Biorefining of Biomass to Biofuels (eBook)

Section 1: General Chapter 1: Biorefining of lignocelluloses: an opportunity for economical production of biofuels Dr. Lalini Reddy Faculty of Applied Sciences Cape Peninsula University of Technology Cape Town, South Africa E-mail: ReddyL@cput.ac.za Section 2: Thermochemical Conversion Processes Chapter 2: Advances in Biomass Gasification Dr. P. Abdul Salam & Prof. S. C. Bhattacharya School of Environment, Resources and Development Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand E-mail: bhatta@ait.ac.th, salam@ait.asia, sribasb@gmail.com Chapter 3: Biomass Gasification - from biomass to energy Amit R. Patel & Dr. Himanshu Tyagi, School of Mechanical Materials and Energy Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, E-mail: himanshu.tyagi@iitrpr.ac.in Chapter 4: Advances in transformation of lignocellulosic biomass to fuel precursors Dr. Sasikumar Elumalai Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing (CIAB) C-127 II floor, Phase 8 Industrial Area Mohali, Punjab 160071 E-mail: biofuelswisc@gmail.com Chapter 5: Biomass combustion Prof. Pinakeswar Mahanta, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati E-mail: pinak@iitg.ernet.in Section 3: Chemical Conversion Processes Chapter 6: Biodiesel synthesis: use of activated carbon as support of the catalysts Dr. J.C. Moreno-Pirajàn, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Química, Grupo de Investigación en Sólidos Porosos y Calorimetría, Universidad de los andes, Colombia E-mail: jumoreno@uniandes.edu.co Chapter 7: Biodiesel fuelled Engines: Long term operation perspectives E-mail: pvbhale@med.svnit.ac.in Chapter 8: Utilization of Biodiesel in Compression Ignition Engines Dr. Subhramanian, IITD Engines and Unconventional Fuels Laboratory, Centre for Energy Studies, I.I.T. Delhi, New Delhi E-mail: subra@ces.iitd.ac.in Chapter 9: Potential role of halophile in crude glycerol based biorefinary Dr. Bijan Choudhury Department of Biotechnology IIT Roorkee E-mail: bijanfbs@iitr.ac.in Chapter 10: Hydrocracking of vegetable oil Dr. Amjad Ali, School of chemistry and biochemistry, Thapar University, Patiala E-mail: amjadali@thapar.edu Chapter 11: Aviation biofuels Dr. D.K. Adhikari IIP, Dehradun E-mail: dilipiip52@gmail.com Section 4: Biochemical Conversion Processes Chapter 12: Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic biomass towards biofuel production Dr. K. Mohanty Department of Chemical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati E-mail: kmohanty@iitg.ernet.in Chapter 13: Operational strategies for enzymatic hydrolysis in a biorefinery concept Dr. Héctor A. Ruiz Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering Centre of Biological Engineering University of Minho, Portugal E-mail: hector_ruiz@deb.uminho.pt Chapter 14: Lignocellulose based ethanol Dr. D.K. Sahoo Biochemical Engineering Research and Process Development Centre Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh E-mail: debsahoo@imtech.res.in Chapter 15: Prospects of solvent tolerance in butanol fermenting bacteria Dr. Sachin Kumar Biochemical Conversion Division SSS-NIRE, Kapurthala E-mail: sachin.biotech@gmail.com Chapter 16: Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of lignocelluloses Dr. Rintu Banerjee Microbial Biotechnology and Downstream Processing Lab. Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur E-mail: rb@agfe.iitkgp.ernet.in Chapter 17: Biomass to bioalkane and alkenes: An ecofriendly alternative fuel in bioenergy research Dr. Rintu Banerjee Microbial Biotechnology and Downstream Processing Lab. Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur E-mail: rb@agfe.iitkgp.ernet.in Chapter 18: Diverse prospects on anaerobic digestion of biomass for effective biogas production Dr. Gopinath L.R. Department of Biotechnology Vivekanandha College of Arts and Sciences for WomenE-mail: lrgopinathnamakkal@gmail.com Chapter 19: Industrial potential and limitations for biohydrogen production by dark fermentation microbial communities Dr. Anna Tashyreva Department of Innovations and Biotechnology Transfer Institute of Microbiology and Virology of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Ukraine E-mail: anna_tach@ukr.net Section 5: Algal biorefinery Dr. Shakeel A. Khan Center for Environmental Science and Climate Resilient Agriculture (CESCRA) NRL Building, Pusa Campus Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) New Delhi-110012 E-mail: shakeel.iari@gmail.com Chapter 21: Algal biorefineries for biofuels and other value-added products Dr. Sachin Kumar Biochemical Conversion Division SSS-NIRE, Kapurthala E-mail: sachin.biotech@gmail.com Section 6: Techno-economic Assessment Chapter 22: Bio-Fuel / Bio-Energy - Technical and Economic Viability in India Dr. S. Suresh, Department of Chemical Engineering, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology BhopalE-mail: sureshpecchem@gmail.com; suresh_pecchem@yahoo.co.in Section 7: Modelling and simulation Chapter 23: Kinetic modelling of ethanol production for substrate-microbe system Dr. S. Suresh, Department of Chemical Engineering, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal E-mail: sureshpecchem@gmail.com; suresh_pecchem@yahoo.co.in