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A-Z of Biorefinery
A Comprehensive View

Presents comprehensive coverage of key topics in biorefinery, with case studies that highlight the application of concepts, methods and tools

Nuttha Thongchul (Edited by), Antonis Kokossis (Edited by), Suttichai Assabumrungrat (Edited by)

9780128192481

Paperback, published 22 November 2021

782 pages
23.5 x 19 x 4.7 cm, 1.59 kg

Approx.760 pages

Section 1 Overview of A-Z of Biorefinery: A comprehensive view 1. Overview of biorefinery

Section 2 Biomass and Biobased Products 2. Whole crop feedstocks in biorefinery: A common classification 

3. Lignocellulosic biomass and its potential derivative products

4. Algal based feedstocks

5. Waste and residues streams as feedstocks 

6. Bioresources and biofuels - From classical to perspectives and trends

7. Key enzimes in biorefinery

8. Technology toward biochemical precursors and bioplastic production

9. Fine specialty chemicals for food and feed applications

Section 3 Conversion of biomass to high-value products  10. Gasification/pyrolysis/torrefaction

11. Thermal, hydrothermal liquefaction, and electromagnetic processes for biomass conversion

12. Progress and challenges for microbial fermentation processes within the biorefinery context

13. Consolidated bioprocessing for ethanol and butanol production from lignocellulosic biomass: Recent advances in strain and process engineering

Section 4 Downstream recovery and separation 14. Overview of downstream product recovery technology in biorefinery

15. Key unit operations in biorefinery processes

Section 5 Process creation, design and analysis 16. Sustainable biorefinery process synthesis, design, and simulation: Systematic computer aided methods and tools

17. Consequential life cycle assessment: Evaluating the environmental impact of dairy manure treatment using thermochemical conversion technologies

Section 6 Tools and complete case studies 18. Complete design case study for pulp and paper industry

19. Conceptual design of sugarcane biorefinery upgrading molasses to value-added chemicals

20. Superstructure optimization of microalgal biorefinery producing biodiesel

21. Perspectives, challenges and future directions

Subject Areas: Chemical engineering [TDCB], Biochemical engineering [TC]

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