Fundamentals of Biofuel Production Processes

About Debabrata DasJhansi L. Varanasi

Debabrata Das is Former Head & Renewable Energy Chair Professor Department of Biotechnology and Professor-in-Charge P K Sinha Center for Bioenergy Indian Institute of Technlogy Kharagpur India. He has consulted for World Hydrogen Energy LLC New York USA Pilot plant design fabrication and commissioning of hydrogen generation from sewage sludge; IFB Agro Industries Ltd. Kolkata Study of process of alcohol transfer/issue/measurement and calculation of spirit transacted; and The Excise Commissioner Govt. of West Bengal Study and review of the existing system of measurements of spirit in West Bengal. Dr. Das is the author of 4 books Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Biomass and Bioenergy and editorial board member of International Journal of Hydrogen Energy Indian Journal of Biotechnology and Biotechnology for Biofuels.Ms. Jhansi L. Varanasi earned her M.Tech. degree in Biotechnology from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) Kakinada India in 2012. She is a project associate at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) New Delhi working on fermentative and bioelectrochemical production of biofuels. Currently she is pursuing her Ph.D. under the guidance of Prof. Debabrata Das at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur India. Her research interest focuses on clean energy generation and wastewater treatment using bioelectrochemical systems.