Prof. Dr. I.Neethi Manickam, Francis Xavier Engineering College, India

Research Interests: Thermal Engineering, Biomass Energy conversion, Renewable Energy Technology, etc

Speech Title: Bio Hydrogen Production from Biomass

Biography: Dr. I.ethi Manickam is a Professor of Francis Xavier Engineering College and department head of mechanical engineering. He is a life member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) and Indian Association of Hydrologist (IAH), a member of Institution of Engineers (IE). His research interests are thermal engineering, biomass energy conversion and renewable energy technology. He has published 41 international articles, is a reviewer of several international journals, and also serves as doctoral supervisor at Anna University, India.

Abstract: Hydrogen production plays a very important role in the development of hydrogen economy. One of the promising hydrogen production approaches is conversion from biomass, which is abundant, clean and renewable. Alternative thermochemical (pyrolysis and gasification) and biological (biophotolysis, water–gas shift reaction and fermentation) processes can be practically applied to produce hydrogen. This speach gives an overview of these technologies for hydrogen production from biomass. The future development will also be addressed.