Biorefining of Biomass to Biofuels: Opportunities and Perception (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

Section 1: General Chapter 1: Biorefining of lignocelluloses: an opportunity for economical production of biofuels Dr. Lalini Reddy Faculty of Applied Sciences Cape Peninsula University of Technology Cape Town, South Africa E-mail: ReddyL@cput.ac.za Section 2: Thermochemical Conversion Processes Chapter 2: Advances in Biomass Gasification Dr. P. Abdul Salam & Prof. S. C. Bhattacharya School of Environment, Resources and Development Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand E-mail: bhatta@ait.ac.th, salam@ait.asia, sribasb@gmail.com Chapter 3: Biomass Gasification - from biomass to energy Amit R. Patel & Dr. Himanshu Tyagi, School of Mechanical Materials and Energy Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, E-mail: himanshu.tyagi@iitrpr.ac.in Chapter 4: Advances in transformation of li gnocellulosic biomass to fuel precursors Dr. Sasikumar Elumalai Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing (CIAB) C-127 II floor, Phase 8 Industrial Area Mohali, Punjab 160071 E-mail: biofuelswisc@gmail.com Chapter 5: Biomass combustion Prof. Pinakeswar Mahanta, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati E-mail: pinak@iitg.ernet.in Section 3: Chemical Conversion Processes Chapter 6: Biodie sel synthesis: use of activated carbon as support of the catalysts Dr. J.C. Moreno-Pirajan, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Quimica, Grupo de Investigacion en Solidos Porosos y Calorimetria, Universidad de los andes, Colombia E-mail: jumoreno@uniandes.edu.co Chapter 7: Biodiesel fuelled Engines: Long term operation perspectives E-mail: pvbhale@med.svnit.ac.in Chapter 8: Utilization of Biodiesel in Compressi on Igni tion En gines Dr. Subhramanian, IITD Engines and Unconventional Fuels Laboratory, Centre for Energy Studies, I.I.T. Delhi, New Delhi E-mail: subra@ces.iitd.ac.in Chapter 9: Potential role of halophile in crude glycerol based biorefinary Dr. Bijan Choudhury Department of Biotechnology IIT Roorkee E-mail: bijanfbs@iitr.ac.in Chapter 10: Hydrocracking of vegetable oil Dr. Amjad Ali, School of chemistry and biochemistry, Thapar University, Patiala E-mail: amjadali@thapar.edu Chapter 11: Aviation biofuels Dr. D.K. Adhikari IIP, Dehradun E-mail: dilipiip52@gmail.com Section 4: Biochemical Conversion Processes Chapter 12: Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic biomass towards biofuel production Dr. K. Mohanty Department of Chemical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati E-mail: kmohanty@iitg.ernet.in Chapter 13: Operationa l strategies f or enzymatic h ydrolysis in a biorefinery concept Dr. Hector A. Ruiz Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering Centre of Biological Engineering University of Minho, Portugal E-mail: hector_ruiz@deb.uminho.pt Chapter 14: Lignocellulose based ethanol Dr. D.K. Sahoo Biochemical Engineering Research and Process Development Centre Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh E-mail: debsahoo@imtech.res.in Chapter 15: Prospects of solvent tolerance in butanol fermenting bacteria Dr. Sachin Kumar Biochemical Conversion Division SSS-NIRE, Kapurthala E - mail: sachin.biotech@gmail.com Chapter 16: Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of lignocelluloses Dr. Rintu Banerjee Microbial Biotechnology and Downstream Processing Lab. Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur E-mail: rb@ag fe.iitkgp.ernet.in Chapter 17: Biomass to bioalk ane and alkenes: An ecofriendly alternative fuel in bioenergy research Dr. Rintu Banerjee Microbial Biotechnology and Downstream Processing Lab. Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur E-mail: rb@agfe.iitkgp.ernet.in Chapter 18: Diverse prospects on anaerobic digestion of biomass for effective biogas production Dr. Gopinath L.R. Department of Biotechnology Vivekanand