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An Overview on Biomass of Bamboo as a Source of Bioenergy

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Biomass and derived biofuels are the main sustainable and renewable sources of energy. Traditionally it is used as energy required source in developing countries from ancient period for their domestic needs. Biomass is easily available across the world and a cheaper source of energy, as well as combustion of biomass produces less quantity of greenhouse gases. This chapter documents different aspects of biomass, lignocellulosic conversion methods of bamboo biomass to fuel, namely different thermochemical routes (combustion, gasification, pyrolysis, and liquefaction) and biochemical route. Bamboo is a faster growing plant, which could be one of the useful sources of energy. The considerable downside of bamboo cultivation is vegetative propagation and major land requirement are some challenges to be resolved and further research is needed to fulfill the need of our increasing demand for energy.

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Acknowledgement

DKY is grateful to the DST-SERB, New Delhi, for Early Career Research Award (ECR/2017/001254). SH and PR are thankful to “NFST, UGC New Delhi (F1-17.1/2016-17/NFST2015-17-ST-RAJ-626/SA-III/Website) and UGC for JRF (Ref. No. 19/06/2016 (i) EU-V) respectively” for financial support in terms of fellowships. SK is grateful to UPES for providing financial support through SEED money project.

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    Sonal Hada, Priyanka Roat, Bhawna Chechani, Dinesh Kumar Yadav & Neetu Kumari

  2. University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India

    Sanjay Kumar

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Hada, S., Roat, P., Chechani, B., Kumar, S., Yadav, D.K., Kumari, N. (2020). An Overview on Biomass of Bamboo as a Source of Bioenergy. In: Kumar, N. (eds) Biotechnology for Biofuels: A Sustainable Green Energy Solution. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3761-5_10

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