Biomass, Biofuels, Biochemicals: Biofuels: Alternative Feedstocks and Conversion Processes for the Production of Liquid and Gaseous Biofuels (Paperback, 2)

Section-I: General

1. Biofuels: Introduction
2. Emerging technologies for biofuels production
3. Biorefinery and bioeconomy
4. Principles of biorefining

Section-II: Sustainability assessment of biofuels

5. Techno-economic assessment
6. Environmental assessment
7. Social assessment
8. Integrated sustainability assessment

Section ?III: Thermochemical conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to biofuels

9. Pyrolysis of biomass
10. Combustion of biomass
11. Gasification of biomass
12. Hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass
13. Gasification and liquefaction of biomass-derived syngas

Section-IV: Biochemical and biotechnological conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to biofuels ? bioethanol and biobutanol

14. Bioethanol production: Status and perspectives
15. Biobutanol production: Status and perspectives
16. Pretreatment technologies for lignocellulose biomass deconstruction
17. Production of celluloytic enzymes for the hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass
18. Production of hemicellulolytic enzymes for the hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass
19. Hydrolysis of cellulosic and hemicellulosic biomass
20. Fermentation inhibitors in bioethanol processes and strategies to reduce their effects

Section-V: Biodiesel production

21. Biodiesel production: Status and perspectives
22. Biodiesel production in supercritical fluids
23. Biodiesel production from palm oil
24. Biodiesel production from waste oils
25. Biodiesel production from algae
26. Cultivation of algae in photobioreactors for biodiesel production
27. Oleaagenic microbes for the production of biodiesel
28. Utilization of glycerol produced during biodiesel manufacture

Section-VI: Biohydrogen

29. Biohydrogen production: Status and perspectives
30. Biohydrogen production from bio-oil
31. Biohydrogen production from industrial effluents
32. Thermophilic biohydrogen production
33. Biohydrogen production with high-rate bioreactors

Section-VII: Biogas

34. Biogas production: Status and perspectives
35. Biogas production from solid wastes
36. Biogas production from industrial effluents