
- 312 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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Handbook of Plant-Based Biofuels
About this book
Explores Worldwide Trends Involving the Production and Use of Biofuels
With the depletion of oil resources as well as the negative environmental impact of fossil fuels, there is much interest in alternative energy sources. Focusing on some of the most important alternate energy sources for the foreseeable future, the Handbook of Plant-
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Table of contents
- Front cover
- Contents
- Preface
- The Editor
- Contributors
- Section I: General
- Chapter 1. Plant-Based Biofuels: An Introduction
- Chapter 2. World Biofuel Scenario
- Chapter 3. Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass to Liquids and Gaseous Fuels
- Chapter 4. Production of Biofuels with Special Emphasis on Biodiesel
- Section II: Production of Bioethanol
- Chapter 5. Fuel Ethanol: Current Status and Outlook
- Chapter 6. Bioethanol from Biomass: Production of Ethanol from Molasses
- Chapter 7. Bioethanol from Starchy Biomass: Part I Production of Starch Saccharifying Enzymes
- Chapter 8. Bioethanol from Starchy Biomass: Part II Hydrolysis and Fermentation
- Chapter 9. Bioethanol from Lignocellulosic Biomass: Part I Pretreatment of the Substrates
- Chapter 10. Bioethanol from Lignocellulosic Biomass: Part II Production of Cellulases and Hemicellulases
- Chapter 11. Bioethanol from Lignocellulosic Biomass: Part III Hyrolysis and Fermentation
- Section III: Production of Biodiesel
- Chapter 12. Biodiesel: Current and Future Perspectives
- Chapter 13. Biodiesel Production Technologies and Substrates
- Chapter 14. Lipase-Catalyzed Preparation of Biodiesel
- Chapter 15. Biodiesel Production With Supercritical Fluid Technologies
- Chapter 16. Palm Oil Diesel Production and Its Experimental Test on a Diesel Engine
- Chapter 17. Biodiesel from Rice Bran Oil
- Chapter 18. Biodiesel Production Using Karanja (Pongamia pinnata) and Jatropha (Jatropha curcas) Seed Oil
- Chapter 19. Biodiesel Production from Mahua Oil and Its Evaluation in an Engine
- Chapter 20. Biodiesel Production from Rubber Seed Oil
- Index
- Back cover