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RETRACTED: Bioflocculation: An alternative strategy for harvesting of microalgae - An overview

Edgard Gnansounou, Rajeev Kumar Sukumaran

Microalgae based research has been extensively progressed for the production of value added products and biofuels. Potential application of microalgae for biofuel is recently gained more attention for possibilities of biodiesel and other high value metabol ...

Elsevier2017

RETRACTED: Water hyacinth a potential source for value addition: An overview

Edgard Gnansounou

Water hyacinth a fresh water aquatic plant is considered as a noxious weed in many parts of the world since it grows very fast and depletes nutrients and oxygen from water bodies adversely affecting the growth of both plants and animals. Hence conversion o ...

Elsevier2017

Multiple applications of vetiver grass – a review

Edgard Gnansounou

2017

Development of the methodology for the evaluation of a hydro-pumped storage power plant: Swiss case study

Edgard Gnansounou, Nikolaos Iliadis

During the last two decades, an evolving market structure is recognised starting from the spot market and its derivatives, resulting to several other markets such as the Intraday Market (IM), the Balancing Market (BM) and the Reserve Capacity Market (RCM). ...

Elsevier Science Bv2016

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

Bioconversion of sugarcane crop residue for value added products - An overview

Edgard Gnansounou

Sugarcane is a major crop cultivated globally and the residue left over after the crop harvest and extraction of juice is a good biomass source that can be used for the production of several useful chemicals. The sugarcane bagasse is an excellent substrate ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2016

Life cycle assessment of algae biodiesel and its co-products

Edgard Gnansounou, Jegannathan Kenthorai Raman

There is a need to explore alternative energy sources to meet the future energy demand in a sustainable way. Algae could be a potential feed stock for biodiesel and other co-products such as animal feed and chemicals. Life cycle assessment (LCA) of such pr ...

Elsevier2016

Biosurfactant production through Bacillus sp MTCC 5877 and its multifarious applications in food industry

Edgard Gnansounou

In this study Bacillus sp. MTCC5877 was explored for the production of biosurfactant (BSs) and various carbon sources 1% (w/v), 0.5% (w/v) nitrogen sources were tested at different pH, and temperature. Yield was measured in terms of Emulsification index (E ...

Elsevier2016

Furfural production from empty fruit bunch - A biorefinery approach

Edgard Gnansounou, Jegannathan Kenthorai Raman

Biofuels production from agriculture residues is gaining much attention in Brazil due to agriculture residue availability, environmental benign properties of the fuel and, the capacity to improve rural development. However, for consideration of rational us ...

Elsevier2015

LCA of bioethanol and furfural production from vetiver

Edgard Gnansounou, Jegannathan Kenthorai Raman

In this study a prospective life cycle assessment of biorefinery system from vetiver leaves was carried out to know the environmental benefits of this system over conventional systems considering the geographical context of India. The composition of vetive ...

Elsevier2015

Impact of agricultural-based biofuel production on greenhouse gas emission from land-use change: Key modelling choices

Edgard Gnansounou, Luis Alberto Panichelli

Recent regulations on biofuels require reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions related to feedstock-speciﬁc biofuels. However, the inclusion of GHG emissions from land-use change (LUC) into law and policy remains a subject of active discussio ...

2015

Comparative techno-economic assessment and LCA of selected integrated sugarcane-based biorefineries

Edgard Gnansounou, Elia Mercedes Ruiz Pachon, Pavel Vaskan

This work addresses the economic and environmental performance of integrated biorefineries based on sugarcane juice and residues. Four multiproduct scenarios were considered; two from sugar mills and the others from ethanol distilleries. They are integrate ...

Elsevier2015

Use of Empty Fruit Bunches from the Oil Palm for bioethanol production: A thorough comparison between dilute acid and dilute alkali pretreatment

Edgard Gnansounou, Simone Chiesa

In the present work, two pretreatment techniques using either dilute acid (H2SO4) or dilute alkali (NaOH) have been compared for producing bioethanol from Empty Fruit Bunches (EFBs) from oil palm tree, a relevant feedstock for tropical countries. Treatment ...

Elsevier2014

Ethanol and lignin production from Brazilian empty fruit bunch biomass

Edgard Gnansounou, Jegannathan Kenthorai Raman

Brazil Government is promoting palm plantations to use degraded land for biofuels. Palm production is expected to increase 35 per cent in future and there would be profuse biomass available that needs to be handled efficiently. Therefore, in this study the ...

Elsevier2014

Special Section on Life-cycle Assessment of Bioproducts Preface

Edgard Gnansounou

Elsevier2013

Life cycle environmental impacts of a prospective palm-based biorefinery in Parà State-Brazil

Edgard Gnansounou

The availability of about 18 million hectares of grassland in Para State, Brazil, and the possibility of increasing the livestock density display a good perspective for the oil palm expansion in pasture land. A life cycle assessment is performed for a pros ...

Elsevier2013

Comparative life cycle assessment of biodiesel from algae and jatropha: A case study of India

Edgard Gnansounou, Jegannathan Kenthorai Raman

Algae and jatropha, two types of promising and unconventional biomass, are investigated in this study for large-scale production of biodiesel. The aim is to evaluate the potential advantages and the magnitude of closeness of life cycle balances between the ...

Elsevier2013

Estimating spillover benefits of large R&D projects: application of real options modelling approach to the case of thermonuclear fusion R&D programme

Edgard Gnansounou, Denis Bednyagin

This paper is focused on the analysis of spillover benefits of the ongoing R&D programme on thermonuclear fusion technology. The spillover effects are understood here as positive externalities of publicly funded R&D, demonstration and deployment (RDDD) act ...

Elsevier2012

RETRACTED: Cyanobacteria and microalgae: a positive prospect for biofuels

Edgard Gnansounou

Biofuel–bioenergy production has generated intensive interest due to increased concern regarding limited petroleum-based fuel supplies and their contribution to atmospheric CO2 levels. Biofuel research is not just a matter of finding the right type of biom ...

Elsevier2011

Methods and tools to evaluate the availability of renewable energy sources

Edgard Gnansounou, Luis Alberto Panichelli, Javier Dominguez

The recent statements of both the European Union and the US Presidency pushed in the direction of using renewable forms of energy, in order to act against climate changes induced by the growing concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In this pap ...

Elsevier2011

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