feedstocks for original fuels. Specific biomass feedstocks and techniques are used to generate biofuels. Biofuel production uses human foodstuffs such as maize, peanuts, sugarcane, soya, and is increasingly criticized for creating competition between crops as food and as raw material for biofuels.

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I Dr.Danaiah Puli obtained B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from K.L.C.E (KL University) affiliated to Acharaya Nagaujuna University Guntur, in the year 2003.  Obtained M.Tech from JNTU Ananatapur in the year 2009 and obtained Ph.D. in IC Engines from NIT Warangal. He has a total teaching experience of 12 years.  He has published papers in reputed National and International Journals including Taylor and Francis.  He is having 7 Scopus, 1SCI journal publications for his credit.  Received Travel grant from SERB and visited Germany for attending FEV Conference.  He delivered a keynote speech at FEV Conference in Germany.  He has filed 2 patents. He is a professional member of ISTE, HKSME, SAE, and MIAENG. His areas of interest are IC Engines. Alternative fuels, Engine Exhaust Emission Control. He is working as Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering in Aditya College of Engineering & Technology. 

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In this study, an experimental analysis was carried out on the influence of oxygenated additives, i.e. TBA fuel mixtures on the carburetor type 3 cylinder spark ignition engine performance and emission characteristics with multiple spark plugs. At the stipulated time of 7°bTDC, the trials are carried out at a constant load varying speed and the engine operates at two distinct constant loads of 5 kg and 10 kg, respectively, with a mixture of 0,3,5,7 and 10. The results show that blending these oxygenated additives improves performance parameters and reduces emissions when compared to gasoline. Based on the experimental observations, TBA10 had higher efficiency when compared to the other blends, as well as a reduction in emissions as the blend percentage increased due to the good combustion characteristics.

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I, Jigna G. Tank had obtained M.Sc (Plant Sciences) in 2007 followed by M. Phil. (Plant Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering) in 2008 with distinction and Ph.D in Plant Sciences in 2013. I simultaneously worked as a project assistant in the major research project “Centre for Advanced Studies in Plant Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering” (CPBGE). In this project, I learnt basic techniques of plant research. I also learnt technique to generate and purifiy polyclonal antibodies against hapten-conjugate. After that, I joined as a Junior Research Fellow in Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission, Govt. of Gujarat supported major research project were I worked for isolation and identification of plant pathogenic bacteria using molecular techniques. From my Ph.D. work entitled “Effect of cell growth regulators at molecular level on proliferation and differentiation in plants,” I have published two review articles and four research papers in journals of international repute with average impact factor of 2.5. I learnt various techniques like phytochemical screening, plant hormone isolation and estimation and molecular technique like DNA & RNA isolation, cDNA synthesis, PCR and Real Time PCR during my Ph.D research.

Subsequently, I had joined Gujarat Biodiversity Gene Bank (BioGene) project at Government of Gujarat to continue post doctoral research, where I have learned molecular techniques like plant DNA barcoding and techniques for seed banking and testing. From June, 2014, I am working as Assistant Professor at Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra University, Rajkot. After joining as Assistant Professor I received UGC start up grant on Biodiesel production from forest seeds. In this project I standardized biodiesel production from non-edible forest seeds. Since my department is a Center for Advanced studies on Biodiversity and Bioresource utilization at Arid zone region, I am working on forest produced plant metabolites and its utilization as biotechnological and pharmaceutical products. I had also received minor research grant from SRISTI-BIRAC supported by DBT, New Delhi and IQAC cell, Saurashtra University for development of new product / protocol for grass root innovation. Recently, I was awarded with DBT foldscope project in which I studied accumulation and histochemical localization of plant secondary metabolites in plant cells.

My present research work is on plant stress physiology, hormone signalling, regulation of plant cell division and differentiation, function of cyclin dependent kinase (CDK), cle peptides and other cellular proteins function in production of secondary metabolites and providing stress resistance to plants. At present, I am guiding three Ph.D and six M.Sc Dissertation students. on various aspects of plant sciences. 

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There are diverse types of forest seed oils which are being utilized by many researchers to optimized biodiesel production and evaluate their performance in diesel engine. It was observed that the biodiesel produced from forest seeds such as Pongamia pinnata, Sterculia foetida, Simmondsia chinensis, Linum usitatissimum, Moringa oleifera, Zanthoxylum bungeanum, Madhuca longifolia, Azadirachta indica, Simarouba glauca, Cannabis sativa, Camelina sativa, Terminalia belerica, Calophyllum inophyllum, Cleome viscosa, Thevetia peruviana, Aleurites moluccanus, Syzygium cumini, Hevea brasiliensis, Manilkara zapota, Guizotia abyssinica, Annona reticulate, Aegle marmelos, Citrullus colocynthis and Pistacia khinjuk exhibits  more energy consumption and incomplete fuel combustion property when it’s pure or blends of biodiesel are used in engine. The biodiesel blends (5 to 20%) of forest seeds such as Jatropa curcus, Balanites aegyptiaca, Luffa cylindrica, Sapindus mukorossi, Schleichera oleosa, Hibiscus cannabinus, Ceiba pentandra, Raphanus sativus exhibits excellent performance, in fuel combustion and smoke emission. The results were compared with petroleum diesel with or without modifications in diesel engine and showed identical results. However, many researchers have optimized biodiesels production from other forest seeds (Terminalia catappa, Limnanthes alba, Vernicia Montana, Annona cherimola, Maclura pomifera, Euphorbia lathyris, Sapium sebiferum, Licania rigida, Blighia unijugata, Treculia Africana, Dipteryx alata, Xanthoceras sorbifolia, Lepidium sativum, Pentaclethra macrophylla, Xanthium sibiricum, Amygdalus pedunculata, Forsythia suspense, Reutealis trisperma, Aleurites trisperma, Silybum marianum, Crotalaria juncea, Gliricidia sepium, Pangium edule, Senna obtusifolia, Panicum virgatum, Cascabela thevetia, Annona muricata, Leucaena leucocephala, Ocimum basilicum, Cucumis melo, Salvadora persica, and Koelreuteria paniculata) which show physico-chemical parameters almost in range as per ASTM and EN standard specification but remains to be evaluated for performance, combustion and emission parameters in diesel engines.

Biography:

Currently, Dr. Abdul Majeed Khan is serving as Associate Professor (BPS-20) and Chairman Department of Chemistry, Federal Urdu University. He earned B. Sc. in 1990 and M. Sc. in 1993 from the University of Karachi, Pakistan. He did Ph. D. in the field of Marine Natural Product Chemistry in 2000 under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman, FRS, NI, HI, SI, TI and then Post Doctorate in the field of X- Ray Crystallography in 2001 under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary, HI, SI, TI at H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Pakistan. His PhD thesis was evaluated by foreign referees namely Prof. Dr. Delbert Howard Miles, Department of Chemistry, University of Central Florida, USA and Prof. Dr. Hans-Jurgen Bestmann, Institute fur Organische Chemie der Universitat Erlangen-Numberg, Erlangen, Germany. He was able to receive the most exceptional and most outstanding remarks from both the referees. Furthermore, he has secured first class throughout the academic career with exceptional research career.

Abstract:

Currently, global society is facing a number of challenges including global warming, global cooling, environmental pollution, energy crisis, biodiversity, poor economy, declines in agriculture, waste management, international politics, public health and many others which are mainly associated with the non-renewable energy technologies. These challenges motivated us to develop carbon neutral, renewable and environmental friendly energy technologies such as solar energy, biodiesel, bioethanol, biogas and electricity that can play a significant role to overcome these challenges. In addition, conversion of biowastes to biofertilizer also promotes the waste management and mitigates the environmental pollution.

Biography:

RV completed her Ph.D. in ‘Algal Biotechnology’ from Banaras Hindu University, India in 2012 and has since worked on different aspects of microalgae which include bioactive compounds; biofuels and value- added products in IIT Kharagpur, IARI, New Delhi, TERI and IIT Delhi. She was selected for the prestigious ‘Pool Scientist’ Scheme from CSIR and has been working at Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi. She has 9 publications including research articles and book chapters and is an active reviewer in reputed journals. Current research interests include Bioactive compounds from cyanobacteria and microalgae; In vivo/In vitro bioactivity assessment on microbial and animal models; Algal refinery technologies for Sustainable Development; Microalgae as functional foods/feed supplement; Phycoremediation 

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The chemically complex and structurally robust nature of algal cell walls, many current extraction processes require large chemical or energy loads. Cell disruption using enzymes is an alternative for lipid extraction that has been poorly studied for algal cells. Enzymatic degradation of the algal cell walls prior to lipid extraction has the potential to facilitate both lipid extraction and post-extraction use of the algal biomass. This results in a good lipid recovery with the advantage of disrupting cells with minimal damage to the target product due to high selectivity of the reactions.

This approach is not yet commercialized due to the high costs of upstream processes that are associated with the time consuming and/or energy intensive drying, and lipid extraction processes. An improved permeable cell to allow simultaneous cultivation and extraction using biocompatible solvents and selectively enriched with omega rich fatty acids through commercial lipases has not been reported so far.  This technology can substitute the costly chemical processing methods with milder enzymatic processing providing high quality omega fatty acids from microalgae which can replace fish oil derived fatty acids. This can establish microalgae as an alternative resource for fish oil derived omega fatty acids for food and nutraceuticals. Such a technology developed can find applications in food industries producing infant formula, beverages, nutritional supplements, pharmaceuticals, animal food supplements. The method offers opportunities for waste utilization for biomass valorization.