
Biomass, Biofuels, Biochemicals
Biofuels: Alternative Feedstocks and Conversion Processes for the Production of Liquid and Gaseous Biofuels
Description
Key Features
- Presents a holistic view of biofuels in research, operation, scale-up and application
- Widens the scope of the existing technologies, providing state-of-the-art information and knowledge
- Provides strategic integrations of various bioprocesses that are essential in establishing a circular biorefinery
- Contains interdisciplinary knowledge on the environment, molecular biology, engineering, biotechnology, microbiology and economic aspects
- Integrates various subjects, including biotechnology, bioengineering, molecular biology, environmental science, sustainability science and chemical engineering
Readership
Post-graduates, researchers in the area of Biofuels, Wastewater treatment, Alternate energy sources, Renewable energy from biomass. Chemical and biochemical engineers, Microbiologists, Biotechnologists working in academic institutes, research institutes, industries and governmental agencies
Table of Contents
Section I: General
1. Biofuels: Introduction
2. Emerging technologies for biofuels production
3. Biorefinery and bioeconomy
4. Principles of biorefiningSection II: Sustainability assessment of biofuels
5. Techno-economic assessment
6. Environmental assessment
7. Social assessment
8. Integrated sustainability assessmentSection III: Thermochemical conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to biofuels
9. Pyrolysis of biomass
10. Combustion of biomass
11. Gasification of biomass
12. Hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass
13. Gasification and liquefaction of biomass-derived syngasSection IV: Biochemical and biotechnological conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to biofuels – bioethanol and biobutanol
14. Bioethanol production: Status and perspectives
15. Biobutanol production: Status and perspectives
16. Pretreatment technologies for lignocellulose biomass deconstruction
17. Production of celluloytic enzymes for the hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass
18. Production of hemicellulolytic enzymes for the hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass
19. Hydrolysis of cellulosic and hemicellulosic biomass
20. Fermentation inhibitors in bioethanol processes and strategies to reduce their effectsSection V: Biodiesel production
21. Biodiesel production: Status and perspectives
22. Biodiesel production in supercritical fluids
23. Biodiesel production from palm oil
24. Biodiesel production from waste oils
25. Biodiesel production from algae
26. Cultivation of algae in photobioreactors for biodiesel production
27. Oleaagenic microbes for the production of biodiesel
28. Utilization of glycerol produced during biodiesel manufactureSection VI: Biohydrogen
29. Biohydrogen production: Status and perspectives
30. Biohydrogen production from bio-oil
31. Biohydrogen production from industrial effluents
32. Thermophilic biohydrogen production
33. Biohydrogen production with high-rate bioreactorsSection VII: Biogas
34. Biogas production: Status and perspectives
35. Biogas production from solid wastes
36. Biogas production from industrial effluents
Product details
- No. of pages: 886
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2019
- Published: June 6, 2019
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780128173114
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128168561
About the Editors
Ashok Pandey

Affiliations and Expertise
Christian Larroche
Professor Christian Larroche is graduate in Biochemical Engineering from INSA, Toulouse, (1979), Docteur-Ingénieur in Organic Chemistry from Paul Sabatier Toulouse 3 University (1982), and Docteur ès Sciences (Ph D) in Biochemical Engineering from Blaise Pascal University (1990). He has strong research interest in the area of applied microbiology and biochemical engineering. His skills are related to the study and development of special processes for the use of microorganisms. This includes fungal spores production by solid state cultivation and their use as protein (enzyme) reservoir in biotransformations. A special interest in phase transfer phenomena coupled to metabolic engineering has to be noticed. It is applied to the design and optimisation of biotransformations involving hydrophobic compounds and carried out in biphasic liquid-liquid media. These processes are related both to the food and environment (bioremediation) areas. His interests have recently be extended to bioenergy, and he is presently co-ordinator of two French research programs on biohydrogen production by anaerobic microorganisms grown on complex media.
He is author of about 150 documents including 70 research papers, two patents and 12 book chapters. He has supervised 10 PhD students and 20 MSc lab works. He is member of SFGP (French Society for Process Engineering) and Chief International Coordinator of ICBF Forum, an international network entitled "Food Bioprocessing - A global approach for advancing sustainable production of value added food". He is head of the department of "Study and Development of Processes involving Microorganisms" of the platform for technological development Biotechnology – Material Engineering of Blaise Pascal University and has in charge the team "Solid state fermentations – Biotransformations" of the Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Laboratory in the same university. He has been head of the Biological Engineering department of Polytech Clermont-Ferrand, a School of Engineering of Blaise Pascal University, from 2001 to 2011. He is director of Polytech since January 2012 and, since 2008, vice-president of the university in charge of research valorization and technology transfer.
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Edgard Gnansounou
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Samir Kumar Khanal
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Claude-Gilles Dussap
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Steven Ricke
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