Biofuels and Biorefining

Volume 1: Current Technologies for Biomass Conversion

1st Edition - May 26, 2022
Editors: Fernando Israel Gomez Castro, Claudia Gutierrez-Antonio
Language: English
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Biofuels and Biorefining: Volume One: Current Technologies for Biomass Conversion considers the conventional processes for biofuels and biomass-derived products in single and biorefinery schemes. Sections address the fundamentals of the transformation of biomass into fuels and products, including a discussion of current and future scenarios, potential raw materials that can be used, the main processing technologies and their commercial potential, and a description of the concept of biorefinery and the opportunities offered by this approach. Each chapter is supported by industry case studies covering the development of each product, fuel type, and biorefinery.

This book provides an integrated approach to biofuels production and process intensification that will be useful to researchers involved in all aspects of bioenergy, particularly those interested in cost reduction, environmental impact and enhanced production.

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Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Contributors
Chapter 1: Biomass: The driver for sustainable development
Abstract
Acknowledgments
1.1: Introduction
1.2: Global energy context
1.3: Biomass for bioenergy and value-added products
1.4: Future trends for a bio-based economy
1.5: Conclusions
References
Chapter 2: Raw materials for a biomass-based industry
Abstract
Acknowledgments
2.1: Introduction
2.2: Triglyceride feedstock
2.3: Sugar and starchy feedstock
2.4: Lignocellulosic feedstock
2.5: Waste feedstock
2.6: Biomass to value-added products and/or compounds
2.7: Conclusions
References
Chapter 3: An overview on the calculation of thermodynamic properties and phase equilibria in biofuels production and biorefinery
Abstract
3.1: Introduction
3.2: Prediction of thermodynamic properties for pure components and mixtures involved in biofuels production and biorefinery
3.3: Calculation of phase equilibria of systems involved in the biofuels production and biorefinery
3.4: Conclusions
References
Chapter 4: Microbial bioethanol fermentation technologies—Recent trends and future prospects
Abstract
4.1: Introduction
4.2: Biomass feedstocks for bioethanol production
4.3: Description of alcoholic fermentation with its biological reactions
4.4: Microorganisms for alcoholic fermentation with their metabolic routes
4.5: Bacteria in fermentation
4.6: Pretreatment of biomass
4.7: Hydrolysis
4.8: Bioreactors in alcoholic fermentation
4.9: Fundamentals and modeling of alcoholic fermentation
4.10: A review of the trends of alcoholic fermentation
4.11: Status of bioethanol in Indian perspective
4.12: Conclusion
References
Further reading
Chapter 5: Production of biodiesel: From the oil to the engine
Abstract
5.1: Introduction
5.2: Raw materials for biodiesel production
5.3: Conventional biodiesel production processes
5.4: Biodiesel production in the world
5.5: Biodiesel economics
5.6: Performance in engines
5.7: Case study: Design and economic assessment of a biodiesel production process
5.8: Conclusions
References
Chapter 6: Production of biojet fuel: Conversion technologies, technoeconomics, and commercial implementation
Abstract
6.1: Introduction
6.2: Rationale for biojet fuel
6.3: Overview of aviation sector, feedstocks, and supply chains
6.4: Conversion pathways used to produce biojet fuel
6.5: Separation technologies for the purification of products
6.6: Techno-economic modeling of biojet fuel conversion technologies
6.7: Case studies of the commercialization of biojet fuel production technologies
6.8: Life cycle assessment of biojet fuel in commercial aviation
6.9: Conclusions
References
Chapter 7: Biogas production: Technologies and applications
Abstract
7.1: A brief review of the raw materials used to produce biogas
7.2: Biogas production potential and modeling: Scaling-up AD process
7.3: Conventional technologies for conversion of raw materials to biogas
7.4: Dry anaerobic digestion
7.5: Conventional separation technologies for biogas cleaning and upgrading and the management of the digestate
7.6: Methane losses in biogas production systems
7.7: Practical biogas production and uses
7.8: Technological arrangement and business model for biogas toward bioeconomy: A “bio-hub” case study
7.9: Advances in the practical implementation of biogas technologies
7.10: Challenges and perspectives for biogas technological applications
References
Chapter 8: Production of biohydrogen
Abstract
8.1: Introduction
8.2: Biohydrogen-producing technologies
8.3: Biomass used for biohydrogen production
8.4: Technoeconomic analysis of biohydrogen production
8.5: Applications of hydrogen
8.6: Conclusions and perspectives
References
Chapter 9: Biomass production, storage, and pretreatment for the production of solid biofuels
Abstract
9.1: Introduction
9.2: Sources and raw materials for the production of solid biofuels
9.3: Characteristics and sampling
9.4: Biomass supply chains
9.5: Harvesting of biomass
9.6: Pretreatment, storage, and preservation of biomass
9.7: Upgrading
9.8: Energy balances
9.9: Case: Pyrolysis oil as a binder for pelletized solid fuel
References
Chapter 10: Production of high-added value compounds from biomass
Abstract
Acknowledgment
10.1: Introduction
10.2: High-value products obtained from biomass
10.3: Overview of conventional processes for biomass transformation to high-added value products
10.4: Membrane technology aided production of high-value chemicals
10.5: Techno-economic analysis of a high-added value: Xylitol
10.6: Final remarks and perspectives
References
Chapter 11: Biorefinery, an integrated concept: Analysis of bioethanol and aromas production from whey
Abstract
11.1: Introduction
11.2: Biorefineries
11.3: Biorefinery feedstocks
11.4: Background of biofuels from whey
11.5: Aromas, value-added products
11.6: Kluyveromyces marxianus in the aroma and bioethanol production
11.7: Integrated biorefinery for biofuel and aromas production from whey. Tulancingo Valley as study case
11.8: Conclusions
References
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