Advances in Bioenergy

Dr. Yebo Li is a professor in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University (OSU). His research area is bioproducts and bioenergy with focuses on biogas production and upgrading, fermentation and separation, and thermochemical conversion of biomass for the production of biopolyols and polyurethanes. Dr. Li has written more than 230 peer reviewed journal articles and conference presentations and been awarded five patents. He has served as Division Editor, Associate Editor, and sat on Editorial Boards for several journals like Transactions of ASABE, and International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy. He is also the Co-Editor of a bioenergy textbook: Bioenergy-Principals and Applications . Dr Li has received many awards including the 2012 Rain Bird Engineering Concept of the Year Award from the American Society for Agricultural and Biological Engineers. Xumeng Ge works at Quasar Energy Group, Cleveland, OH, USA

1. Principles and Development of Lignocellulosic Biomass Pretreatment for Biofuels Yi Zheng, Jian Shi, Maobing Tu and Yu-Shen Cheng 2. Anaerobic Digestion Modelling Karthik R. Manchala, Yewei Sun, Dian Zhang and Zhi-Wu Wang 3. Consolidated Bioprocessing Systems for Cellulosic Biofuel Production Ubaldo Ábrego, Zhu Chen and Caixia Wan 4. Thermochemical Conversion of Plant Oils and Derivatives to Lubricants Robiah Yunus and Xiaolan Luo 5. Development of Synthetic Microbial Platforms to Convert Lignocellulosic Biomass to Biofuels Muhammad Aamer Mehmood, Ayesha Shahid, Liang Xiong, Niaz Ahmad, Chenguang Liu, Fengwu Bai and Xinqing Zhao