This will be a comprehensive multi-contributed reference work, with the Editors being highly regarded alternative fuels experts from India and Switzerland. There will be a strong orientation toward production of biofuels covering such topics as biodiesel from renewable sources, biofuels from biomass, vegetable based feedstocks from biofuel production, global demand for biofuels and economic aspects of biofuel production.
Book covers the latest advances in all product areas relative to biofuels.
Discusses coverage of public opinion related to biofuels.
Chapters will be authored by world class researchers and practitioners in various aspects of biofuels.
Provides good comprehensive coverage of biofuels for algae.
Presents extensive discussion of future prospects in biofuels.
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"It covers interesting perspectives of biofuels productions in addition to the technical aspects, such as history, conflicts, climate change etc." Mohammad J. Taherzadeh, University of Borås, Sweden
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| Contributors |
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SECTION I Overview of Biofuels |
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1 Biofuels: Historical Perspectives and Public Opinions |
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2 Climate Change, Biofuels, and Conflict |
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3 Global Demands of Biofuels: Technologies, Economic Aspects, Market, and Policies |
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4 Trends and Sustainability Criteria for Liquid Biofuels |
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SECTION II Production of Biofuels |
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5 Lipid-Based Biomasses as Feedstock for Biofuels Production |
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6 Solid Acid--Mediated Hydrolysis of Biomass for Producing Biofuels |
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7 Microwave-Assisted Pyrolysis of Biomass for Liquid Biofuels Production |
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8 Hydroprocessing Challenges in Biofuel Production |
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9 Production of Biodiesel from Renewable Resources |
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10 Bioethanol Production from Lignocellulosics |
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11 Process Design, Flowsheeting, and Simulation of Bioethanol Production from Lignocelluloses |
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12 Biobutanol Production from Lignocellulosics |
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Lalitha Devi Gottumukkala |
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SECTION III Biofuels from Algae |
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13 Algal Biofuels: Impacts, Significance, and Implications |
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14 Microalgal Biofuels: Flexible Bioenergies for Sustainable Development |
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15 Microalgal Cultivation for Biofuels: Cost, Energy Balance, Environmental Impacts, and Future Perspectives |
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16 Photobioreactors for Microalgal Cultivation and Influence of Operational Parameters |
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17 Sustainable Biorefinery Design for Algal Biofuel Production |
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SECTION IV Future Perspectives of Biofuels |
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18 Novel Enzymes in Biofuel Production |
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19 New Trends in Enzyme Immobilization and Nanostructured Interfaces for Biofuel Production |
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20 Current Insights into Proteomics of Biofuel Crops and Cyanobacteria |
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21 Biofuel Cells: Concepts and Perspectives for Implantable Devices |
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R. S. Singh is a professor in the Department of Biotechnology at Punjabi University, Patiala, India. Ashok Pandey is a professor and the head of the Centre for Biofuels and Biotechnology Division at the CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Trivandrum, India. Edgard Gnansounou is a professor in the Laboratory of Energy Systems at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland.
