Handbook of Plant-Based Biofuels

Explores Worldwide Trends Involving the Production and Use of Biofuels With the depletion of oil resources as well as the negative environmental impact of fossil fuels, there is much interest in alternative energy sources. Focusing on some of the most important alternate energy sources for the foreseeable future, the Handbook of Plant-Based Biofuels provides state-of-the-art information on the status of the production of biofuels, in particular, bioethanol and biodiesel. Introduction to Biofuels After profiling plant-based biofuels, the book gives an overview of the production of biofuels from biomass materials by thermochemical and biochemical methods. It examines the thermochemical conversion of biomass to liquids and gaseous fuels. Production of Bioethanol The handbook then analyzes current biomass-to-ethanol programs, followed by a discussion on ethanol fermentation from molasses and process practices applied for the improvement of ethanol production by ethanologenic microorganisms. It also explains the hydrolysis and fermentation of ethanol from starchy and lignocellulosic biomasses. Production of Biodiesel In the final chapters, the contributors discuss current perspectives and the future of biodiesel production. They explore biodiesel production substrates, the lipase-catalyzed preparation of biodiesel, and biodiesel production with supercritical fluid technologies.

Plant-Based Biofuels: An Introduction Reeta Rani Singhania, Binod Parameswaran, and Ashok Pandey World Biofuel Scenario Muhammed F. Demirbas Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass to Liquids and Gaseous Fuels Hari Bhagwan Goyal, Rakesh Chandra Saxena, and Diptendu Seal Production of Biofuels with Special Emphasis on Biodiesel Ayhan Demirbas Fuel Ethanol: Current Status and Outlook Edgard Gnansounou Bioethanol from Biomass: Production of Ethanol from Molasses Velusamy Senthilkumar and Paramasamy Gunasekaran Bioethanol from Starchy Biomass: Part I Production of Starch Saccharifying Enzymes Subhash U. Nair, Sumitra Ramachandran, and Ashok Pandey Bioethanol from Starchy Biomass: Part II Hydrolysis and Fermentation Sriappareddy Tamalampudi, Hideki Fukuda, and Akihiko Kondo Bioethanol from Lignocellulosic Biomass: Part I Pretreatment of the Substrates Ryali Seeta Laxman and Anil H. Lachke Bioethanol from Lignocellulosic Biomass: Part II Production of Cellulases and Hemicellulases Rajeev K Sukumaran Bioethanol from Lignocellulosic Biomass: Part III Hydrolysis and Fermentation Ramakrishnan Anish and Mala Rao Biodiesel: Current and Future Perspectives Milford A. Hanna and Loren Isom Biodiesel Production Technologies and Substrates Arumugam Sakunthalai Ramadhas Lipase-Catalyzed Preparation of Biodiesel Rachapudi Badari Narayana Prasad and Bhamidipati Venkata Surya Koppeswara Rao Biodiesel Production with Supercritical Fluid Technologies Shiro Saka and Eiji Minami Palm Oil Diesel Production and Its Experimental Test on a Diesel Engine Md. Abul Kalam, Masjuki Hj Hassan, Ramang bin Hajar, Muhd Syazly bin Yusuf, Muhammad Redzuan bin Umar, and Indra Mahlia Biodiesel from Rice Bran Oil Yi-Hsu Ju and Andrea C.M.E. Rayat Biodiesel Production Using Karanja (Pongamia pinnata) and Jatropha (Jatropha curcas) Seed Oil Lekha Charan Meher, Satya Narayan Naik, Malaya Kumar Naik, and Ajay Kumar Dalai Biodiesel Production from Mahua Oil and Its Evaluation in an Engine Sukumar Puhan, Nagarajan Vedaraman, and Boppana Venkata Ramabrahmam Biodiesel Production from Rubber Seed Oil Arumugam Sakunthalai Ramadhas, Simon Jayaraj, and Chandrashekaran Muraleedharan

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