Biofuels and Bioenergy: Opportunities and Challenges

ISBN-13: 9780323852692 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 562 str.

Gurunathan Baskar; Sahadevan Renganathan; Zainul Akmar Bin Zakaria

Spis treści

Section I Biofuels and Bioenergy 1. Opportunities and challenges in industrial production of biofuels

Section II Biomass into Biofuels and Bioenergy 2. Technology to convert biomass to biooil: Challenges and opportunity 3. Nonwaste technology in the bioethanol and biodiesel industries 4. Hydrothermal liquefaction of lignocellulosic biomass for production of biooil and by-products: Current state of the art and challenges

Section III Bioethanol and Biodiesel Production 5. Refining lignocellulose of second-generation waste for bioethanol production 6. Various methods of biodiesel production and types of catalysts 7. Biodiesel production using enzymatic catalyst 8. Importance of nanocatalyst and its role in biofuel production 9. Potentials and challenges in biodiesel production from algaedtechnological outlook

Section IV Biogas Production 10. Sustainable approaches for biohydrogen and biogas production from corn wastes: Prospects and challenges 11. Biogas production potential in India, latest biogas up gradation techniques and future application in a fuel cell 12. Anaerobic digestion of agrowastes: End-of-life step of a biorefinery 13. Biomass gasification: A step towards cleaner fuel and chemicals

Section V Bioenergy Production using Pyrolysis 14. Pyrolysis: An alternative approach for utilization of biomass into bioenergy generation

Section VI Bioenergy Production using Microbial Fuel Cell 15. Production of biofuels in a microbial electrochemical reactor 16. Advances in microbial fuel cell technology for zero carbon emission energy generation from waste 17. Concomitant bioenergy production and wastewater treatment employing microbial electrochemical technologies

Section VII Microalgae as Source of Biofuels and Bioenergy 18. Microalgae - the ideal source of biofuel 19. Principles and technology advances in wastewater treatment through microalgae for bioenergy 20. Weeds as a renewable bioresource: Prospects for bioconversion to biofuels and biomaterials through a cascade of approaches 21. Critical parameters affecting large-scale production of microalgal biomass in outdoor open raceway ponds 22. Fostering single cell oil synthesis by de novo and ex novo pathway in oleaginous microorganisms for biodiesel production 23. Production of biofuel from genetically modified microalgal biomass and its effects on environment and public health

Section VIII Techno-economic analysis and Life Cycle Assessment 24. Sustainability assessment of third-generation biofuels: A life cycle perspective