Publications de Binod Parameswaran

Waste to wealth: valorization of food waste for the production of fuels and chemicals

Food waste is becoming a major global concern especially in developing and underdeveloped countries. Vegetable and food waste biomass is continuously generated in huge amounts. Its major impact on the environment is the generation of greenhouse gases. Food ...

Elsevier2020

Enzymes for second generation biofuels: recent developments and future perspectives

Edgard Gnansounou, Binod Parameswaran

Even though the search for alternative fuels from lignocellulosic biomass started a few decades ago, still it is relatively immature mainly because of few challenges which are yet to be solved for making the process commercially viable. The main challenge ...

2019

A novel surfactant assisted transition metal pretreatment of chili post harvest residue for the production of bioethanol

Edgard Gnansounou, Binod Parameswaran

Increase in consumption as well as depletion of fossil fuels and environmental concerns about the consequences of burning fossil fuels leads to search for alternative renewable fuels. Lignocellulosic biomasses are plenteous in nature and are rich in cellul ...

International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability2017

A novel microwave assisted surfactant pretreatment of chili post-harvest residues for the production of bioethanol and biopolymer

Edgard Gnansounou, Binod Parameswaran

A novel microwave assisted surfactant pretreatment strategy was evaluated for the production of bioethanol and biopolymer from chili post-harvest residue. Among the various surfactants screened microwave assisted Tween - 20 pretreatment was found to be mor ...

2016