This book summarizes both conventional and emerging waste management approaches for fly ash, particularly with a focus on sustainability dimension – including its applicability, scope, methods, and challenges of bio-coal production. It covers the sustainability aspects of fly ash management and recent developments in methods, processes, and scope of bio-coal production as an alternative to conventional coal along with its implications for industrial ecosystems. It focuses on climate change, sustainability, and circular economy aspects of fly ash management approaches.
- Comprehensively covers all the dimensions related to coal and bio-coal fly ash and circular economy associated with it
- Discusses cradle-to-grave technology for bio-coal
- Emphasizes the efficient, economically viable, and environmentally sustainable use of coal and bio-coal fly ash
- Explores renewable fuel solutions and circular economy associated with it
- Encourages the use of bio-coal for boosting sustainability and circular economy
This book is aimed at researchers and graduate students in environmental and civil engineering, as well as those working in clean technologies.
The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
Siddhartha Pandey, Indian Institute of Management Ranchi, India
Siddhartha Pandey has a Ph.D in Environmental Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee and 4 years of academic and research experience with 8 Months of Industrial experience. He is currently a Researcher at Indian Institute of management Ranchi in the field of Operations Management. His research interests include the areas of Environmental sustainability, Eco-Tourism, Circular economy, Water and wastewater Treatment, Environmental Impact Assessment and Sustainable development. He has Published over 25 SCI articles (h-index 10) and have contributed to 9 book chapters and he has edited 1 international book in CRC press (Taylor and Francis).
Nitin Kumar Singh, Marwadi University, Rajkot, India
Nitin Kumar Singh has a Ph.D in Environmental Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (India) and currently associated as associate professor in chemical engineering department at Marwadi University, Gujarat (India). He has spent more than 12 years in the field of wastewater treatment, waste management, green synthesis and processes, cost-benefit analysis, biological air pollution monitoring, and sustainability assessment of environmental systems. As of now, He has published 37 SCI articles (h-index: 21; i-index: 36), 6 SCOPUS indexed publications, 19 book chapters, 12 papers in international conferences, and edited 1 international book in CRC press, and 1 book for other reputed publications. He has presented his research work at various international platforms (Malaysia, Israel, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Nepal).
Tuhin Sengupta, Indian Institute of Management Ranchi, India
Tuhin Sengupta has earned his Ph.D in Operations Management & Quantitative Techniques from Indian Institute of Management Indore and currently an Assistant Professor in Indian Institute of Management Ranchi. His research Experience lies in the areas of Supply chain management, Disruptive technologies, Supply chain resilience and sustainable development goals. He has over 40 quality publications (h-index 15). He has 5 years of industry and academic experience [3 years in academics (post-PhD) and 2 years in industry (pre-PhD)].
Sanchita Roy Chowdhury, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Sanchita has completed her PhD in the field of economics from the Indian Institute of Management, Indore. Currently, she is a research fellow at the Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. Sanchita's research interests include international economics, trade, supply chain management, agri-food business, and circular economy.
