Biogas: An Effective and Common Energy
Tool – Part I
3
Seethalaksmi Elangovan, Sathish Babu Soundra Pandian,
Geetha S. J., and Sanket J. Joshi
Abstract
Energy is a much crucial necessity for daily errands, either household or industrial. We use it as fuel (transportation or industrial commodity), to provide power,
heat, electricity, etc., and we can’t imagine life without it. Several kinds of fuels
are available in the market, mainly non-renewables – fossil based (coal, crude oil,
etc.). However, due to awareness about long-term issues related to use of fossil
fuels, several other types of renewable fuels are gaining much attention. Biogas,
biofuels (bioethanol, biodiesel), and biohydrogen are some of the examples for
such renewables with very high future potential. However, even with those recent
developments, rural areas in some of the developing countries are still using
agricultural remains, cow dung, etc., for cooking and heating purposes. This kind
of crude practice significantly raises environmental, economic, and public healthrelated worries. To achieve a worldwide sustainable progress in both developed
and developing countries, clean and affordable energy could be offered by using
the existing biomass resources (crop residues, agro-industrial, animal, and other
type of wastes) to produce a cleaner, more efficient, and reliable energy, such as
S. Elangovan
Department of Biochemistry, Sri Sankara Arts and Science College, Affiliated to University
of Madras, Chennai, India
S. B. S. Pandian
Central Analytical and Applied Research Unit, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University,
Muscat, Oman
Geetha S. J.
Department of Biology, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
S. J. Joshi (*)
Central Analytical and Applied Research Unit, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University,
Muscat, Oman
Oil & Gas Research Centre, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
e-mail: sanket@squ.edu.om
# Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
N. Srivastava et al. (eds.), Biofuel Production Technologies: Critical Analysis
for Sustainability, Clean Energy Production Technologies,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8637-4_3
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Tool – Part I
3
Seethalaksmi Elangovan, Sathish Babu Soundra Pandian,
Geetha S. J., and Sanket J. Joshi
Abstract
Energy is a much crucial necessity for daily errands, either household or industrial. We use it as fuel (transportation or industrial commodity), to provide power,
heat, electricity, etc., and we can’t imagine life without it. Several kinds of fuels
are available in the market, mainly non-renewables – fossil based (coal, crude oil,
etc.). However, due to awareness about long-term issues related to use of fossil
fuels, several other types of renewable fuels are gaining much attention. Biogas,
biofuels (bioethanol, biodiesel), and biohydrogen are some of the examples for
such renewables with very high future potential. However, even with those recent
developments, rural areas in some of the developing countries are still using
agricultural remains, cow dung, etc., for cooking and heating purposes. This kind
of crude practice significantly raises environmental, economic, and public healthrelated worries. To achieve a worldwide sustainable progress in both developed
and developing countries, clean and affordable energy could be offered by using
the existing biomass resources (crop residues, agro-industrial, animal, and other
type of wastes) to produce a cleaner, more efficient, and reliable energy, such as
S. Elangovan
Department of Biochemistry, Sri Sankara Arts and Science College, Affiliated to University
of Madras, Chennai, India
S. B. S. Pandian
Central Analytical and Applied Research Unit, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University,
Muscat, Oman
Geetha S. J.
Department of Biology, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
S. J. Joshi (*)
Central Analytical and Applied Research Unit, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University,
Muscat, Oman
Oil & Gas Research Centre, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
e-mail: sanket@squ.edu.om
# Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
N. Srivastava et al. (eds.), Biofuel Production Technologies: Critical Analysis
for Sustainability, Clean Energy Production Technologies,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8637-4_3
65