Biofuels Engineering Process Technology

✍ Scribed by Caye Drapcho, John Nghiem, Terry Walker

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 385
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

New Process Technology for Developing Low-Cost, Environmentally Safe Biofuels
Rising fuel prices have created a surge in the worldwide demand for biofuels made from plant and animal feedstocks. Filled with a wealth of illustrations, Biofuels Engineering Process Technology fully explains the concepts, systems, and technology now being used to produce biofuels on both an industrial and small scale.
Written by a team of leading biofuels experts, this lucid guide presents a complete introduction to biofuels and biorefining processes…state-of-the-art information on biofuels processed from fermentations of ethanol, hydrogen, microbial oils, and methane…new material on the production of biodiesel from plant and algal oils…and the use of microbial fuel cells to produce bioelectricity. Biofuels Engineering Process Technology takes readers step by step through: The key concepts, systems, and technology of biofuels A review of the basic concepts of fermentation pathways and kinetic modeling of bioreactors Biofuels produced from fermentations of agricultural feedstocks and biomass-ethanol, hydrogen, microbial oils, and methane Biodiesel fuels processed from the chemical conversion of microbial and plant oils Bioelectricity produced from microbial fuel cells The latest sustainable biorefinery concepts and methods
Inside This Cutting-Edge Biofuels Engineering Guide
• Introduction • Fuels from Fermentations: Ethanol • Hydrogen • Microbial Oils • Methane • Fuel from Chemical Conversion of Plant and Algal Oils: Biodiesel • Microbial Fuel Cells • Technical Resources

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 13
Part 1 The Basics......Page 15
1.1 Biorefinery......Page 17
1.2 Description of Biofuels......Page 19
1.3 Energy Use......Page 20
1.4 Efficiency of Energy Use......Page 22
1.5 Biofuels Production and Use......Page 24
1.6 Alternative Energies......Page 26
1.7 Environmental Impact......Page 27
1.8 Book Overview......Page 28
References......Page 29
2.1 Introduction and Basic Definitions......Page 31
2.2 Biochemical Pathways Review for Organoheterotrophic Metabolism......Page 33
2.3 Biochemical Pathways Overview for Lithotrophic Growth......Page 44
2.4 Biochemical Pathways Overview for Phototrophic Metabolism......Page 45
2.5 Definition and Importance of Chemical Oxygen Demand......Page 47
Acknowledgments......Page 49
References......Page 50
3.2 Summary of Microbial Growth Models......Page 51
3.3 Kinetic Rate Expressions......Page 59
3.4 Bioreactor Operation and Design for Biofuel Production......Page 62
3.5 Bioreactor Design Strategies......Page 71
3.6 Modeling of Glucose Utilization and Hydrogen Production......Page 72
Summary......Page 78
References......Page 79
Part 2 Biofuels......Page 81
4.1 Starch Feedstocks......Page 83
4.2 Sugar Feedstocks......Page 93
4.3 Lignocellulosic Feedstocks......Page 94
4.4 Plant Oils and Animal Fats......Page 102
4.5 Miscellaneous Feedstocks......Page 105
References......Page 108
5.1 Ethanol Production from Sugar and Starch Feedstocks......Page 119
5.2 Ethanol Production from Lignocellulosic Feedstocks......Page 147
References......Page 188
6.1 Introduction......Page 211
6.2 Biodiesel Production Chemistry and Thermodynamic Aspects......Page 215
6.3 Oil Sources and Production......Page 233
6.4 Coproducts......Page 250
6.5 Methods of Biodiesel Production......Page 252
6.6 Economics......Page 264
6.7 Summary and Conclusions......Page 272
Acknowledgments......Page 273
Problems......Page 274
References......Page 276
7.1 Introduction......Page 283
7.2 Photobiological H[sub(2)] Production......Page 285
7.3 Hydrogen Production by Fermentation......Page 288
7.4 Hydrogen Detection, Quantification, and Reporting......Page 304
7.5 Fermentation Bioreactor Sizing for PEM Fuel Cell Use......Page 311
References......Page 313
8.2 Biochemical Basis......Page 317
8.3 Past Work Summary......Page 319
8.4 Fuel Cell Design......Page 322
8.5 MFC Performance Methods......Page 328
8.6 MFC Performance......Page 332
8.7 Fabrication Example......Page 336
8.8 Future Directions......Page 337
References......Page 339
9.2 Microbiology of Methane Production......Page 343
9.3 Biomass Sources for Methane Generation......Page 348
9.4 Systems......Page 352
9.5 Biogas Composition and Use......Page 357
References......Page 358
Appendix: Conversion Factors and Constants......Page 361
A......Page 365
B......Page 366
C......Page 368
D......Page 370
E......Page 371
F......Page 373
H......Page 374
I......Page 375
M......Page 376
O......Page 378
P......Page 379
R......Page 380
S......Page 381
T......Page 383
W......Page 384
Z......Page 385

✦ Subjects

Топливно-энергетический комплекс;Биотопливо, биоэнергетика;