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J. Rajesh Banu is affiliated with the Central University of Tamil Nadu in India. Their research spans engineering and environmental science, with a significant focus on biomedical engineering, building and construction, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, molecular biology, and water science and technology.

The scientist's work covers several key topics including anaerobic digestion and biogas production, biofuel production and bioconversion, algal biology and biofuel production, microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, membrane separation technologies, microbial fuel cells and bioremediation, and catalysis for biomass conversion.

Banu has published extensively, contributing 217 papers in engineering and 149 in environmental science. Frequent publication venues include Bioresource Technology, Fuel, Chemosphere, Journal of Environmental Management, and International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.

  • Bioresource Technology (38 publications)
  • Fuel (14 publications)
  • Chemosphere (12 publications)
  • Journal of Environmental Management (8 publications)
  • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (8 publications)

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Banu are:

  • Lignocellulosic biomass based biorefinery: A successful platform towards circular bioeconomy, 2021, Fuel
  • Recent developments in pretreatment technologies on lignocellulosic biomass: Effect of key parameters, technological improvements, and challenges, 2020, Bioresource Technology
  • Techno-economic assessment of various hydrogen production methods - A review, 2020, Bioresource Technology
  • Lignocellulosic biomass-based pyrolysis: A comprehensive review, 2021, Chemosphere
  • A critical review of pretreatment technologies to enhance anaerobic digestion and energy recovery, 2020, Fuel

Banu has worked closely with several frequent co-authors, including Gopalakrishnan Kumar, S. Kavitha, R. Yukesh Kannah, M. Gunasekaran, and V. Godvin Sharmila, collaborating multiple times across various projects.

  • Gopalakrishnan Kumar
  • S. Kavitha
  • R. Yukesh Kannah
  • M. Gunasekaran
  • V. Godvin Sharmila

In addition to journal articles, Banu has contributed to book publications. One notable book is Hazardous Waste Management, published by IntechOpen in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Recent developments in pretreatment technologies on lignocellulosic biomass: Effect of key parameters, technological improvements, and challenges.

    Shashi Kant Bhatia;Sujit Sadashiv Jagtap;Ashwini Ashok Bedekar;Ravi Kant Bhatia

  • Techno-economic assessment of various hydrogen production methods - A review.

    R. Yukesh Kannah;S. Kavitha;Preethi;O. Parthiba Karthikeyan

  • A review on lignin structure, pretreatments, fermentation reactions and biorefinery potential.

    Vinoth Kumar Ponnusamy;Dinh Duc Nguyen;Jeyaprakash Dharmaraja;Sutha Shobana

  • A critical review of pretreatment technologies to enhance anaerobic digestion and energy recovery

    M.R. Atelge;M.R. Atelge;A.E. Atabani;J. Rajesh Banu;J. Rajesh Banu;David Krisa

  • A comprehensive review on green nanomaterials using biological systems: Recent perception and their future applications.

    Rijuta Ganesh Saratale;Indira Karuppusamy;Ganesh Dattatraya Saratale;Arivalagan Pugazhendhi

  • A review on biopolymer production via lignin valorization

    J. Rajesh Banu;S. Kavitha;R. Yukesh Kannah;T. Poornima Devi

  • Lignocellulosic biomass based biorefinery: A successful platform towards circular bioeconomy

    J. Rajesh Banu;Preethi;S. Kavitha;Vinay Kumar Tyagi

  • A critical review on anaerobic digestion of microalgae and macroalgae and co-digestion of biomass for enhanced methane generation

    Rijuta Ganesh Saratale;Gopalakrishnan Kumar;Rajesh Banu;Ao Xia

  • Microalgae based biorefinery promoting circular bioeconomy-techno economic and life-cycle analysis

    J. Rajesh Banu;Preethi;S. Kavitha;M. Gunasekaran

  • Low temperature thermo-chemical pretreatment of dairy waste activated sludge for anaerobic digestion process

    R. Uma Rani;S. Adish Kumar;S. Kaliappan;Ick-Tae Yeom

  • Biowaste-to-bioplastic (polyhydroxyalkanoates): Conversion technologies, strategies, challenges, and perspective

    Shashi Kant Bhatia;Sachin V. Otari;Jong-Min Jeon;Ranjit Gurav

  • Recent advances in commercial biorefineries for lignocellulosic ethanol production: Current status, challenges and future perspectives.

    Tirath Raj;K. Chandrasekhar;A Naresh Kumar;J. Rajesh Banu

  • The enhancement of anaerobic biodegradability of waste activated sludge by surfactant mediated biological pretreatment.

    S. Kavitha;C. Jayashree;S. Adish Kumar;Ick Tae Yeom

  • Food waste valorization: Biofuels and value added product recovery

    R. Yukesh Kannah;J. Merrylin;T. Poornima Devi;S. Kavitha

  • Biohydrogen production from industrial wastewater: An overview

    Preethi;T.M. Mohamed Usman;J. Rajesh Banu;M. Gunasekaran

  • Algal-based system for removal of emerging pollutants from wastewater: A review.

    Rashmi Gondi;S. Kavitha;R. Yukesh Kannah;Obulisamy Parthiba Karthikeyan;Obulisamy Parthiba Karthikeyan

  • Effect of enzyme secreting bacterial pretreatment on enhancement of aerobic digestion potential of waste activated sludge interceded through EDTA

    S. Kavitha;S. Adish Kumar;K.N. Yogalakshmi;S. Kaliappan

  • Treatment of dairy wastewater using anaerobic and solar photocatalytic methods

    J. Rajesh Banu;S. Anandan;S. Kaliappan;Ick-Tae Yeom

  • A review on valorization of spent coffee grounds (SCG) towards biopolymers and biocatalysts production.

    Ganesh Dattatraya Saratale;Rahul Bhosale;Sutha Shobana;J. Rajesh Banu

  • Treatment of seafood processing wastewater using upflow microbial fuel cell for power generation and identification of bacterial community in anodic biofilm.

    C. Jayashree;K. Tamilarasan;M. Rajkumar;P. Arulazhagan

  • Impacts of microwave pretreatments on the semi-continuous anaerobic digestion of dairy waste activated sludge.

    R. Uma Rani;S. Adish Kumar;S. Kaliappan;IckTae Yeom

  • Nutrient removal in an A2O-MBR reactor with sludge reduction.

    J. Rajesh Banu;Do Khac Uan;Ick-Tae Yeom

  • Treatment of poultry slaughterhouse wastewater in upflow anaerobic filter under low upflow velocity

    R. Rajakumar;T. Meenambal;J. Rajesh Banu;I. T. Yeom

Frequent Co-Authors

Gopalakrishnan Kumar
Gopalakrishnan Kumar Yonsei University
S. Kaliappan
S. Kaliappan Anna University, Chennai
Dinh Duc Nguyen
Dinh Duc Nguyen Kyonggi University
Soon Woong Chang
Soon Woong Chang Kyonggi University
Sang-Hyoun Kim
Sang-Hyoun Kim Yonsei University
Ala’a H. Al-Muhtaseb
Ala’a H. Al-Muhtaseb Sultan Qaboos University
Guangyin Zhen
Guangyin Zhen East China Normal University
Huu Hao Ngo
Huu Hao Ngo University of Technology Sydney
Vinoth Kumar Ponnusamy
Vinoth Kumar Ponnusamy Kaohsiung Medical University
Arivalagan Pugazhendhi
Arivalagan Pugazhendhi Cape Breton University

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