Sustainable Biofuels
Opportunities and Challenges

Provides comprehensive overview of biomass conversion technologies, their latest developments, pathways for sustainability, and cost-competitive commercial deployment

Ramesh C. Ray (Edited by)

9780128202975

Paperback, published 7 April 2021

502 pages, 65 illustrations (15 in full color)
22.9 x 15.1 x 3.1 cm, 0.79 kg

Approx.488 pages

1. Sustainable biofuels: opportunities and challenges  2. Lignocellulosic biorefineries: the path forward  3. Process consolidation approaches for cellulosic ethanol production  4. Recent advancements in biofuels production with a special attention to fungi  5. Advances in biofuels and by-products from lignin  6. Advanced and sustainable biodiesel fuels: technologies and applications  7. Biobutanol from lignocellulosic biomass and microalgae: Scope, technology, and economics  8. A technological outlook of biokerosene production  9. Production of renewable aviation fuel at industrial scale: opportunities and challenges  10. Techno-economic and life cycle assessment review of sustainable aviation fuel produced via biomass gasification  11. Biogas, biohydrogen, and polyhydroxyalkanoates production from organic waste in the circular economy context  12. Effects of public policies on the sustainability of the biofuels value chain   13. A relook on the biofuels: how can industrial processes underpin the drive for sustainable development?  14. Advances, challenges, and opportunities in genetic engineering for biofuels production   15. Potential uses of halophytes for biofuel production: Opportunities and challenges 16. Algal biofuels—technologies, scope, opportunities, challenges, and applications

Subject Areas: Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology [THX], Food & beverage technology [TDCT], Biotechnology [TCB]