Biofuel Technologies (eBook)

Part I: Sustainability and Technical Challenges1 Fermentable Sugars from Ligno-cellulosic Biomass: Technical ChallengesRavichandra Potumarthi, Rama Raju Baadhe and Sankar Bhattacharya2 Sustainability Assessment of Palm Biodiesel Production in ThailandThapat Silalertruksa and  Shabbir H. GheewalaPart II: Pretreatment Technologies3 Progress in Physical and Chemical Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic BiomassKeikhosor Karimi, Marzieh Shafiei and Rajeev Kumar4 Acid Pretreatment Technologies and SEM Analysis of Treated Grass Biomass in Biofuel ProcessingAnthonia O’Donovan, Vijai K. Gupta, Jessica M. Coyne and Maria G. TuohyPart III: Conversion Technologies5 The Role of Fungal Enzymes in Global Biofuel Production TechnologiesJessica M. Coyne, Vijai K. Gupta, Anthonia O’ Donovon and Maria G. Tuohy6 Progress on Enzymatic Saccharification Technologies for Biofuels ProductionPablo Alvira, Mercedes Ballesteros and María José Negro7 Microbial Glycoside Hydrolases for Biomass Utilization in Biofuels ApplicationsGashaw Mamo, Reza Faryar and  Eva Nordberg Karlsson8 Developing Cellulolytic Organisms for Consolidated Bioprocessing of LignocellulosicsWillem H. van Zyl, Riaan den Haan and  Daniel C. la GrangePart IV: Biofuel Resources9 Potential Bio-resources as Future Sources of Biofuels Production: An OverviewL. Veeranjaneya Reddy10 Second Generation Bio-ethanol and Renewable Chemicals from LignocellulosicsSudip Kumar RakshitPart V: Biofuels, Co-products and Associated Technologies11 Fermentative Bio-hydrogen Production using Microbial ConsortiaRadhika Singh12 Bio-hydrogen As Biofuel: Future Prospects and Avenues for ImprovementsJahangir Imam, Puneet Kumar Singh and Pratyoosh Shukla13 Biohydrogen Production From MicroalgaeDheeraj Rathore and Anoop Singh14 Microbial Fuel Cells for Sustainable Bioenergy Generation: Principles and Perspective ApplicationsS. Venkata Mohan, S. Srikanth, G. Velvizhi and M. Lenin Babu15 Biomethanation Potential of Biological and Other WastesJ.C. Costa, D.Z. Sousa, M.A. Pereira, A.J.M. Stams and M.M. Alves16 Production of Bioethanol from Biomass: An  OverviewÓscar J. Sánchez and Sandra Montoya17 Biobutanol Production from BiomassJohanna Niemistö, Paula Saavalainen, Ritva Isomäki, Tanja Kolli, Mika Huuhtanen, and Riitta L. Keiski18 Life-cycle Environmental Impacts of Biofuels and Co-productsMatthew Borkowski, Gregory Zaimes and Vikas Khanna19 The Principle and Applications of Bioelectrochemical SystemsZhiyong (Jason) Ren