
Second and Third Generation of Feedstocks
The Evolution of Biofuels
Description
Key Features
- Reviews existing lignocellulosic biomass feedstocks and their sources
- Includes processes for the conversion of various feedstocks to biofuels
- Discusses current research findings on second and third generation feedstocks
- Describes processes involved in the transformation of algal biomass into biofuels
Readership
Key reference text for R&D in academia and industry interested in biofuels technologies and processes: Energy producers, Bio-Engineering Companies, Bio-Process Engineering, Bio-Chemical Plants
Table of Contents
Part I: From simple sugars to biofuels: The evolution of biotechnology
1. From sugars to ethanol - from the agricultural wastes to algal sources: An overview
2. First-generation feedstock for bioenergy production
3. From substrate to biofuel in the acetone-butanol-ethanol process
4. Biobutanol versus bioethanol in the acetone-butanol-ethanol technology - A chemical and economical overviewPart II: Second generation feedstocks
5. Biofuels from agricultural wastes
6. Physical and chemical pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass
7. Biological pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomasses - Current trends and future perspectives
8. Hydrolysis: From cellulose and hemicellulose to simple sugars
9. Fermentation processes for second-generation biofuels
10. Evaluation and comparison between simultaneous saccharification and fermentation and separated hydrolysis and fermentation process
11. Physical properties and chemical composition of biofuelsPart III: Third generation feedstocks
12. Algae for biofuels: The third generation of feedstock
13. Thermochemical conversion of microalgal biomass
14. Algal cultivation for biofuel production
15. Anaerobic digestion of microalgae for biomethane production
16. Photobiological biohydrogen production
17. Transesterification of microalgae for biodiesel productionPart IV - Economical assestments and future trends
18. Coal versus biofuels. A social and economic assessment
19. An overview of current trends and future scope for vegetable oil-based sustainable alternative fuels for compression ignition engines
20. The fourth generation of biofuel
Product details
- No. of pages: 654
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2019
- Published: March 23, 2019
- Imprint: Elsevier
- eBook ISBN: 9780081026564
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128151624
About the Editors
Angelo Basile
Affiliations and Expertise
Francesco Dalena
Affiliations and Expertise
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