
Advances in Bioenergy
Conversion of waste and biomass to fuels and polymers
- 1st Edition, Volume 9 - May 25, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Yebo Li
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 5 3 4 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 5 3 5 - 5
Advances in Bioenergy: Conversion of waste and biomass to fuels and polymers, Volume Nine highlights new advances in the field with this new volume presenting interesting chapte… Read more

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Request a sales quoteAdvances in Bioenergy: Conversion of waste and biomass to fuels and polymers, Volume Nine highlights new advances in the field with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of topics, including Rethinking Anaerobic Digestion for Bioenergy and Biopolymers Production: Challenges and Opportunities, Current technologies and applications of CO2 utilization into bio-products, Synthesis of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) from renewable resources, Thermochemical processing of algal biomass for biofuel production, Sustainable polycarbonate production from CO2, Social and Environmental Impact Assessment and Renewable Energy Production in MSW Landfills, Advances in water gas shift reaction for hydrogen production from biomass, and Production and application of lignin-based carbon fibers.
- Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors
- Presents the latest release in Advances in Bioenergy series
Researchers, students, industry and governmental regulators, and policy makers in the field of bioenergy
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter One: Rethinking anaerobic digestion for bioenergy and biopolymers production: Challenges and opportunities
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Advances in anaerobic digestion
- 3 Microbial electrochemical technology
- 4 Arrested methanogenesis
- 5 VFAs recovery and conversion to polymers and aviation fuels
- 6 Biogas utilization
- 7 Digestate management
- 8 Challenges and prospects
- 9 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter Two: Lignin-based carbon fiber toward sustainability: Opportunities and challenges
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 General carbon fiber production
- 3 Biobased carbon fiber
- 4 Lignin structure
- 5 Lignin-based carbon fibers
- 6 Factors affecting the qualities of lignin-based precursor and carbon fibers
- 7 Approaches to improve structural orientability of lignin-based carbon fiber
- 8 Outlook and recommendations for future research
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Three: Sustainable polycarbonates production from CO2
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Catalysts for the fixation of CO2 into polycarbonates
- 3 Approaches in functionalization of CO2 based polycarbonates
- 4 Property and applications of CO2 based polycarbonates
- 5 CO2-based polyols: preparation, property and applications
- 6 Summary and outlook
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Four: Advances in water-gas shift reaction for hydrogen production from biomass
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Overview of hydrogen production from biomass
- 3 Parameters influencing hydrogen yield in biomass gasification
- 4 Overview of water-gas shift reaction
- 5 Industrial applications of hydrogen from biomass-based feedstocks
- 6 Challenges and future opportunities for hydrogen production
- 7 Conclusions and prospects
- References
- Chapter Five: Thermochemical processing of algal biomass for biofuel production
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Thermochemical methods
- 3 Liquid biofuels
- 4 Gaseous biofuels
- 5 Biochar
- 6 Perspectives
- 7 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter Six: Green technologies for recovery of polyhydroxyalkanoates: Opportunities and perspectives
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 PHA recovery methods
- 3 Scale-up and future directions
- 4 Conclusion
- Acklowldegements
- References
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 9
- Published: May 25, 2024
- No. of pages (Hardback): 400
- No. of pages (eBook): 258
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443295348
- eBook ISBN: 9780443295355
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Yebo Li
Dr. Yebo Li is a professor in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University (OSU). His research area is bioproducts and bioenergy with focuses on biogas production and upgrading, fermentation and separation, and thermochemical conversion of biomass for the production of biopolyols and polyurethanes. Dr. Li has written more than 230 peer reviewed journal articles and conference presentations and been awarded five patents. He has served as Division Editor, Associate Editor, and sat on Editorial Boards for several journals like Transactions of ASABE, and International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy. He is also the Co-Editor of a bioenergy textbook: Bioenergy-Principals and Applications . Dr Li has received many awards including the 2012 Rain Bird Engineering Concept of the Year Award from the American Society for Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
Affiliations and expertise
professor in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University (OSU).Read Advances in Bioenergy on ScienceDirect