Lignocellulosic biomass to liquid biofuels

✍ Scribed by Pirozzi, Domenico; Sannino, Filomena; Yousuf, Abu

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 348
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Lignocellulosic Biomass to Liquid Biofuels explores the existing technologies and most recent developments for the production of second generation liquid biofuels, providing an introduction to lignocellulosic biomass and the processes for its conversion into biofuels. The book demonstrates biorefinery concepts compared with petro refinery, as well as the challenges of second generation biofuels processing. In addition to current pre-treatment techniques and their technical, environmental and economic implications, chapters included also further examine the particularities of conversion processes for bioethanol, biobutanol and biodiesel through chemical, biochemical and combined approaches. Finally, the book looks into concepts and tools for techno-economic and environmental analysis, which include supply chain assessment, by-products, zero-waste techniques and process evaluation and optimization. Lignocellulosic Biomass to Liquid Biofuels is particularly useful for researchers in the field of liquid biofuels seeking alternative chemical and biochemical pathways or those interested advanced methods to calculate maximum yield for each process and methods to simulate the implications and costs of scaling up. Furthermore, with the introduction provided by this volume, researchers and graduate students entering the field will be able to quickly get up to speed and identify knowledge gaps in existing and upcoming technology the book's comprehensive overview. --  Read more...

Abstract: Lignocellulosic Biomass to Liquid Biofuels explores the existing technologies and most recent developments for the production of second generation liquid biofuels, providing an introduction to lignocellulosic biomass and the processes for its conversion into biofuels. The book demonstrates biorefinery concepts compared with petro refinery, as well as the challenges of second generation biofuels processing. In addition to current pre-treatment techniques and their technical, environmental and economic implications, chapters included also further examine the particularities of conversion processes for bioethanol, biobutanol and biodiesel through chemical, biochemical and combined approaches. Finally, the book looks into concepts and tools for techno-economic and environmental analysis, which include supply chain assessment, by-products, zero-waste techniques and process evaluation and optimization. Lignocellulosic Biomass to Liquid Biofuels is particularly useful for researchers in the field of liquid biofuels seeking alternative chemical and biochemical pathways or those interested advanced methods to calculate maximum yield for each process and methods to simulate the implications and costs of scaling up. Furthermore, with the introduction provided by this volume, researchers and graduate students entering the field will be able to quickly get up to speed and identify knowledge gaps in existing and upcoming technology the book's comprehensive overview

✦ Table of Contents

Content: 1. Fundamentals of lignocellulosic biomass / Abu Yousuf, Domenico Pirozzi and Filomena Sannino --
2. Pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass for efficient enzymatic saccharification of cellulose / Jingzhi Zhang, Haifeng Zhou, Dehua Liu and Xuebing Zhao --
3. Bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass to bioethanol and biobutanol / Alessandra Verardi, Catia Giovanna Lopresto, Alessandro Blasi, Sudip Chakraborty and Vincenza Calabrò --
4. Lignocellulosic biomass to biodiesel / Gaetano Zuccaro, Domenico Pirozzi and Abu Yousuf --
5. Biobutanol from lignocellulosic biomass: bioprocess strategies / Jeyaprakash Dharmaraja, Sutha Shobana, Sundaram Arvindnarayan, Manokaran Vadivel, A.E. Atabani, Arivalagan Pugazhendhi and Gopalakrishnan Kumar --
6. Syngas fermentation to bioethanol / Minhaj Uddin Monir, Abu Yousuf and Azrina Abd Aziz --
7. Fischer-Tropsch synthesis of syngas to liquid hydrocarbons / Sanjeet Mehariya, Angela Iovine, Patrizia Casella, Dino Musmarra, Alberto Figoli, Tiziana Marino and Antonio Molino --
8. Constraints, impacts and benefits of lignocellulose conversion pathways to liquid biofuels and biochemicals / Amalia Zucaro, Gabriella Fiorentino and Sergio Ulgiati --
9. Environmental and socioeconomic impact assessment of biofuels from lignocellulosic biomass / Naveenji Arun and Ajay K. Dalai --
10. Pretreatment of lignocellulosic sugarcane leaves and tops for bioethanol production / S. Niju, M. Swathika and M. Balajii.

✦ Subjects

Biomass energy.;Lignocellulose -- Biotechnology.