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Green Fuels Technology

Biofuels

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  • © 2016

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Editors:
  1. Carlos Ricardo Soccol

    1. Head of the Bioprocess Engineering and Biotechnology Division, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil

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  2. Satinder Kaur Brar

    1. Centre for Water, Earth and Environment, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Centre for Water, Earth and Environment, Quebec (Qc), Canada

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  3. Craig Faulds

    1. POLYTECH Marseille, INRA UMR 1163 (Biodiversity and Biotechn Aix Marseille Université, Marseille cedex 09, France

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  4. Luiz Pereira Ramos

    1. Department of Chemistry Research Center in Applied Chemistry (CE, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba PR, Brazil

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  • Maximizes reader insights into policy, products, processes, patents, and innovative technologies in the biofuels sector
  • Includes case studies that illustrate how several innovative technologies have been implemented on an industrial scale with illustrations, photos, and analysis
  • Serves as a valuable resource for engineers, technicians, and students involved in production and research in the biofuels sector
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. History and Global Policy of Biofuels

    • Mariem Ayadi, Saurabh Jyoti Sarma, Vinayak Laxman Pachapur, Satinder Kaur Brar, Ridha Ben Cheikh
    Pages 1-14

  3. Feedstocks for Biofuels

    • Adenise Lorenci Woiciechowski, Adriane Bianchi Pedroni Medeiros, Cristine Rodrigues, Luciana Porto de Souza Vandenberghe, Valcineide Oliveira de Andrade Tanobe, Amélio Dall’Agnol et al.
    Pages 15-39

  4. Oil Crops in the Context of Global Biodiesel Production

    • Decio Luiz Gazzoni, Amélio Dall’Agnol
    Pages 41-82

  5. An Overview of Production, Properties, and Uses of Biodiesel from Vegetable Oil

    • Arindam Sinha Roy, Akoijam Chingkheihunba, Kannan Pakshirajan
    Pages 83-105

  6. Pretreatment Processes for Cellulosic Ethanol Production: Processes Integration and Modeling for the Utilization of Lignocellulosics Such as Sugarcane Straw

    • Danilo Ribeiro de Lima, Marcos Henrique Luciano Silveira, Luis Del Rio, Luiz Pereira Ramos
    Pages 107-131

  7. Fungal Enzymatic Degradation of Cellulose

    • Marie Couturier, Chloé Bennati-Granier, Mateus Barbian Urio, Luiz Pereira Ramos, Jean-Guy Berrin
    Pages 133-146

  8. Principles and Challenges Involved in the Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Cellulosic Materials at High Total Solids

    • Douglas H. Fockink, Mateus B. Urio, Luana M. Chiarello, Jorge H. Sánchez, Luiz Pereira Ramos
    Pages 147-173

  9. First Generation Bioethanol

    • Emmanuel Bertrand, Luciana P. S. Vandenberghe, Carlos Ricardo Soccol, Jean-Claude Sigoillot, Craig Faulds
    Pages 175-212

  10. Second Generation Bioethanol

    • Jean-Claude Sigoillot, Craig Faulds
    Pages 213-239

  11. Bioethanol from Soybean Molasses

    • Susan Grace Karp, Adenise Lorenci Woiciechowski, Luiz Alberto Junior Letti, Carlos Ricardo Soccol
    Pages 241-254

  12. Bioethanol Wastes: Economic Valorization

    • Eduardo Bittencourt Sydney, Carlos José Dalmas Neto, Alessandra Cristine Novak, Adriane Bianchi Pedroni Medeiros, Régis Nouaille, Christian Larroche et al.
    Pages 255-289

  13. General Assessment of the Currently Available Biodiesel Production Technologies

    • Eduardo J. M. de Paiva, Vinícius Kothe, Marcos Lúcio Corazza, Ângela Silva, Shirley Nakagaki, Fernando Wypych et al.
    Pages 291-326

  14. Biodiesel Production by Hydroesterification: Simulation Studies

    • Donato Alexandre Gomes Aranda, Guilherme Duenhas Machado
    Pages 327-357

  15. Biodiesel and Bioethanol from Microalgae

    • Etiele Greque de Morais, Luiza Moraes, Michele Greque de Morais, Jorge Alberto Vieira Costa
    Pages 359-386

  16. Microbial Oil for Biodiesel Production

    • Carlos José Dalmas Neto, Eduardo Bittencourt Sydney, Luciana Porto de Souza Vandenberghe, Carlos Ricardo Soccol
    Pages 387-406

  17. Biohydrogen

    • Saurabh Jyoti Sarma, Vinayak Laxman Pachapur, Satinder Kaur Brar, Mausam Verma, Carlos Ricardo Soccol
    Pages 407-429

  18. Biogas: An Evolutionary Perspective in the Indian Context

    • Shaikh Ziauddin Ahammad, T. R. Sreekrishnan
    Pages 431-443

  19. Biobutanol—“A Renewable Green Alternative of Liquid Fuel” from Algae

    • Sampa Maiti, Dulal Chandra Maiti, Mausam Verma, Satinder Kaur Brar
    Pages 445-465

  20. Pyrolysis of Biomass for Biofuel Production

    • Maria Fernandez-Lopez, Antonio Avalos-Ramirez, Jose Luis Valverde, Luz Sanchez-Silva
    Pages 467-483
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This book presents key recent developments in biofuel policy, products, processes, patents and innovative technologies. It presents several case studies, which maximize reader insights into how innovative green energy technologies can be implemented on an industrial scale, with illustrations, photos and new approaches. It also analyzes in detail several different technological aspects of the research into and production of green fuels from the first, second and third generation, such as, bioethanol, biogas, biohydrogen, biobutanol, biofuels from pyrolysis, and discusses their economic and environmental impacts. A new source of information for engineers, technicians and students involved in production and research in the biofuels sector, this book also provides a valuable resource for industry, covering the current and future status of biofuels.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Head of the Bioprocess Engineering and Biotechnology Division, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil

    Carlos Ricardo Soccol

  • Centre for Water, Earth and Environment, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Centre for Water, Earth and Environment, Quebec (Qc), Canada

    Satinder Kaur Brar

  • POLYTECH Marseille, INRA UMR 1163 (Biodiversity and Biotechn Aix Marseille Université, Marseille cedex 09, France

    Craig Faulds

  • Department of Chemistry Research Center in Applied Chemistry (CE, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba PR, Brazil

    Luiz Pereira Ramos

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