Advances and Developments in Biobutanol Production
- 1st Edition - November 19, 2022
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Editors: Juan Gabriel Segovia-Hernandez, Shuvashish Behera, Eduardo Sanchez-Ramirez
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 1 1 7 8 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 9 8 0 5 - 5
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Request a sales quoteAdvances and Developments in Biobutanol Production is a comprehensive reference on the production and purification of biobutanol, from the fundamentals to the latest advances. Focusing on selection of biomass, choice of pretreatments, biochemistry and design of fermentation, purification and biofuel application, the book also provides details on biorefinery design, lifecycle analysis, and offers perspectives on future developments. Through detailed analysis, chapters show readers how to overcome the challenges associated with the correct selection of raw material and adequate biomass pretreatment, the selection of microorganisms for fermenting biomass sugars, the purification of effluent coming from fermentation, and the high energy demands of production.
Solutions are supported by step-by-step guidance on methodologies and processes, with lab and industry-scale case studies providing real-world examples of their implementation. This book provides readers with a unique and comprehensive reference on the production of biobutanol for biofuel that will be of interest to graduates, researchers and professionals involved in bioenergy and renewable energy.
- Presents a holistic approach to the production and purification of biobutanol and its use as the high-value bioproduct
- Provides solutions to the major challenges and bottlenecks in biobutanol production, including feedstock, pretreatment, purification, fermentation, high energy demand and recover costs
- Offers step-by-step guidance on processes and procedures and describes their applications alongside real-world case studies
PhD students, researchers, and industry practitioners working in the field of bioenergy and renewable energy, PhD students and researchers working in the fields of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology, and Microbiology
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1. Bio-butanol production: scope, significance, and applications
- 1.1. Introduction
- 1.2. History of butanol production
- 1.3. Microbial species and strains commonly used for butanol fermentation
- 1.4. Butanol production feedstock
- 1.5. Butanol fermentation
- 1.6. Significance and applications of butanol and butanol derivatives
- 1.7. Conclusion
- 2. Developments in biobutanol industrial production
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. Problem statement and case study
- 2.3. Analysis methodology in a sustainability framework
- 2.4. Objective function and optimization strategy
- 2.5. Results
- 2.6. Conclusions
- 3. Biobutanol fermentation research and development: feedstock, process and biofuel production
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Historical significance of biobutanol
- 3.3. Feedstocks
- 3.4. Process integration and intensification
- 3.5. Properties of bio-butanol for use as fuels
- 3.6. Fermentation technologies
- 3.7. Biobutanol microorganisms
- 3.8. Optimization strategies and modeling
- 3.9. Upstream processing of biobutanol
- 3.10. Downstream processing of biobutanol
- 3.11. Conclusion and future perspectives
- 4. Novel approaches toward bio-butanol production from renewable feedstocks
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Second generation biofuels: lignocellulosic substrates
- 4.3. Recombinant microorganisms and biosynthetic pathways
- 4.4. Fermentations in stages and using consortiums
- 4.5. In situ product recovery (ISPR) and ex-situ product recovery (ExSPR)
- 4.6. Mathematical models and process design methods
- 4.7. Concluding remarks
- 5. Biobutanol from agricultural residues: Technology and economics
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Overview of substrates/feedstock sources
- 5.3. Biobutanol production technologies
- 5.4. Technological challenges in biobutanol production
- 5.5. Approaches to overcome the technological barriers
- 5.6. Current economics of biobutanol production
- 5.7. Future outlooks and conclusions
- 6. Biobutanol from agricultural and municipal solid wastes, techno-economic, and lifecycle analysis
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. Biobutanol as an advanced biofuel
- 6.3. Biobutanol production and technologies
- 6.4. Biobutanol: new era of biofuels
- 6.5. ABE fermentation technology
- 6.6. Biobutanol feedstocks
- 6.7. Biofuel production
- 6.8. Techno-economic assessment
- 6.9. Lifecycle analysis
- 6.10. Conclusion and future perspectives
- 7. The importance and impact of pretreatment on bio-butanol production
- 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. Different types of pretreatment
- 7.3. Inhibitors in biobutanol production
- 7.4. Impact of pretreatment strategies in biobutanol production
- 7.5. Concluding remarks
- 8. Biobutanol production from food crops
- 8.1. Introduction
- 8.2. Fermentation process of butanol production
- 8.3. Ancient industrial process of biobutanol production
- 8.4. Food crops used for butanol production
- 8.5. Present status of biofuel (biobutanol) production from food grains
- 8.6. Future perspective of butanol production from food crops
- 8.7. Conclusions
- 9. Lignocellulosic bio-butanol production: challenges and solution
- 9.1. Introduction
- 9.2. Conventional acetone-butanol-ethanol fermentation
- 9.3. Lignocellulosic biomass as a substrate in ABE fermentation for butanol production
- 9.4. Challenges associated with lignocellulosic biomass as substrate for butanol production
- 9.5. Solution to the existing challenges associated with lignocellulosic biomass as substrate for butanol production
- 9.6. Cost analysis of lignocellulosic butanol production
- 9.7. Conclusions
- 10. Methods for bio-butanol production and purification
- 10.1. Introduction
- 10.2. Generations of bio-butanol production
- 10.3. Fermentation techniques for bio-butanol production
- 10.4. Challenges in bio-butanol production
- 10.5. Strain development for bio-butanol production
- 10.6. Recovery processes for butanol purification
- 10.7. Conclusion and future prospects
- 11. Current status and perspective on algal biomass-based biobutanol production
- 11.1. Introduction
- 11.2. Biobutanol—a promising alternate fuel
- 11.3. Feedstock for biobutanol production
- 11.4. Algae—a third-generation feedstock for biobutanol production
- 11.5. Biobutanol production process
- 11.6. Biobutanol fermentation processes
- 11.7. Downstream processing of biobutanol
- 11.8. Challenges in algal biomass-based ABE fermentation
- 11.9. Conclusion
- 12. Insights into metabolic engineering approaches for enhanced biobutanol production
- 12.1. Introduction
- 12.2. Current methods and challenges for the production of butanol
- 12.3. Types of metabolic engineering approaches for enhanced biobutanol production
- 12.4. International patent status on the application of metabolic engineering for biobutanol production
- 12.5. Conclusions and prospects
- 13. Application of nanotechnology in biobutanol production
- 13.1. Introduction
- 13.2. Challenges associated with biobutanol production
- 13.3. Nanotechnology: a prospective approach
- 13.4. Application of nanotechnology in biobutanol production
- 13.5. Risks associated with nanotechnology
- 13.6. Conclusions
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 19, 2022
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- No. of pages: 404
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323911788
- eBook ISBN: 9780323998055
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Juan Gabriel Segovia-Hernandez
Juan Gabriel Segovia-Hernandez is a Professor at Department of Chemical, Engineering of University of Guanajuato (México) has strong expertise in synthesis, design and optimization of (bio) processes. He has contributed to defining systematic methodologies to found, in a complete way, optimum sustainable and green processes for the production of several commodities. He also applied his methodologies to the production of biofuels and Bio-Based Building Blocks. Products of his research are more than 120 papers published in high impact factor indexed journals, 3 books with prestigious international publishers and three patent registers. In addition, he acts as a reviewer for over 25 top journals in chemical engineering, energy, and applied chemistry. For the pioneering work and remarkable achievements in his area of scientific research, he was National President of Mexican Academy of Chemical Engineering (2013-2015).
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Chemical, Engineering of University of Guanajuato, MexicoSB
Shuvashish Behera
Dr. Shuvashish Behera is a Scientist in the Department of Alcohol Technology and Biofuels at Vasantdada Sugar Institute, Pune, India. He obtained his Master and Ph.D degree in Microbiology, based on bioprocessing for ethanol production, and then worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow in a MNRE funded project entitled “Process development for bioethanol production from agricultural residues, Phase-I: Development of process for co-fermentation of hexose and pentose sugars of agricultural residues”. He has also worked as project PI cum Young Scientist in a DST-SERB funded project entitled “Process development for enhanced biobutanol production using butanol-tolerant isolate” at SSS-National Institute of Bio-Energy, Punjab, India. He has also worked as the Associate Professor at Chandigarh University, Punjab, India. He has more than 13 years of research experience in liquid biofuels like bioethanol and biobutanol. He has more than 40 publications in different reputed National and International Journals and books, and has recently filed a provisional patent. His areas of interests are bioenergy, bioprocess engineering, enzyme technology and bioconversion of different feed-stocks to biofuels.
Affiliations and expertise
Scientist, Department of Alcohol Technology and Biofuels, Vasantdada Sugar Institute, Pune, IndiaES
Eduardo Sanchez-Ramirez
Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Guanajuato (Mexico) since 2017. Through his academic development, he has gained considerable experience in the area of synthesis, design, simulation, control and optimization of chemical processes. Currently published contributions focus on the production of biofuels and base chemicals in the chemical industry. He has currently published more than 25 articles in indexed journals, 6 book chapters from renowned publishers and has registered 2 patents. He acts as a reviewer of indexed journals in the area of energy and chemical engineering. Email: [email protected], tel: +(52)4737320006 ext. 1403
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Guanajuato, MexicoRead Advances and Developments in Biobutanol Production on ScienceDirect