Ebook: Pretreatment Techniques for Biofuels and Biorefineries

This book includes 19 chapters contributed by the world's leading experts on pretreatment methods for biomass. It extensively covers the different types of biomass (e.g. molasses, sugar beet pulp, cheese whey, sugarcane residues, palm waste, vegetable oil, straws, stalks and wood), various pretreatment approaches (e.g. physical, thermal, chemical, physicochemical and biological) and methods that show the subsequent production of biofuels and chemicals such as sugars, ethanol, extracellular polysaccharides, biodiesel, gas and oil. In addition to traditional methods such as steam, hot-water, hydrothermal, diluted-acid, organosolv, ozonolysis, sulfite, milling, fungal and bacterial, microwave, ultrasonic, plasma, torrefaction, pelletization, gasification (including biogas) and liquefaction pretreatments, it also introduces and discusses novel techniques such as nano and solid catalysts, organic electrolyte solutions and ionic liquids.

This book offers a review of state-of-the-art research and provides guidance for the future paths of developing pretreatment techniques of biomass for biofuels, especially in the fields of biotechnology, microbiology, chemistry, materials science and engineering. It intends to provide a systematic introduction of pretreatment techniques. It is an accessible reference work for students, researchers, academicians and industrialists in biorefineries.

Zhen Fang is a Professor of Bioenergy and the leader and founder of the biomass group at the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is also an adjunct full Professor of Life Sciences at the University of Science and Technology of China.

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This book includes 19 chapters contributed by the world's leading experts on pretreatment methods for biomass. It extensively covers the different types of biomass (e.g. molasses, sugar beet pulp, cheese whey, sugarcane residues, palm waste, vegetable oil, straws, stalks and wood), various pretreatment approaches (e.g. physical, thermal, chemical, physicochemical and biological) and methods that show the subsequent production of biofuels and chemicals such as sugars, ethanol, extracellular polysaccharides, biodiesel, gas and oil. In addition to traditional methods such as steam, hot-water, hydrothermal, diluted-acid, organosolv, ozonolysis, sulfite, milling, fungal and bacterial, microwave, ultrasonic, plasma, torrefaction, pelletization, gasification (including biogas) and liquefaction pretreatments, it also introduces and discusses novel techniques such as nano and solid catalysts, organic electrolyte solutions and ionic liquids.

This book offers a review of state-of-the-art research and provides guidance for the future paths of developing pretreatment techniques of biomass for biofuels, especially in the fields of biotechnology, microbiology, chemistry, materials science and engineering. It intends to provide a systematic introduction of pretreatment techniques. It is an accessible reference work for students, researchers, academicians and industrialists in biorefineries.

Zhen Fang is a Professor of Bioenergy and the leader and founder of the biomass group at the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is also an adjunct full Professor of Life Sciences at the University of Science and Technology of China.

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This book includes 19 chapters contributed by the world's leading experts on pretreatment methods for biomass. It extensively covers the different types of biomass (e.g. molasses, sugar beet pulp, cheese whey, sugarcane residues, palm waste, vegetable oil, straws, stalks and wood), various pretreatment approaches (e.g. physical, thermal, chemical, physicochemical and biological) and methods that show the subsequent production of biofuels and chemicals such as sugars, ethanol, extracellular polysaccharides, biodiesel, gas and oil. In addition to traditional methods such as steam, hot-water, hydrothermal, diluted-acid, organosolv, ozonolysis, sulfite, milling, fungal and bacterial, microwave, ultrasonic, plasma, torrefaction, pelletization, gasification (including biogas) and liquefaction pretreatments, it also introduces and discusses novel techniques such as nano and solid catalysts, organic electrolyte solutions and ionic liquids.

This book offers a review of state-of-the-art research and provides guidance for the future paths of developing pretreatment techniques of biomass for biofuels, especially in the fields of biotechnology, microbiology, chemistry, materials science and engineering. It intends to provide a systematic introduction of pretreatment techniques. It is an accessible reference work for students, researchers, academicians and industrialists in biorefineries.

Zhen Fang is a Professor of Bioenergy and the leader and founder of the biomass group at the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is also an adjunct full Professor of Life Sciences at the University of Science and Technology of China.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Biological Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass for Enzymatic Saccharification....Pages 3-34
Microbial Production of Extracellular Polysaccharides from Biomass....Pages 35-56
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
Lignocellulosic Biomass—Thermal Pre-treatment with Steam....Pages 59-75
Stalk Inhomogeneity and Steam Explosion Integrated Fractional Refining Technology System....Pages 77-92
Pretreatment and Pelletization of Woody Biomass....Pages 93-116
Microwave-Based Pretreatment for Efficient Biomass-to-Biofuel Conversion....Pages 117-130
Front Matter....Pages 131-131
Converting Lignocellulosic Biomass to Low-Cost Fermentable Sugars....Pages 133-150
Chemical Pretreatment Techniques for Biofuels and Biorefineries from Softwood....Pages 151-179
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
Response Surface Optimization of Hot-Water Pretreatment for Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Hybrid Poplar: First Step of Bioconversion of Woody-Biomass to Value-Added Bioproducts....Pages 183-194
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
Biomass Pretreatments for Biorefinery Applications: Gasification....Pages 197-227
Biomass Pre-Treatments for Biorefinery Applications: Pyrolysis....Pages 229-260
Improvements of Biomass Gasification Process by Plasma Technologies....Pages 261-287
Biogas Purifier for Japanese Rural Areas....Pages 289-305
Front Matter....Pages 307-307
Status and Perspective of Organic Solvent Based Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass for Enzymatic Saccharification....Pages 309-337
Solid- and Nano-Catalysts Pretreatment and Hydrolysis Techniques....Pages 339-366
Front Matter....Pages 367-367
Pretreatment of Sugarcane Bagasse and Leaves: Unlocking the Treasury of “Green Currency”....Pages 369-391
Pre-treatment of Malaysian Agricultural Wastes Toward Biofuel Production....Pages 393-416
Pretreatment Methods in Biodiesel Production Processes....Pages 417-434
Organosolv Pretreatment of Pine Sawdust for Bio-ethanol Production....Pages 435-457

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This book includes 19 chapters contributed by the world's leading experts on pretreatment methods for biomass. It extensively covers the different types of biomass (e.g. molasses, sugar beet pulp, cheese whey, sugarcane residues, palm waste, vegetable oil, straws, stalks and wood), various pretreatment approaches (e.g. physical, thermal, chemical, physicochemical and biological) and methods that show the subsequent production of biofuels and chemicals such as sugars, ethanol, extracellular polysaccharides, biodiesel, gas and oil. In addition to traditional methods such as steam, hot-water, hydrothermal, diluted-acid, organosolv, ozonolysis, sulfite, milling, fungal and bacterial, microwave, ultrasonic, plasma, torrefaction, pelletization, gasification (including biogas) and liquefaction pretreatments, it also introduces and discusses novel techniques such as nano and solid catalysts, organic electrolyte solutions and ionic liquids.

This book offers a review of state-of-the-art research and provides guidance for the future paths of developing pretreatment techniques of biomass for biofuels, especially in the fields of biotechnology, microbiology, chemistry, materials science and engineering. It intends to provide a systematic introduction of pretreatment techniques. It is an accessible reference work for students, researchers, academicians and industrialists in biorefineries.

Zhen Fang is a Professor of Bioenergy and the leader and founder of the biomass group at the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is also an adjunct full Professor of Life Sciences at the University of Science and Technology of China.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Biological Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass for Enzymatic Saccharification....Pages 3-34
Microbial Production of Extracellular Polysaccharides from Biomass....Pages 35-56
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
Lignocellulosic Biomass—Thermal Pre-treatment with Steam....Pages 59-75
Stalk Inhomogeneity and Steam Explosion Integrated Fractional Refining Technology System....Pages 77-92
Pretreatment and Pelletization of Woody Biomass....Pages 93-116
Microwave-Based Pretreatment for Efficient Biomass-to-Biofuel Conversion....Pages 117-130
Front Matter....Pages 131-131
Converting Lignocellulosic Biomass to Low-Cost Fermentable Sugars....Pages 133-150
Chemical Pretreatment Techniques for Biofuels and Biorefineries from Softwood....Pages 151-179
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
Response Surface Optimization of Hot-Water Pretreatment for Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Hybrid Poplar: First Step of Bioconversion of Woody-Biomass to Value-Added Bioproducts....Pages 183-194
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
Biomass Pretreatments for Biorefinery Applications: Gasification....Pages 197-227
Biomass Pre-Treatments for Biorefinery Applications: Pyrolysis....Pages 229-260
Improvements of Biomass Gasification Process by Plasma Technologies....Pages 261-287
Biogas Purifier for Japanese Rural Areas....Pages 289-305
Front Matter....Pages 307-307
Status and Perspective of Organic Solvent Based Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass for Enzymatic Saccharification....Pages 309-337
Solid- and Nano-Catalysts Pretreatment and Hydrolysis Techniques....Pages 339-366
Front Matter....Pages 367-367
Pretreatment of Sugarcane Bagasse and Leaves: Unlocking the Treasury of “Green Currency”....Pages 369-391
Pre-treatment of Malaysian Agricultural Wastes Toward Biofuel Production....Pages 393-416
Pretreatment Methods in Biodiesel Production Processes....Pages 417-434
Organosolv Pretreatment of Pine Sawdust for Bio-ethanol Production....Pages 435-457
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