
Hydrocarbon Biorefinery
Sustainable Processing of Biomass for Hydrocarbon Biofuels
Description
Key Features
- Presents fundamental concepts and processes of hydrocarbon biofuel production, covering chemical, biological, and biomass-derived conversion processes
- Synthesizes the state-of-the-art research and commercial initiatives of this emerging concept into stand-alone chapters, serving as a structured resource for researchers and practitioners
- Emphasizes the process design and economic feasibility of each process using life cycle assessments to support commercial development
Readership
Researchers, graduate students, and industry professionals working in the area of Bioenergy, Renewable and Sustainable Energy and Engineering, and Chemical Engineering. Researchers, graduate students, and industry professionals working in the area of Biotechnology, Bioengineering, Chemistry, Agriculture, and Mechanical Engineering
Table of Contents
1. Biomass for hydrocarbon biorefinery: A sustainable approach
Section 1: Chemical and thermo-chemical conversion of waste biomass
2. Fast pyrolysis for the sustainable production of hydrocarbon biofuels
3. Fischer–Tropsch synthesis to hydrocarbon biofuels: Present status and challenges involved
4. Hydrodeoxygenation of triglycerides feedstock for the production of green diesel
5. Advances in hydrothermal liquefaction for production of hydrocarbon biofuels
6. Advances in methanol-to-gasolineSection 2: Conversion of waste biomass into hydrocarbon fuel: Biological and biochemical processes
7. Generation of hydrocarbons using microorganisms: Recent Advances
8. Metabolic engineering approaches for high yield hydrocarbon biofuels
9. Production of bio-gasoline from bio-ethanol and bio-butanol
10. Oligomerization of bio-olefins for bio-jet fuelSection 3: Conversion of biomass-derived compounds to hydrocarbon biofuels
11. C-C bond forming reactions of biomass-derived compounds and HDO of condensed products for production of hydrocarbon biofuels
12. Techno-economics and life cycle analysis of hydrocarbon biorefinery processes
13. Case studies of hydrocarbon biorefinery
Product details
- No. of pages: 462
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2021
- Published: September 2, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128233061
- eBook ISBN: 9780128234204
About the Editors
Sunil Maity

Affiliations and Expertise
Kalyan Gayen

Affiliations and Expertise
Tridib Bhowmick
