Biorefining of Biomass to Biofuels Opportunities and Perception

This volume focuses on the prospects of the conversion of biomass into biofuels including ethanol, butanol, biogas, biohydrogen, biodiesel, syn-gas and other useful products. Biomass-derived fuels have gained tremendous attention worldwide. However, due to high raw material and processing costs, bio...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kumar, Sachin (Editor), Sani, Rajesh K. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2018, 2018
Edition:1st ed. 2018
Series:Biofuel and Biorefinery Technologies
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Biorefining of lignocelluloses: an opportunity for sustainable biofuel production
  • Biomass, its potential and applications
  • Biomass gasification and sustainability assessment of biomass utilization
  • Advances in transformation of lignocellulosic biomass to carbohydrate derived fuel precursors
  • Biodiesel synthesis: use of activated carbon as support of the catalysts
  • Biorefining of biomass to biofuels: opportunities and perception
  • Potential role of halophile in crude glycerol based bio-refinery
  • Bio-Jet fuel
  • Pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass towards biofuel production
  • Operational strategies for enzymatic hydrolysis in a biorefinery
  • Prospects of solvent tolerance in butanol fermenting bacteria
  • Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of lignocellulosic biomass
  • Bioalkanes and bioalkenes: an ecofriendly and alternate fuel in bioenergy research
  • Algal biorefineries for biofuels and other value-added products
  • Biodiesel -technical viability for india
  • Kineticmodeling of ethanol production for substrate-microbe system