Biofuels and Bioenergy: A Techno-Economic Approach provides an in-depth analysis of the economic aspects of biofuels production from renewable feedstock. Taking a biorefinery approach, the book analyzes a wide range of feedstocks, processes and products, including common biofuels such as bioethanol, biobutanol, biooil and biodiesel, feedstocks such as lignocellulosic biomass, non-edible feedstocks like vegetable oils, algae and microbial lipids, and solid and liquid wastes, performance assessments of biodiesel in diesel engine, and the latest developments in catalytic conversion and microbial electrosynthesis technologies.
This book offers valuable insights into the commercial feasibility of biofuels products for researchers and students working in the area of bioenergy and renewable energy, but it is also ideal for practicing engineers in the biorefinery and biofuel industry who are looking to develop commercial products.
- Focuses on an in-depth, techno-economic analysis of biofuel and bioenergy products, including all important feedstocks, processes and products, all of which are supported by industry case studies
- Includes environmental impacts and lifecycle assessments of biofuels production alongside techno-economic analyses
- Provides a critical guide to assessing the commercial viability and feasibility of bioenergy production from renewable sources
1. Boundaries and openings of biorefineries towards sustainable biofuel
production
2. A perspective on the biorefinery approaches for bioenergy production in a
circular bioeconomy process
3. A comprehensive integration of biorefinery concepts for the production of
biofuels from lignocellulosic biomass
4. Evaluation of activated sludge derived from wastewater treatment process
as a potential biorefinery platform
5. Insights into the Impact of Biorefineries and Sustainable Green
Technologies on Circular Bioeconomy
6. Fermentation Technology for Ethanol Production: Current Trends and
Challenges
7. Improved enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic waste biomass: Most
essential stage to develop cost effective bio-fuel production
8. Advances and sustainable conversion of waste lignocellulosic biomass into
biofuels
9. Lignocellulosic biomass as an alternate source for next generation
biofuels
10. Process Intensification of Biobutanol Production
11. Production of n-butanol by clostridial fermentation: A superior
alternative renewable liquid fuel
12. Biobutanol Separation using Ionic Liquids as a Green Solvent
13. Synergistic Prospects of Microalgae in Wastewater Treatment and Third
Generation Biofuel Production
14. Concurrent reduction of CO2 and generation of biofuels by electrified
microbial systems concepts and perspectives
15. Challenges and opportunities in large scale production of biodiesel
16. Selection of operating parameters for refining of biodiesel by response
surface methodology
17. Lipid derived biofuel: production methodologies
18. Interesterification reaction of vegetable oil and alkyl acetate as
alternative route for glycerol-free biodiesel synthesis
19. Recent advances of lipase catalyzed greener production of biodiesel in
organic reaction media: Economic and sustainable viewpoint
20. Efficient utilization of biomass derived heterogeneous catalyst for
biodiesel production
21. Catalytic pyrolysis for upgrading of biooil obtained from biomass
22. Recent Trends in Pyrolysis and Gasification of Lignocellulosic Biomass
23. Experimental Investigation of Performance of Biodiesel with Different
Blends in Diesel Engine
24. Techno-Economic Evaluation of 2G Ethanol Production with Co-Products from
Rice straw
25. Techno-economic analysis for production of biodiesel using non catalytic
transesterification
26. Technoeconomic analysis of biodiesel production from biooil
27. Technoeconomic Analysis of Biofuels Production from Marine Algae
28. Techno-Economic Assessment of Biofuel Production using Thermochemical
Pathways
29. Modeling and technoeconomic analysis of biogas production from waste
food
30. Biofuels production from Algal biomass: Environmental impact and
Techno-Economic Analysis
31. Computer-aided environmental and techno-economic analyses as tools for
development of biorefineries under the circular bioeconomy approach
32. Environmental impact analysis of Biofuels and Bioenergy-A global
perspective
33. Environmental impacts of biofuels and their blends: A case study on waste
vegetable oil derived blend fuels
34. Solid Biofuels Production, Environmental Impact and Techno-Economic
Analysis
Dr Baskar Gurunathan is Professor of Biotechnology in St. Josephs College of Engineering, Chennai, India. He has published more than 150 research and review articles in National and International Journals, 15 book chapters, and 3 books. He has delivered invited lectures and chaired technical sessions in national and international conferences. His current research areas are biofuels and bioenergy, nanocatalysis, therapeutic proteins, industrial enzymes and nanomedicine. He is the editorial board member of several journals, recipient of Outstanding Reviewer Awards from various Elsevier Journals. He has received Outstanding Researcher in Renewable Energy Award from the Indian Society for Technical Education, New Delhi in 2016 and Young Scientist Award 2015 from the International Bioprocessing Association, France in 2017. Recently he received the Prof S B Chincholkar Memorial Award 2019 of the Biotech Research Society, India for his outstanding work in the area of Biofuels and Food Biotechnology. Dr. Renganathan Sahadevan is a full Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at Anna University, Chennai, India. His research is focused on Biofuels, Bio-Nanomaterials and Environmental Biotechnology, in which he had more than 20 years of teaching and research experience. He has published 165 scientific research papers in reputed National and International Journals, 10 Book Chapters, and 1 book. He has presented more than 30 scientific research papers and delivered several invited lectures in National and International Conferences. Under his guidance, 15 research scholars have completed their Ph.D. Degree and 3 PDF Scholars have completed their research. He received the Young Scientist Award from DST in 2012, Active Researcher Award from the Centre for Technology and Development Transfer for his valuable contribution to the field of biofuels, and "Thiru T.M. Narayanaswamy Pillai Chemical Engineering Prize" from The Governor of Tamil Nadu.
