Advances in 2nd Generation of Bioethanol Production

1. General introduction to biofuels and bioethanol
   2. The need for biofuels in the context of energy consumption
   3. More than biofuels: use of ethanol as chemical feedstock
   4. Essential process for converting plant biomass into biofuel
   5. Composition of plant biomass and its impact on pretreatment
   6. Pretreatment: towards effectiveness and sustainability
   7. Tiny bugs play big role: microorganisms’ contribution to bioethanol production
   8. Overcome saccharification barrier: advances in hydrolysis technology
   9. Strategies on simultaneous fermentation of pentose and hexose
   10. Industrial bioethanol production: status and bottlenecks
   11. Ending fossil fuels addiction: prospects for biofuels
   

Advances in Second Generation Bioethanol Production presents a comprehensive overview of technologies and strategies for the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass. Topics covered include sustainable production, environmental and economic benefits, and the main hurdles for upscaling and achieving commercial viability. The book assesses current biomass conversion technologies, their readiness level for commercial production, feedstock composition and pretreatment, the advances and challenges of bioprocessing, hydrolysis technologies, and simultaneous fermentation of pentose and hexose. Finally, it presents the current status and bottlenecks for industrial production of bioethanol, as well as its future prospects.

Practitioners in the industry will benefit from the information on working principles, design and control of the bioethanol production process, learning about areas where technology innovation and investment should be placed. In addition, graduate students and researchers new to the field will find this to be a key-resource on the fundamentals of bioethanol and bioproducts production from lignocellulosic biomass.

• Presents fundamentals and the state-of-the-art in available pathways for bioethanol and bioproducts production from lignocellulosic biomass
• Discusses key-challenges for the large-scale production of bioethanol, such as pretreatment and hydrolysis
• Covers the specificities of various feedstocks and processes, the role of microorganisms in fermentation, saccharification limitations, and challenges in C5 and C6 fermentation

Researchers in academia and industry, PhD students and practitioners in the biofuels, bioenergy and bioproducts sectors