Biofuels from Lignocellulosic Materials

Amritesh Shukla, James Gaffey, Vijay Kumar Thakur, Manikant Tripathi, Vijai Kumar Gupta, Amritesh Chandra Shukla

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN:
  9780443215261
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Energy

Biofuels and Bioproducts from Lignocellulosic Materials: Biofuels is Volume II of a comprehensive three-volume set that explores the various possibilities of adding value to lignocellulosic biomass materials by transforming them into bioproducts, biofuels and biomaterials. With an emphasis on microbial biotechnological solutions, each volume examines the use of renewable natural resources, agriculture waste management, and valorization of agro-wastes to sustainably produce energy and fuels, nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and biomaterials. Volume II addresses all aspects of biofuel production from lignocellulosic materials, covering technological challenges, international policies, marketability, techno-economic analysis & LCA studies, and challenges & future perspectives. The book highlights the recent advancements and challenges of lignocellulosic biomass conversion into biofuels within a biorefinery concept, and explains the technological approaches and the role of microorganisms and their mechanisms. Recent thermo-chemical and biotechnological approaches are explored, along with their mechanisms of action, for the development of biofuels such as biodiesel, bioethanol, biomethane, biobutanol, producer gas, syngas, hydrogen, dimethylfurane, bio-LPG, and gasoline. Chemical, enzymatic, and advanced microbial biotechnology approaches used in biomass pretreatment are explained, showing readers how to increase biofuel yields from lignocellulosic raw materials. Genetic and metabolic engineering methods that can improve biofuel production are also discussed. Biofuels and Bioproducts from Lignocellulosic Materials: Vol II Biofuels is a valuable reference for students, researchers, and professionals involved in processing lignocellulosic materials for the production of bioenergy, biomaterials, and bioproducts. - Links technological interventions and modern biotechnological methods to provide strategies for the development of biofuels using renewable lignocellulosic resources - Presents recent advanced techniques for biofuels' production from lignocellulosic biomass - Explores microbial biotechnological approaches and challenges in the valorization of lignocellulosic biomass into biofuels - Explains advanced pretreatment and techno-economic analyses of lignocellulosic biomass - Identifies research gaps in existing and upcoming technologies in the valorization of lignocellulosic materials

Table of contents

• Title of Book
• Chapter 1 Lignocellulosic biomass: structure, properties, and a potential feedstock for biofuel
• Chapter 2 Advancements in pretreatment technologies for the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to biofuels
• Chapter 3 Biofuels from lignocellulosic biomass: challenges, technological bottlenecks, applications, and future perspectives
• Chapter 4 Sustainable biofuel production through thermochemical and biological conversion technologies
• Chapter 5 Next generation sustainable bioethanol solutions: microbial and technological innovations for a greener planet
• Chapter 6 Recent biotechnological approaches for liquid biofuel biobutanol production from lignocellulosic waste: advancement and challenges
• Chapter 7 Bio-LPG synthesis from lignocellulosic biomass: a sustainable bioenergy resource
• Chapter 8 Syngas and biogas production from lignocellulosic waste biomass: cleaning and upgrading technologies
• Chapter 9 Biohydrogen production from lignocellulosic feedstock: current status and future perspectives
• Chapter 10 Dimethylfuran from lignocellulosic biomass: an alternative biofuel for future energy need
• Chapter 11 Production of renewable methyl tert-butyl ether and bioethyl-tertiary-butyl ether from lignocellulosic biomass and its applications as an energy source
• Chapter 12 Recent advances in life cycle assessment studies of lignocellulosic biofuels
• Chapter 13 Advances and impacts of biofuel applications on environment and global economy
• Chapter 14 Recent biotechnological approaches for liquid biofuel biomethanol production from lignocellulosic wastes: advancements and challenges
• Chapter 15 Digitalization for strategic and tactical planning for biofuel production from lignocellulosic feedstock
• Index