Contents
Membrane Technology in Bioprocess Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Randeep Singh, K. V. V. Satyannarayana, R. Vinoth Kumar,
and I. Ganesh Moorthy
Process Engineering Aspects in Bioleaching of Metals from Electronic
Waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
M. Minimol, Vidya Shetty K, and M. B. Saidutta
Phytoremediation of Soil for Metal and Organic Pollutant Removal . . . 45
Sedevino Sophia and Vidya Shetty Kodialbail
Recent Advances in Organic Acid Production from Microbial Sources
by Utilizing Agricultural By-Products as Substrates for Industrial
Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Dhanya Vishnu, Balaji Dhandapani, and Surianarayanan Mahadevan
Lignocellulosic Sugarcane Tops for Bioethanol Production:
An Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Subramaniapillai Niju and Mani Swathika
Recent Developments in Food-Based Bioplastics Production . . . . . . . . . 107
Babuskin Srinivasan and Garima Kulshreshtha
Valorization of Waste Algal Boom for Value-Added Products . . . . . . . . 129
A. Annam Renita and P. Senthil Kumar
Algal Biomass for Biofuels and Bioproducts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Babuskin Srinivasan and Garima Kulshreshtha
Applications and Efficacy of Exceptional Bioactive Compounds from
Microalgae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Surbhi Sinha, Kavya Bisaria, Tithi Mehrotra, and Rachana Singh
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