Preface xix Part 1: Energy, Biofuels and Bio-Aromatics 1 1 Photocatalytic Biomass Valorization into Valuable Chemicals 3 Brajesh Kumar, Lovjeet Singh, Pawan Rekha and Pradeep Kumar 2 Biobased Aromatics—Challenges and Opportunities for Development of Lignin as Future Building Blocks 23 Samraj S., Senthilkumar K. and Bharathiraja B. 3 Biofuels and Fine Chemicals From Lignocellulosic Biomass: A Sustainable and Circular Economy 41 Sushma, Shivangi Chamoli, Sreedevi Upadhyayula and Firdaus Parveen 4 Carbon-Based Catalysts for Biorefinery Processes: Carbon-Based Catalysts for Valorization of Glycerol Waste From Biodiesel Industry 55 Pawan Rekha, Lovjeet Singh, Brajesh Kumar, Indu Chauhan and Satyendra Prasad Chaurasia 5 Catalysts for Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass Into Platform Chemicals and Bio-Aromatics 83 Anjireddy Bhavanam, Poonam Gera, Nitin Naresh Pandhare and Subhrajeet Dash 6 Pyrolysis of Triglycerides for Fuels and Chemical Production 107 Luana Marcele Chiarello, Tuanne Gomes Porto, Gabriel Henrique Wienhage, Vanderleia Botton and Vinicyus Rodolfo Wiggers 7 Drying of Agro-Industrial Residues for Biomass Applications 129 Hugo Perazzini and Maisa Tonon Bitti Perazzini 8 Extraction Characterization and Production of Biofuels From Algal Biomass 179 Neeraj and Shashikant Yadav 9 Valorization of Biomass Derived Aldehydes Into Oxygenated Compounds 195 Komal Kumar and Sreedevi Upadhyayula Part 2: Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sectors 219 10 Advancements in Chemical and Biotechnical Approaches Towards Valorization of Wastes From Food Processing Industries 221 S. Lakshmi Sandhya Rani and R. Vinoth Kumar 11 Photocatalytic Biomass Transformation into Valuable Products 243 Jasmita Chauhan, S.B. Rathod, Gaurav Sanghvi and Vidya Patil-Patankar 12 Organic Materials Valorization: Agro-Waste in Environmental Remediation, Phytochemicals, Biocatalyst and Biofuel Production 267 S. Samraj, K. Senthilkumar and D. Balaji 13 Valorization of Secondary Metabolites in Plants 287 Vidya Patil-Patankar, Pallavi Yadav-Bhagwat and Pradnya Kedari 14 Functional and Digestibility Properties of Native, Single, and Dual Modified Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Starches for Food Applications 315 Shah Asma Iftikhar and Himjyoti Dutta 15 Valorization of Agricultural Wastes: A Step Toward Adoption of Smart Green Materials with Additional Benefit of Circular Economy 343 Kiran Jeet, Vinay Kumar, Anushree and Raman Devi 16 Valorization of Agricultural Wastes: An Approach to Impart Environmental Friendliness 369 S. Wazed Ali, Satyaranjan Bairagi and Debarati Bhattacharyya 17 Valorization of Biomass Into Value-Added Products and Its Application Through Hydrothermal Liquefaction 395 Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Sathish Raam Ravichandran and Mothil Sengottian 18 Industrial Applications of Cellulose Extracted from Agricultural and Food Industry Wastes 417 Sumira Rashid and Himjyoti Dutta 19 Valorization of Lignin Toward the Production of Novel Functional Materials 445 Anjireddy Bhavanam, Raghavendra Gujjala, G. Srinivasu and Shakuntala Ojha 20 Characterization and Valorization of Sludge From Textile Wastewater Plant for Positive Environmental Applications 465 Shumaila Kiran, Abdul Ghaffar, Sarosh Iqbal, Sadia Javed, Nosheen Aslam, Muhammad Asim Rafique, Zohra Zreen, Gulnaz Afzal, Nusrat Parveen and Saba Naz 21 Impact of Biofertilizers in Sustainable Growth of Agriculture Sector 491 Prajwalita Pathak, Kankan Kishore Pathak and Arun Kumar Pathak 22 Valorization of Agricultural Wastes as Low-Cost Adsorbents Towards Efficient Removal of Aqueous Cr(VI) 507 Rashmi Acharya and Kulamani Parida Index 531

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