Technological Advancements in Product Valorization of Tea Waste

Comprehensive reference exploring the potential of tea waste biomass for valorization and sustainable utilization

Mihir Kumar Purkait (Author), Dibyajyoti Haldar (Author), Banhisikha Debnath (Author)

9780443192395, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 22 March 2023

222 pages
23.5 x 19 x 1.5 cm, 0.45 kg

Technological Advancements in Product Valorization of Tea Waste focuses on recent and advanced topics involved with technologies for valorization of tea waste. The book elaborately explains the fundamental concepts of utilization of such waste in the process of conversion as well as current research accomplishments. It emphasizes technologies involved in the major areas of extraction of several important biomolecules like tea polyphenols, polysaccharides for human bioactivity, metal-based nanomaterial synthesis for environmental removal of aquatic pollutants, generation of various different forms of bioenergy including biogas, biodiesel and bioethanol and advanced applications of tea waste in various emerging sectors.

1. Global tea production and business opportunity
2. Tea processing techniques and waste management thereof
3. Advancement in the extraction of bioactive compounds from tea leaves
4. Tea waste-based value-added products
5. Generation of different forms of bioenergy using tea waste
6. Removal of heavy metals from aqueous medium using tea waste as an adsorbent material
7. Environmental applications of tea waste
8. Emerging applications of solid waste of tea industry

Subject Areas: Chemical engineering [TDCB], Biochemical engineering [TC]