Second and Third Generation of Feedstocks: The Evolution of Biofuels

ISBN-13: 9780128151624 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 654 str.

Angelo Basile; Francesco Dalena

Spis treści

Part I: From simple sugars to biofuels: The evolution of biotechnology 1. From sugars to ethanol - from the agricultural wastes to algal sources: An overview 2. First-generation feedstock for bioenergy production 3. From substrate to biofuel in the acetone-butanol-ethanol process 4. Biobutanol versus bioethanol in the acetone-butanol-ethanol technology - A chemical and economical overview

Part II: Second generation feedstocks 5. Biofuels from agricultural wastes 6. Physical and chemical pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass 7. Biological pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomasses - Current trends and future perspectives 8. Hydrolysis: From cellulose and hemicellulose to simple sugars 9. Fermentation processes for second-generation biofuels 10. Evaluation and comparison between simultaneous saccharification and fermentation and separated hydrolysis and fermentation process 11. Physical properties and chemical composition of biofuels

Part III: Third generation feedstocks 12. Algae for biofuels: The third generation of feedstock 13. Thermochemical conversion of microalgal biomass 14. Algal cultivation for biofuel production 15. Anaerobic digestion of microalgae for biomethane production 16. Photobiological biohydrogen production 17. Transesterification of microalgae for biodiesel production 

Part IV -  Economical assestments and future trends 18. Coal versus biofuels. A social and economic assessment 19. An overview of current trends and future scope for vegetable oil-based sustainable alternative fuels for compression ignition engines 20. The fourth generation of biofuel