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Phytoremediation Potential of Bioenergy Plants (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
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Phytoremediation Potential of Bioenergy Plants (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
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The globally escalating population necessitates production of more
goods and services to fulfil the expanding demands of human beings
which resulted in urbanization and industrialization. Uncontrolled
industrialization caused two major problems - energy crisis and
accelerated environmental pollution throughout the world.
Presently, there are technologies which have been proposed or shown
to tackle both the problems. Researchers continue to seek more cost
effective and environmentally beneficial pathways for problem
solving. Plant kingdom comprises of species which have the
potential to resolve the couple problem of pollution and energy.
Plants are considered as a potential feedstock for development of
renewable energy through biofuels. Another important aspect of
plants is their capacity to sequester carbon dioxide and absorb,
degrade, and stabilize environmental pollutants such as heavy
metals, poly-aromatic hydrocarbons, poly-aromatic biphenyls,
radioactive materials, and other chemicals. Thus, plants may be
used to provide renewable energy generation and pollution
mitigation. An approach that could amalgamate the two aspects can
be achieved through phytoremediation (using plants to clean up
polluted soil and water), and subsequent generation of energy from
the phyto-remediator plants. This would be a major advance in
achieving sustainability that focuses on optimizing 'people'
(social issues), 'planet' (environmental issues), and 'profit'
(financial issues). The "Phytoremediation-Cellulosic Biofuels"
(PCB) process will be socially beneficial through reducing
pollution impacts on people, ecologically beneficial through
pollution abatement, and economically viable through providing
revenue that supplies an energy source that is renewable and also
provides less dependence on importing foreign energy
(energy-independence). The utilization of green plants for
pollution remediation and energy production will also tackle some
other important global concerns like global climate change, ocean
acidification, and land degradation through carbon sequestration,
reduced emissions of other greenhouse gases, restoration of
degraded lands and waters, and more. This book addresses the
overall potential of major plants that have the potential to fulfil
the dual purposes of phytoremediation and energy generation. The
non-edible bioenergy plants that are explored for this dual
objective include Jatropha curcas, Ricinus communis, Leucaena
leucocephalla, Milletia pinnata, Canabis sativa, Azadirachta
indica, and Acacia nilotica. The book addresses all possible
aspects of phyto-remediaton and energy generation in a holistic
way. The contributors are one of most authoritative experts in the
field and have covered and compiled the best content most
comprehensively. The book is going to be extremely useful for
researchers in the area, research students, academicians and also
for policy makers for an inclusive understanding and assessment of
potential in plant kingdom to solve the dual problem of energy and
pollution.
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