Techno-economics and Life Cycle Assessment of Bioreactors

Dr. Puranjan Mishra, studied Biotechnology at Himachal Pradesh University, India. Then he moved University Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia, where he completed his doctorate. In his Ph. D dissertation, he studied waste-water treatment processes for maximum energy recovery from waste, further investigated the impact of nano-metal oxides on the fermentation processes and received degree in area of Renewable Energy and Environmental Engineering. Presently he is carrying out his Post-doctoral at University Malaysia Pahang, Pahang (Malaysia). His current research interest is in the area of anaerobic digestion, Enzymology, Nanomaterials synthesis, mainly for Energetic applications (H2 and CH4, Biomass utilization). His scientific research work has been published in more than 20 peer-reviewed with high impacts manuscripts including book chapter. His works have been cited more than 192 times with an h index of 8 and an i10 index of 8 (https://scholar.google.com.my/citations?user=7n0WuWgAAAAJ&hl=en). He is reviewer of Elsevier’s journal including International journal of hydrogen energy, Journal of Cleaner Production, Waste and Biomass valorisation etc. He has also reviewed many book chapters which later-on published under American Chemical Society and Taylor & Francis publication house. Dr Lakhveer Singh, an associate professor at Sardar Patel University, Mandi (Himachal Pradesh), India, is a leading figure in sustainable research. His focus areas include energy production, bio?electrochemical systems, wastewater treatment, and nanomaterial synthesis. Singh’s impact is evident through his 30 edited books, 130 high-impact papers, and his editorial role at Biomass Conversion and Biorefineries, published by Springer. Pooja Ghosh did her Masters in Environmental Biology from University of Delhi, India followed by her doctorate in Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology from Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. Her doctoral work involved risk assessment of landfill leachate from unengineered landfill sites and its treatment and detoxification. It contributed significantly in aiding policymakers, environmentalists, scientists, students, and most importantly, citizens, in realizing the problem of unengineered landfill sites of India. Currently, she is working as a DST-Inspire Faculty at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India and carrying out her post-doctoral research on energy recovery from municipal solid wastes using bioreactor landfill technology and assessing the environmental profiles and greenhouse gas emissions in the bioreactor landfill and comparing it with the alternative waste management options used in India using Life Cycle Assessment methodology. Her broad research interests include Solid waste management, Bioremediation, Wastewater treatment, Toxicology, Life cycle assessment and sustainability. She has published in over 20 peer-reviewed journals and book chapters, being cited 385 times with an h index of 11 and an i10 index of 12. She is a reviewer of Bioresource Technology, Science of the total environment, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Chemosphere and Journal of Environmental Management.

Section 1. Bioreactors: Current status, recent trends and challenges 1. Impact of COVID-19 on waste and resource management practices 2. Aerobic and anaerobic bioreactor systems 3. Global scenario of bioreactors for organic removing and recycling 4. Emerging trends in bioreactor systems 5. Bioreactors: Potential and research challenges

Section 2. Techno-economic assessment of bioreactors 6. Concept of techno-economics 7. Sustainability matrices for bioreactors 8. Technological Impact assessment of Bioreactors 9. Economic Impact assessment of Bioreactors

Section 3. Life cycle assessment of bioreactors 10. Basics of life cycle assessment 11. Life cycle assessment models for bioreactors 12. Life cycle inventory (LCI) of bioreactors 13. Life cycle Impact Assessment of bioreactors 14. Challenges and emerging approaches in life cycle assessment 15. Role of LCA in policy making