Biofuel Technologies: Recent Developments [Paperback]

Biofuels are considered to be the main potential replacement for fossil fuels in the near future. In this book international experts present recent advances in biofuel research and related technologies. Topics include biomethane and biobutanol production, microbial fuel cells, feedstock production, biomass pre-treatment, enzyme hydrolysis, genetic manipulation of microbial cells and their application in the biofuels industry, bioreactor systems, and economical processing technologies for biofuel residues. The chapters provide concise information to help understand the technology-related implications of biofuels development. Moreover, recent updates on biofuel feedstocks, biofuel types, associated co- and byproducts and their applications are highlighted. The book addresses the needs of postgraduate researchers and scientists across diverse disciplines and industrial sectors in which biofuel technologies and related research and experimentation are pursued.

Part I: Sustainability and Technical Challenges

1 Fermentable Sugars from Ligno-cellulosic Biomass: Technical Challenges

Ravichandra Potumarthi, Rama Raju Baadhe and Sankar Bhattacharya

2 Sustainability Assessment of Palm Biodiesel Production in Thailand

Thapat Silalertruksa and? Shabbir H. Gheewala

Part II: Pretreatment Technologies

3 Progress in Physical and Chemical Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass

Keikhosor Karimi, Marzieh Shafiei and Rajeev Kumar

4 Acid Pretreatment Technologies and SEM Analysis of Treated Grass Biomass in Biofuel Processing