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9Utilization of Agro Waste for Energy Engineering Applications: Toward the Manufacturing of Batteries and Super Capacitors

S.N. Kumar¹, Akhil Sabuj¹, Nishitha R. P.¹, O Lijo Joseph¹, Aju Mathew George², and I. Christina Jane³

¹ Department of EEE, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirapally, Kerala, India

² Department of Civil Engineering, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirapally, Kerala, India

³ Department of ECE, Mar Ephraem College of Engineering, Elavuvilai, Tamil Nadu, India

9.1 Introduction

Advances in science and technologies over the past few centuries have arguably become a prominent aspect for human living conditions. But, with a holistic approach, it can be concluded that even though the quality of life is apparently improving, our ecosystem is deteriorating in a critical manner; the major reason being the nonscientific approaches being made to meet our day‐to‐day energy demands. This section outlines why our energy sources should be made “clean” in the context of their ecologically friendly nature and how this can be achieved. Also is outlined the contributions that biomass can provide in this area.

The present era in which we live is termed the Anthropocene, which is primarily characterized by anthropogenic climatic changes. These changes are due to global warming occurring as a result of increased levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, which are caused by human activities around the globe. The chart provided as Figure 9.1 depicts the contribution ...