Handbook of Biofuels Production (3rd Ed.)
Processes and Technologies

Coordinators: Luque Rafael, Lin Carol Sze Ki, Wilson Karen, Du Chenyu

Language: English

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Handbook of Biofuels Production: Processes and Technologies, Third Edition provides a comprehensive and systematic reference on a range of biomass conversion processes and technologies. In response to the global increase in the use of biofuels as substitute transportation fuels, advanced chemical, biochemical and thermochemical biofuels production routes are quickly being developed. Substantial additions for this new edition include increased coverage of emerging feedstocks, including microalgae, more emphasis on by-product valorization for biofuels? production, additional chapters on emerging biofuel production methods, and co-production of biofuels and bioproducts.

The book's editorial team is strengthened by the addition of an extra member, and a number of new contributors have been invited to work with authors from the first and second edition to revise existing chapters, with each offering fresh perspectives. This book is an essential reference for professional engineers in the biofuel industry as well as researchers in academia, from post-graduate level and up.

Part One: Key Issues and Assessment of Biofuels Production 1. Introduction: An Overview of Biofuels and Production Technologies 2. Multiple Objectives Policy for Biofuels Production: Environmental, Socio-Economic and Regulatory Issues 3. Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Biofuels 4. Biofuels: Technology, Economics, And Policy Issues 5. Feedstocks and Challenges to Biofuel Development

Part Two: Biofuels from Chemical and Biochemical Conversion Processes and Technologies 6. Production of Biofuel Via Catalytic Upgrading and Refining of Sustainable Oleagineous Feedstocks 7. Biotechnological Production of Biofuels 8. Biodiesel Production from Microbial Oil Using Oleagineous Microorganisms 9. Biochemical Production of Bioalcohols 10. Production of Biogas Via Anaerobic Digestion 11. Lignocellulose Biorefinery Advances the Liquid Biofuels Platform 12. Chemical Routes for The Conversion Of Cellulosic Platform Molecules Into High-Energy-Density Biofuels

Part Three: Biofuels from Thermal and Thermo-Chemical Conversion Processes And Technologies 13. Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis for Improved Liquid Quality 14. Production of Bio-Syngas and Biohydrogen Via Gasification 15. Production of Biofuels Via Hydrothermal Conversion 16. Production of Biofuels Via Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis: Biomass-To-Liquids

Part Four: Integrated Production and Application of Biofuels 17. Integrated Biorefinery Production of Biofuels and Coproduction Of High Value Products 18. Microalgae for Biofuels: A Prospective Feedstock 19. Utilisation of Biofuels in Diesel Engines 20. Power to X Technologies & CO2 Utilisation

Rafael Luque (PhD 2005, Universidad de Cordoba, Spain) has significant experience in biomass and waste valorization practices to materials, fuels, and chemicals as well as nanoscale chemistry, green chemistry and (photo)catalysis (600+ publications, h-index 92, >39,000 citations, 7 patents, 10 edited books). He is Editor-in-chief of Molecular Catalysis (Elsevier) and has been named 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate Analytics).
Carol Lin received her BEng degree in Chemicals & Material Engineering from the University of Auckland, New Zealand and her Ph.D. from The University of Manchester, UK. Dr. Lin is currently Associate Professor at the School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong. She is internationally known for her work on bioconversion of agricultural, food and industrial residues for production of chemicals, materials and fuels through green and sustainable chemistry. Her current research interests include cultivation of anaerobic human gut microbial consortia in cellulose hydrogel-based immobilized bioreactors, waste and biomass valorisation. Dr. Lin leads a team of researchers with a current grant portfolio of over HK$18M and on-going collaborations with numerous companies. She has given numerous Keynote and Plenary speeches at major international conferences. In 2016 and 2018, her research team won the Gold Medal at the Geneva Invention Exhibition. In 2017, she received The President’s Awards, CityU.
Karen Wilson is Professor of Catalysis in the School of Science at RMIT University and was previously Chair of Catalysis and Research Director of the European Bioenergy Research Institute at Aston University (2013-17), where she also held a Royal Society Industry Fellowship in collaboration with Johnson Matthey. She holds a BA and PhD from the University of Cambridge, and MSc in heterogeneous catalysis from the University of Liverpool and has held academic positions at the University of York and Cardif
  • Provides systematic and detailed coverage of the processes and technologies being used in the production of first, second and third generation biofuels
  • Evaluates the latest advanced chemical, biochemical and thermochemical technologies, processes and production routes
  • Takes an integrated biorefinery approach, guiding readers through the production of biofuels and their co-products in integrated biorefineries
  • Includes videos of industrial production facilities and equipment, showing how complex processes and reaction apparatus work in a lab and industry setting