Recent Advances in Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass

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This book provides general information and data on one of the most promising renewable energy sources: biomass for its thermochemical conversion. During the last few years, there has been increasing focus on developing the processes and technologies for the conversion of biomass to liquid and gaseous fuels and chemicals, in particular to develop low-cost technologies.

This book provides date-based scientific information on the most advanced and innovative processing of biomass as well as the process development elements on thermochemical processing of biomass for the production of biofuels and bio-products on (biomass-based biorefinery). The conversion of biomass to biofuels and other value-added products on the principle biorefinery offers potential from technological perspectives as alternate energy. The book covers intensive R&D and technological developments done during the last few years in the area of renewable energy utilizing biomass as feedstock and will be highly beneficial for the researchers, scientists and engineers working in the area of biomass-biofuels- biorefinery.

Part 1: General 1. Introduction (Prof Ashok Pandey, India) 2. Feedstock suitability for thermo-chemical processes (Dr Rupam Kataki, India) 3. Analytical techniques as a tool to understand the reaction mechanism (Prof Emma Jakab, Hungary) 4. Catalysts for the thermo-chemical conversion of biomass (Dr Thallada Bhaskar, India) 5. Artificial neural networks for thermo-chemical conversion of biomass (Prof Juan Carlos Bruno) 6. Thermo-chemical biorefinery (Ms Bhavya Balagurumurthy, India)

Part 2: Primary Processes 7. Pyrolysis of biomass (Prof. Philip Steele, USA) 8. Gasification of biomass to produce syngas (Prof Yohan Richardson, Burkina Faso) 9. Hydrothermal gasification of biomass (Prof Y Matsumura, Japan) 10. Hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass (Dr Thallada Bhaskar, India) 11. Carbonization of biomass (Dr Frederik Ronsse, Belgium) 12. Hydrothermal carbonization of biomass (Dr Maria Magdelana Titrici, UK)

Part 3: Secondary Processes 13. Co-processing of upgraded bio-oil in fluid catalytic cracking (Prof Ulises Sedran, Argentina) 14. Biomass gasification and Fischer-Tropsch process to produce liquid hydrocarbons (Prof VS Moholkar, India) 15. Conversion of cellulose-derived compounds into value-added chemicals using carbon dioxide and water (Dr M Shirai, Japan) 16. Thermo-chemical valorisation of lignin (Dr Thallada Bhaskar, India)

Chemical engineers, biochemical engineers, microbiologists, biotechnologists working in academic and research institutes, or in industry or governmental agencies.MS/M Tech students, Ph D scholars, and researchers studying biohydrogen production, wastewater treatment for value-addition, alternate energy sources, renewable energy from biomass.

Professor Ashok Pandey is currently Distinguished Scientist at the Centre for Innovation and Translational Research, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India and Executive Director (Honorary) at the Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability – India. Formerly, he was Eminent Scientist at the Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing, Mohali and Chief Scientist & Head of Biotechnology Division and Centre for Biofuels at CSIR’s National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Trivandrum. His major research and technological development interests are industrial & environmental biotechnology and energy biosciences, focusing on biomass to biofuels & chemicals, waste to wealth & energy, industrial enzymes, etc.



Professor Pandey is Adjunct/Visiting Professor/Scientist in universities in France, Brazil, Canada, China, Korea, South Africa, and Switzerland and also in several universities several in India. He has ~1425 publications/communications, which include 16 patents, 90 books, >700 papers and book chapters, etc with h index of 105 and ~48,800 citations (Goggle scholar). He has transferred several technologies to industries and has done industrial consultancy for about a dozen projects for Indian/international industries.



Professor Pandey is the recipient of many national and international awards and honours, which include Highest Cited Researcher (Top 1% in the world), Clarivate Analytics, Web of Science (2020, 2019 & 2018); Top scientist in Biotechnology (#1 in India and #8 in the world), Stanford University world ranking (2020); Fellow, World Society of Sustainable Energy Technologies?(2020); Fellow, Indian Chemical Society (2020); Distinguished Scientist, VDGOOD Professional Association, India (2020); Distinguished Professor of Eminence with global impact in the area of Biotechnology, Precious Cornerstone University, Nigeria (2020); IconSWM Life-time Achievement Award 2019, Internatio
  • Provides the most advanced and innovative thermochemical conversion technology for biomass
  • Provides information on large scales such as thermochemical biorefinery
  • Useful for researchers intending to study scale up
  • Serves as both a textbook for graduate students and a reference book for researchers
  • Provides information on integration of process and technology on thermochemical conversion of biomass