Recent Advances in Biogas Production from Food Waste

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Energy is very significant for the holistic development of any country, and with the growing urbanization and industrialization, there’s a rapid rise in the burning of fossil fuel. But the burning of fossil fuels leads to a lot of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the atmosphere. It tends to increase global warming, which ultimately affects human health and the whole ecosystem. Besides, fossil fuels are non-renewable sources of energy. This compels us to think of an alternative sustainable energy source that can meet the energy demands and provide environmental protection and nutritional recovery to a greater extent. Natural resources like biogas are renewable sources of energy that can be used instead of fossil fuel burning. Biogas has the attributes of sustainability, environmental protection and nutritional recovery. Anaerobic digestion produces biogas through various organic wastes like food wastes, animal dung, agricultural wastes and sludge. CO2 and CH4 made in the anaerobic process are upgraded to biomethane used for various purposes like production of electricity, cooking fuel or transportation fuel. This chapter relies on the production of biogas from food wastes and the recent advances made in the process with an appropriate consideration given to other related aspects.

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Authors are highly grateful to Department of Botany, Patna University, Patna, India, and Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, India, for supporting this research work.

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Pandit, G.K., Tiwari, R.K., Shanvi, Singh, V., Singh, M. (2022). Recent Advances in Biogas Production from Food Waste. In: Srivastava, N., Malik, M.A. (eds) Food Waste to Green Fuel: Trend & Development. Clean Energy Production Technologies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0813-2_5

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