
Advances in Bioenergy and Microfluidic Applications
- 1st Edition - February 2, 2021
- Editors: Mohammad Reza Rahimpour, Reza Kamali, Mohammad Amin Makarem, Mohammad Karim Dehghan Manshadi
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 1 6 0 1 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 2 6 3 4 - 6
Since fossil fuels suffer from dangerous side effects for the environment and their resources are limited, bioenergy attracted many attentions in various aspects as an alternative… Read more

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Request a sales quote- Describes energy production from biomass, biomass conversion, their advantages and limitations
- Describes the application of biomass in membranes, sorbents, water-treatment, refineries, and microfluidic devices
- Offers a future outlook of bioenergy production and possibility to apply in the industries
Academic researchers and R&D departments; Biochemists and biochemical engineers; Academic researchers working on bioenergy and biomass conversion; Engineers working in bioprocess design, biochemical and biofuel production, renewable energy sources, and on microfluidics platforms
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Section I. Biomass conversion and upgrading
- 1. Biomass conversion: general information, chemistry, and processes
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Chemical characterization of biomass
- 3. Biomass classification
- 4. From biomass to bioenergy production
- 5. Pretreatment processes of lignocellulosic biomass
- 6. Conversion technologies
- 7. Global biomass trends
- 8. Conclusion and future outlooks
- 2. An overview on pretreatment processes for an effective conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into bioethanol
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Pretreatment
- 3. Combined pretreatment
- 4. Conclusion and future trends
- 3. Biofuel purification and upgrading: using novel integrated membrane technology
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Membrane features
- 3. Membrane types
- 4. Benefits and drawbacks of using membrane technology in biofuel purification and upgrading
- 5. Membrane fouling
- 6. Upgrading biogas
- 7. Biodiesel purification
- 8. Upgrading bio-oil
- 9. Purification of bioethanol
- 10. Upgrading biohydrogen
- 11. Conclusion and future trend
- 4. Chemical looping conversion of biomass and biomass-derived feedstocks
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Basic principles and concepts
- 3. Chemical looping biomass and biomass-derived conversion
- 4. Comparative analysis
- 5. Concluding challenges and outlooks
- Section II. Biomass conversion into bioproducts
- 5. Production of biogas, bio-oil, and biocoal from biomass
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Biomass technologies
- 3. Biogas
- 4. Bio-oil
- 5. Biocoal
- 6. Environmental impact and future of biomass and bioenergy
- 7. Conclusion and future trends
- 6. Production of biodiesel from biomass
- 1. Introduction
- 2. History of biodiesel
- 3. Biodiesel market
- 4. Feedstock classification and pretreatment
- 5. Biodiesel production processes
- 6. Transesterification of vegetable oil using homogeneous catalyst
- 7. Transesterification of vegetable oil using heterogeneous catalyst
- 8. Other processes of biodiesel production
- 9. Biodiesel byproduct: challenges and opportunities in glycerol valorization
- 10. Conclusions
- 7. Thermochemical routes for hydrogen production from biomass
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Hydrogen as a sustainable and clean energy carrier
- 3. Application of hydrogen
- 4. Feedstock for hydrogen production
- 5. Hydrogen from biomass feedstock
- 6. Different methods of hydrogen production
- 7. Production of hydrogen via thermochemical processes
- 8. Conclusion
- 8. Biofuel production from microalgae and process enhancement by metabolic engineering and ultrasound
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Microalgae
- 3. The procedure of lipid extraction from the microalgae biomass
- 4. Biofuel production from the microalgae extracted lipid
- 5. Production of biofuel from microalgae with ultrasound
- 6. Biofuel production improvement with metabolic engineered microalga
- 7. Conclusion
- 9. Biomass conversion to biomethanol
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Methanol production routes
- 3. Biomass to methanol technology
- 4. Challenges on industrialization
- 5. Conclusion
- Section III. Advanced bioenergy applications
- 10. Biomass as a source of adsorbents for CO2 capture
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Chemical sorption
- 3. Physical adsorption
- 4. Conclusion and future outlooks
- 11. Fuel cells based on biomass
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Basis of MFC
- 3. Microbial culture
- 4. Scale-up and developments in technology
- 5. Conclusion
- 12. Wastewater treatment: employing biomass
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The biomass utilized in water and wastewater treatment
- 3. Operating parameters
- 4. Aerobic water treatment
- 5. Anaerobic water treatment
- 6. The membrane bioreactor
- 7. Sequencing batch reactor
- 8. Fixed bed reactors
- 9. Fluidized bed reactors
- 10. Dual-purpose algae–based systems
- 11. Economic analysis
- 12. Conclusion and future trends
- 13. Microfluidic devices and their bioprocess applications
- 1. Introduction to microfluidic device
- 2. Biomass
- 3. Production technology of bioenergy
- 4. Microfluidic device application in biofuel
- 5. Conclusion and future trends
- 14. Micro-bioprocessors and their applications in bioenergy production
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Micro-bioprocessors
- 3. Biofuels as an alternative to fossil fuels
- 4. Micro-bioprocessors and fuel cells
- 5. Conclusions and future trends
- 15. An overview on micropumps, micromixers, and their applications in bioprocess
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Various types of bioprocess
- 3. Microfluidics bioprocess
- 4. Micromixers
- 5. Micropumps
- 6. Conclusion and future trend
- 16. Droplet-based microfluidic platforms and an overview with a focus on application in biofuel generation
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Droplet formation regimes
- 3. Device fabrications
- 4. Passive methods
- 5. Active methods
- 6. Droplet-based microfluidic platforms for bioenergy applications
- 7. Conclusions and future trends
- 17. Application of biomass ash for brick manufacturing
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Bricks
- 3. Necessity of the addition of wastes to the bricks
- 4. Biomass ash
- 5. Wastes categorization
- 6. Constituent of brick
- 7. Biomass origin
- 8. Effects of biomass waste addition to the bricks raw material
- 9. Brick production: process and methods
- 10. Commercialization
- 11. Conclusion and future aspects
- 18. Biomass technologies industrialization and environmental challenges
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Technology overview
- 3. Environmental challenges
- 4. Conclusion and future trends
- Index
- No. of pages: 488
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: February 2, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128216019
- eBook ISBN: 9780128226346
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Mohammad Reza Rahimpour
Prof. Mohammad Reza Rahimpour is a professor in Chemical Engineering at Shiraz University, Iran. He received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Shiraz University joint with University of Sydney, Australia 1988. He started his independent career as Assistant Professor in September 1998 at Shiraz University. Prof. M.R. Rahimpour, was a Research Associate at University of California, Davis from 2012 till 2017. During his stay in University of California, he developed different reaction networks and catalytic processes such as thermal and plasma reactors for upgrading of lignin bio-oil to biofuel with collaboration of UCDAVIS. He has been a Chair of Department of Chemical Engineering at Shiraz University from 2005 till 2009 and from 2015 till 2020. Prof. M.R. Rahimpour leads a research group in fuel processing technology focused on the catalytic conversion of fossil fuels such as natural gas, and renewable fuels such as bio-oils derived from lignin to valuable energy sources. He provides young distinguished scholars with perfect educational opportunities in both experimental methods and theoretical tools in developing countries to investigate in-depth research in the various field of chemical engineering including carbon capture, chemical looping, membrane separation, storage and utilization technologies, novel technologies for natural gas conversion and improving the energy efficiency in the production and use of natural gas industries.
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Reza Kamali
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Mohammad Amin Makarem
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