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1 online resource (334 p.) |
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Intro -- Advances in Biofuels Production, Optimization and Applications -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: Lignocellulose biomass pretreatment for efficient hydrolysis and biofuel production -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Composition of lignocellulosic biomass -- 2.1. Cellulose -- 2.2. Hemicellulose -- 2.3. Lignin -- 3. Overview of pretreatment techniques -- 3.1. Physical pretreatment process -- 3.2. Chemical pretreatment process -- 3.2.1. Oxidative pretreatment -- 3.2.2. Alkaline pretreatment -- 3.2.3. Acid pretreatment -- 3.2.4. Ionic liquid pretreatment |
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3.3. Physicochemical pretreatment -- 3.4. Biological pretreatment -- 4. Byproducts of lignocellulose pretreatment -- 4.1. Categories of byproducts -- 4.1.1. Furan derivatives -- 4.1.2. Aliphatic acids -- 4.1.3. Aromatic compounds -- 4.1.4. Metal ions and cations -- 4.2. Impact of byproducts on the hydrolysis step -- 4.3. Potential use of byproducts as platform chemicals in other bioprocesses -- 4.4. Various mechanisms to control the formation of byproducts during pretreatment -- 4.4.1. Development of alternative pretreatment methods -- 4.4.2. Detoxification with physical and chemical methods |
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4.4.3. Feedstock selection -- 4.4.4. Evolutionary engineering -- 4.4.5. Genetic engineering -- 4.4.6. Downstream processing -- 5. Effect of pretreatment techniques on the efficiency of hydrolysis -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: Advances in microbial contamination in the production of fuel bioethanol: Origin, problems, and control methods -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Characteristics of industrial fuel ethanol fermentation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae using sugarcane molasses -- 3. Ecological relationship in the microbiota during fuel alcoholic fermentation |
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3.1. Microbiota of industrial ethanol fermentation of sugarcane feedstock -- 3.2. Yeast metabolism and bioprocess inhibitions in mixed culture with microbial contaminants for bioethanol production -- 4. Microbial control in ethanol fermentation: Research and practice -- 4.1. Conventional methods for bacterial control in the process -- 4.2. Natural antimicrobials for bacterial control in fuel ethanol fermentation -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Biofuels production by biomass gasification -- 1. The world's primary energy supply and political measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions |
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2. Bio: Energy, mass, and fuels -- 3. Biomass-to-energy thermochemical conversion methods -- 3.1. Torrefaction -- 3.2. Hydrothermal processing -- 3.3. Combustion -- 3.4. Pyrolysis -- 3.5. Gasification -- 3.5.1. Gasification reactors -- 3.6. Plasma gasification -- 4. Evaluation of the biomass gasification system -- 5. Gasification method application to convert biomass into biofuel -- 6. Summary, future outlook, and perspective -- References -- Chapter 4: Syngas conversion to biofuels: Recent progress -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Catalytic conversion processes to biofuels |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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2.1. Possible common biofuels obtained from the catalytic conversion of syngas |
| Subject |
Biomass energy -- Technological innovations
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Biomass energy industries -- Technological innovations
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Jeguirim, Mejdi
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Zorpas, Antonis A
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| ISBN |
0323950779 |
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9780323950770 |
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