Biofuels and Biorefining
Volume 1: Current Technologies for Biomass Conversion

Presents advances in the production of biofuels and biomass-derived products in single process and biorefinery schemes

Fernando Israel Gomez Castro (Edited by), Claudia Gutierrez-Antonio (Edited by)

9780128241165, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 26 May 2022

496 pages, 200 illustrations (20 in full color)
23.5 x 19 x 3.1 cm, 1 kg

Biofuels and Biorefining: Volume One: Current Technologies for Biomass Conversion considers the conventional processes for biofuels and biomass-derived products in single and biorefinery schemes. Sections address the fundamentals of the transformation of biomass into fuels and products, including a discussion of current and future scenarios, potential raw materials that can be used, the main processing technologies and their commercial potential, and a description of the concept of biorefinery and the opportunities offered by this approach. Each chapter is supported by industry case studies covering the development of each product, fuel type, and biorefinery.

1. Biomass: the driver for sustainable development
2. Raw materials for a biomass-based industry
3. Estimation of thermodynamic properties in biofuels production processes
4. Microbial bioethanol fermentation technologies – recent trends and future prospects
5. Production of biodiesel: from the oil to the engine
6. Production of biojet fuel: conversion technologies, technoeconomics, and commercial implementation
7. Biogas production: technologies and applications
8. Production of biohydrogen
9. Biomass production, storage and pre-treatment of solid biofuels
10. Bioproduction of high-added value chemicals from biomass
11. Biorefinery, an integrated concept: analysis of bioethanol and aromas production from whey

Subject Areas: Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology [THX]