As is well known, fossil fuels and food waste are significant contributors to the climate change crisis. Conversion of food waste to energy can help solving or mitigating these problems by providing a sustainable energy alternative to fossil fuels. This book provides an overview of technologies to convert food waste to energy. It explains the rationale behind this approach and describes different methods of turning food waste into energy, factors affecting the productivity of these processes, and the advantages and challenges of these technologies. Current research in the field and selected case studies are also described.

About the Author

Monica L. Chavez-Gonzalez, PhD, is a Research Professor at the School of Chemical Sciences of the Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila, Mexico. Her expertise is in the areas of fermentation processes, microbial biotransformation, enzyme production, industrial food waste valorization, extraction of bioactive compounds (antioxidants), and chemical characterization.

She is the General Coordinator and founder of the Bioprocessing Mx-LATAM Network, whose objective is to promote R&D in the area of bioprocessing through collaboration between universities, institutes, research centers, and relevant industries in Mexico and Latin America. She has been awarded the Latin American Women in Chemistry Award in the category of ""Emerging Leader,"" granted by the American Chemical Society and the Latin American Federation of Chemical Associations (FLAQ).

Pedro Aguilar-Zarate, PhD is a full Professor at Tecnologico Nacional de Mexico/ Instituto Tecnologico de Ciudad Valles. He holds a PhD in Food Science and Technology from the Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila, Mexico. Dr. Aguilar-Zarate has coauthored over 50 articles that were published in indexed journals, 24 book chapters, and authored 4 books on topics in food science and technology and biotechnology.

A. K. Haghi is a retired professor and has written, co-written, edited or co-edited more than 1000 publications, including books, book chapters, and papers in refereed journals with over 4000 citations and h-index of 33, according to Google Scholar database. He was appointed as Honorary Research Associate (HRA) of Bioprocesses and Bioproducts Group, Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas, Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. He has also been appointed as Honorary Research Associate (HRA) at Chemistry Centre, University of Coimbra, Portugal and held a Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) at the Tbilisi State University.

Professor Haghi holds a BSc in urban and environmental engineering from the University of North Carolina (USA) and holds two MSc degrees, one in mechanical engineering from North Carolina State University (USA) and another one in applied mechanics, acoustics, and materials from the Universite de Technologie de Compiegne (France). He was awarded a PhD in engineering sciences at Universite de Franche-Comte (France). He is a regular reviewer of leading international journals.

Book Information
ISBN 9783031890987
Author Monica L. Chavez-Gonzalez
Format Hardback
Page Count 90
Imprint Springer International Publishing AG
Publisher Springer International Publishing AG