21Figure 21.1 Mode of action of biofertilizers and its importance in agriculture.Figure 21.2 Different categories of formulation used amid biofertilizer producti...21 Chapter 22Figure 22.1 (a) % Cr(VI) removal with variation of pH by sunflower head waste [5...Figure 22.2 Mechanism for adsorption of Cr(VI) onto BGAC with simultaneous reduc...
Tables
1 Chapter 1Table 1.1 Elemental and chemical composition of biomass types [4].Table 1.2 Biomass valorization techniques with important aspects [5].Table 1.3 List of important photocatalysts for biomass conversion [14, 15].Table 1.4 Essential characterization tests on semiconductors used in photocataly...Table 1.5 Important studies on photocatalytic valorization of biomass substrates...
2 Chapter 4Table 4.1 Properties of pure glycerol.Table 4.2 Glycerol hydrogenolysis over Ru and Pt-based catalysts.Table 4.3 Performance of different carbon catalysts for different valorization p...
3 Chapter 6Table 6.1 Average conditions and yields from 25, 26 and 11 works using thermal c...Table 6.2 Liquid properties and gas composition from works reported in the liter...Table 6.3 Reactor technologies and conditions for thermal and thermocatalytic cr...
4 Chapter 7Table 7.1 General characteristics of the dryers for biomass drying [12, 16–18].Table 7.2 Applications, advantages and disadvantages of convective dryers for bi...Table 7.3 Integrated process characteristics in bioenergy plants.Table 7.4 Energy consumption of drying methods.
5 Chapter 8Table 8.1 Some examples of different generation of biofuel feedstock.Table 8.2 Biofuels production from microalgae biomass.
6 Chapter 9Table 9.1 Catalytic processes for the synthesis of furfural.Table 9.2 Catalytic transfer hydrogenation of the HMF and furfural using differe...
7 Chapter 12Table 12.1 Sources of feedstock and their applications.Table 12.2 Principles of green chemistry and biocatalysis.
8 Chapter 13Table 13.1 Drugs with plant origin.
9 Chapter 14Table 14.1 Dual physical modification of rice starches.Table 14.2 Dual chemical modifications of rice starches.Table 14.3 Dual physical-chemical and physical-enzymatic modifications of rice s...
10 Chapter 16Table 16.1 Dry matter content and nutrient composition (%) of selected agricultu...Table 16.2 Quantity of produced agricultural waste, biogas yield, and percentage...Table 16.3 Quantities (%) of waste products generally produced from different fr...
11 Chapter 17Table 17.1 Operating conditions of thermochemical conversion routes.Table 17.2 Significance of operating parameters on the yield of bio-oil in HTL.Table 17.3 Biochar derived from HTL of biomass and its application.Table 17.4 Value-added chemical derived from HTL of biomass and its application.Table 17.5 Biogas derived from HTL of biomass and its application.
12 Chapter 19Table 19.1 Composition of various sources of lignin.Table 19.2 Proportions of various bonds in the softwood and hardwood.Table 19.3 Lignin yield from various biomass sources using organosolv method.Table 19.4 FT-IR frequency and functional groups of softwood and hardwood milled...Table 19.5 NMR chemical shift values and bond linkages from HSQC spectra of mill...Table 19.6 Lignin source and their enthalpy values.Table 19.7 Lignin source and their maximum thermal degradation temperature.
13 Chapter 20Table 20.1 The quantitative analysis of heavy metals in the sludge of textile [4...
14 Chapter 21Table 21.1 Different type of biofertilizers.Table 21.2 Amount of nutrients fixed by some biofertilizers in various crops [30...
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