Advances in Biofuels

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xx

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2. Biofuels Opportunity

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Prospect, Challenges and Opportunities on Biofuels in Malaysia

      • Soh Kheang Loh, Yuen May Choo

      Pages 3-14

   3. Investment Opportunities at Palm Oil Industrial Cluster (POIC) Lahad Datu with Special Reference to Biofuels

      • Teck Wai Pang, Ming Tong Lee

      Pages 15-26

3. Biomass Conversion

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27

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   2. Biomass Conversion to Fuel (Solid, Liquid and Gas Fuel)

      • Suzana Yusup, Murni Melati Ahmad, Anita Ramli, Khan Zakir, Mas Fatiha Mohamad

      Pages 29-39

   3. Online Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Sulfur Compounds from Hydrothermal Reactions of Biomass Wastes for Hydrogen Production

      • Matlal Fajri Alif, Kozo Matsumoto, Kuniyuki Kitagawa

      Pages 41-51

   4. Utilisation of Palm Oil Wastes for Biofuel and Other Value-Added Bio-Products: A Holistic Approach to Sustainable Waste Management for the Palm Oil Industry

      • Keat Teong Lee, Cynthia Ofori-Boateng

      Pages 53-87

   5. In Situ Spectroscopic Monitoring of Straight Vegetable Oil Combustion Properties (Sunflower and Soybean Oils)

      • Nelfa Desmira, Shigeaki Morita, Kitagawa Kuniyuki

      Pages 89-96

   6. Low-Cost Alternative Renewable Energy Bioethanol Production from Palm Oil in Malaysian Context

      • Ravindra Pogaku, Tapan Kumar Biswas, Rahmath Abdulla

      Pages 97-104

4. Biodiesel Production

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105

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   2. A Bio-Route Production of Biodiesel

      • A. H. Kamaruddin, N. A. Serri, J. H. Sim, S. F. A. Halim, S. R. A. Rahaman

      Pages 107-125

   3. Catalysis in Biodiesel Synthesis: Challenges and Future Perspectives

      • Ahmad Hafiidz Mohammad Fauzi, Nor Aishah Saidina Amin

      Pages 127-152

   4. Higher Grade Biodiesel Production by Using Solid Heterogeneous Catalysts

      • Y. H. Taufiq-Yap, H. V. Lee

      Pages 153-176

5. Enzymatic Biofuels

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177

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   2. Enzymatic Process for Biodiesel and High Value-Added Products

      • George Chou

      Pages 179-190

   3. Stability Studies of Immobilized Burkholderia cepacia Lipase and Its Application in Biodiesel Production from Jatropha curcas Oil

      • Rahmath Abdulla, Ravindra Pogaku

      Pages 191-216

6. Algal Biofuels

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-217

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   2. Fermentation Study on Macroalgae Eucheuma cottonii for Bioethanol Production via Varying Acid Hydrolysis

      • Rachel Fran Mansa, Wei-Fang Chen, Siau-Jen Yeo, Yan-Yan Farm, Hafeza Abu Bakar, Coswald Stephen Sipaut

      Pages 219-240

   3. Membrane Photobioreactor as a Device to Increase CO2 Mitigation by Microalgae

      • Rosalam Hj. Sarbatly, Emma Suali

      Pages 241-258

​Biofuels will play a key role in the 21st century as the world faces two critical problems; volatile fuel prices and global climatic changes. Both of these are linked to the overdependence on the fossil fuels: petroleum, natural gas, and coal. Transportation is almost totally dependent on petroleum based fuels such as gasoline, diesel fuel, liquefied petroleum gas, and on natural gas. Despite a significant amount of research into biofuels, the field has not been able to replace fossil fuels. Recent advances will change this scenario. Extracting fuel from biomass has been very expensive (both monetarily and in land usage), time consuming, unusable byproducts, etc. Technology to obtain liquid fuel from non-fossil sources must be improved to be faster, more efficient and more cost-effective. This book will cover the current technology used for a variety of plant types and explore shortcomings with each.

• Biomass
• biodiesel
• renewable
• biochemical engineering

• University Malaysia Sabah, Kotakinabalu, Malaysia

  Ravindra Pogaku

• University Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

  Rosalam Hj. Sarbatly

Dr.Pogaku Ravindra Professor of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering Postgraduate coordinator School of Engineering and Information Technology University Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. Rosalam Hj.Sarbatly, Ph.D Dean/Assoc.Prof. School Of Engineering and Information Technology, University Malaysia Sabah

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