This book presents the state of the art in biogas production using anaerobic digestion technology, with an emphasis on waste utilization/valorization. Offering a comprehensive reference guide to biogas production from different waste streams, it covers various aspects of anaerobic digestion technology from the basics, i.e., microbiological aspects to prominent parameters governing biogas production systems, as well as major principles of their operation, analysis, process control, and troubleshooting. Written and edited by internationally recognized experts in the field of biogas production from both academia and industry, it provides in-depth and cutting-edge information on central developments in the field. In addition, it discusses and reviews major issues affecting biogas production, including the type of feedstock, pretreatment techniques, production systems, design and fabrication of biogas plants, as well as biogas purification and upgrading technologies. ¿Biogas: Fundamentals, Process, and Operation¿ also addresses the application of advanced environmental and energy evaluation tools including life cycle assessment (LCA), exergy, techno-economics, and modeling techniques. This book is intended for all researchers, practitioners and students who are interested in the current trends and future prospects of biogas production technologies.

1- Waste management strategies: the state of the art.- 2- Waste and wastewater management strategies: life cycle assessment (LCA) approach.- 3- Biogas production: pretreatment techniques.- 4- Biogas production: microbiological aspects.- 5- Feedstocks for biogas production: biogas and electricity generation potentials .- 6- Biogas production systems.- 7- Prominent parameters in biogas production systems.- 8- Biogas production systems: start-up process.- 9- Biogas production systems: operation, process control, and troubleshooting.- 10- Analytical methods in biogas production.- 11- Biogas purification and upgrading technologies.- 12- Applications of biogas and related products.- 13- Biogas plants: design and fabrication.- 14- Biogas plants: bio-refinery approach.- 15- Techno-economical aspects of biogas plants.- 16- Exergetic aspects of biogas production.- 17- Advanced modeling techniques in biogas production.- 18- Current state and future prospects of biogas industry in the world.