Biomass to biofuels : strategies for global industries
"Biofuels are rapidly emerging as a popular solution to address global warming, rising energy costs and fuel supply shortages. However the environmental, economic and energetic benefits of biofuels still remain challenged. Amidst the global debate, Biomass to Biofuels: Strategies for Global Ind...
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
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Chichester, West Sussex :
Wiley,
2010.
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| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9780470750032 0470750030 9780470750025 0470750022 1282472089 9781282472082 9780470513125 0470513128 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xxii, 559 pages) : illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Part I: Structure of the bioenergy business: Characteristics of biofuels and renewable fuel
- The global demand for biofuels: technologies, markets and policies
- Biofuel demand realization
- Advanced biorefineries for the production of fuel ethanol
- Part II: Diesel from biomass: Biomass liquefaction and gasification
- Diesel from syngas
- Biodiesel from vegetable oils
- Biofuels from microalgae and seaweeds
- Part III: Ethanol and butanol: Improvements in corn to ethanol production technology using saccharomyces cerevisiae
- Advanced technologies for biomass hydrolysis and saccharification using novel enzymes
- Mass balances and analytical methods for biomass pretreatment experiments
- Biomass conversion inhibitors and in situ detoxification
- Fuel ethanol production from lignocellulosic raw materials using recombinant yeasts
- Conversion of biomass to ethanol by other organisms
- Advanced fermentation technologies
- Advanced product recovery technologies
- Clostridia and process engineering for energy generation
- Part IV: Hydrogen, methane, and methanol: Hydrogen generation by microbial cultures
- Engineering photosynthesis for H2 production from H2O: cyanobacteria as design organisms
- Production and utilization of methane biogas as renewable fuel
- Methanol production and utilization
- Part V: Perspectives: Enhancing primary raw materials for biofuels
- Axes of development in chemical and process engineering for converting biomass to energy
- Financing strategies for industrial-scale biofuel production and technology development start-ups.