Ebook: Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts

Designed as a text not only for students and researchers, but anyone interested in green technology, Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts offers the reader a vast overview of the state-of-the-art in renewable energies. The typical chapter sets out to explain the fundamentals of a new technology as well as providing its context in the greater field. With contributions from nearly 100 leading researchers across the globe, the text serves as an important and timely look into this rapidly expanding field. The 40 chapters that comprise Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts are handily organized into the following 8 sections: · Introduction and Brazil's biofuel success · Smokeless biomass pyrolysis for advanced biofuels production and global biochar carbon sequestration · Cellulosic Biofuels · Photobiological production of advanced biofuels with synthetic biology · Lipids-based biodiesels · Life-cycle energy and economics analysis · High-value algal products and biomethane · Electrofuels

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Designed as a text not only for students and researchers, but anyone interested in green technology, Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts offers the reader a vast overview of the state-of-the-art in renewable energies. The typical chapter sets out to explain the fundamentals of a new technology as well as providing its context in the greater field. With contributions from nearly 100 leading researchers across the globe, the text serves as an important and timely look into this rapidly expanding field.

The 40 chapters that comprise Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts are handily organized into the following 8 sections:

· Introduction and Brazil's biofuel success

· Smokeless biomass pyrolysis for advanced biofuels production and global biochar carbon sequestration

· Cellulosic Biofuels

· Photobiological production of advanced biofuels with synthetic biology

· Lipids-based biodiesels

· Life-cycle energy and economics analysis

· High-value algal products and biomethane

· Electrofuels

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Designed as a text not only for students and researchers, but anyone interested in green technology, Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts offers the reader a vast overview of the state-of-the-art in renewable energies. The typical chapter sets out to explain the fundamentals of a new technology as well as providing its context in the greater field. With contributions from nearly 100 leading researchers across the globe, the text serves as an important and timely look into this rapidly expanding field.

The 40 chapters that comprise Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts are handily organized into the following 8 sections:

· Introduction and Brazil's biofuel success

· Smokeless biomass pyrolysis for advanced biofuels production and global biochar carbon sequestration

· Cellulosic Biofuels

· Photobiological production of advanced biofuels with synthetic biology

· Lipids-based biodiesels

· Life-cycle energy and economics analysis

· High-value algal products and biomethane

· Electrofuels

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction: An Overview of Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts....Pages 3-12
Sugarcane Ethanol: Strategies to a Successful Program in Brazil....Pages 13-20
Front Matter....Pages 21-21
Smokeless Biomass Pyrolysis for Producing Biofuels and Biochar as a Possible Arsenal to Control Climate Change....Pages 23-34
Oxygenation of Biochar for Enhanced Cation Exchange Capacity....Pages 35-45
Characterization of Biochars Using Advanced Solid-State 13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy....Pages 47-55
Biochar Fertilizer for Soil Amendment and Carbon Sequestration....Pages 57-68
Selection and Use of Designer Biochars to Improve Characteristics of Southeastern USA Coastal Plain Degraded Soils....Pages 69-96
Biochar: A Coproduct to Bioenergy from Slow-Pyrolysis Technology....Pages 97-117
Catalytic Pyrolysis of Biomass....Pages 119-127
Selective Fast Pyrolysis of Biomass to Produce Fuels and Chemicals....Pages 129-146
Sub- and Supercritical Water Technology for Biofuels....Pages 147-183
Biomass to Liquid Fuel via Fischer–Tropsch and Related Syntheses....Pages 185-208
Fischer–Tropsch Hydrocarbons Synthesis from a Simulated Biosyngas....Pages 209-224
To Synthesize Liquid Fuels on Precipitated Fe Catalyst with CO2-Containing Syngas Gasified from Biomass....Pages 225-243
Front Matter....Pages 245-245
Cellulosic Butanol Production from Agricultural Biomass and Residues: Recent Advances in Technology....Pages 247-265
Consolidated Bioprocessing....Pages 267-280
The Synthesis, Regulation and Modification of Lignocellulosic Biomass as a Resource for Biofuels and Bioproducts....Pages 281-314
Genetic Modifications of Plant Cell Walls to Increase Biomass and Bioethanol Production....Pages 315-338
Natural and Designed Enzymes for Cellulose Degradation....Pages 339-368
Front Matter....Pages 369-369
Designer Transgenic Algae for Photobiological Production of Hydrogen from Water....Pages 371-404
Front Matter....Pages 369-369
Designer Photosynthetic Organisms for Photobiological Production of Ethanol from Carbon Dioxide and Water....Pages 405-445
Synthetic Biology for Photobiological Production of Butanol and Related Higher Alcohols from Carbon Dioxide and Water....Pages 447-521
Front Matter....Pages 523-523
Biofuels from Microalgae: Towards Meeting Advanced Fuel Standards....Pages 525-551
Bioprocess Engineering Aspects of Biodiesel and Bioethanol Production from Microalgae....Pages 553-599
Closed Bioreactors as Tools for Microalgae Production....Pages 601-628
Valorization of Waste Frying Oils and Animal Fats for Biodiesel Production....Pages 629-649
One-Step Conversion of Algal Biomass to Biodiesel with Formation of an Algal Char as Potential Fertilizer....Pages 651-670
Front Matter....Pages 671-693
Process Economics and Greenhouse Gas Audit for Microalgal Biodiesel Production....Pages 695-705
Sustainability Considerations about Microalgae for Biodiesel Production....Pages 707-707
Life Cycle Assessment of Algae-to-Energy Systems....Pages 709-744
Front Matter....Pages 745-757
Cultivation of Arthrospira (Spirulina) platensis by Fed-Batch Process....Pages 759-778
Bioprocess Development for Chlorophyll Extraction from Microalgae....Pages 779-779
Screening for Bioactive Compounds from Algae....Pages 781-805
Biogas Production from Algae and Cyanobacteria Through Anaerobic Digestion: A Review, Analysis, and Research Needs....Pages 807-832
Gas Hydrates as a Potential Energy Source: State of Knowledge and Challenges....Pages 833-872
Front Matter....Pages 873-975
Electrofuels: A New Paradigm for Renewable Fuels....Pages 977-1033
Microbial ElectroCatalytic (MEC) Biofuel Production....Pages 1035-1035
Back Matter....Pages 1037-1064
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