Biomass to Renewable Energy Processes

Biomass to Renewable Energy Processes
Author: Jay Cheng
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 437
Release: 2017-10-05
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 149877881X

Biomass to Renewable Energy Processes, Second Edition, explains the theories of biological processes, biomass materials and logistics, and conversion technologies for bioenergy products such as biogas, ethanol, butanol, biodiesel, and synthetic gases. The book discusses anaerobic digestion of waste materials for biogas and hydrogen production, bioethanol and biobutanol production from starch and cellulose, and biodiesel production from plant oils. It addresses thermal processes, including gasification and pyrolysis of agricultural residues and woody biomass. The text also covers pretreatment technologies, enzymatic reactions, fermentation, and microbiological metabolisms and pathways.

Transportation Biofuels

Transportation Biofuels
Author: Alwin Hoogendoorn
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
Total Pages: 203
Release: 2011
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1849730431

Current world fossil oil production is struggling to meet demand and may even show a decline after 2010. It is therefore necessary to develop new energy-efficient production pathways for transportation biofuels. This book offers an insight into three promising and innovative pathways for the biological production of ethanol, biogas and biodiesel. These unconventional methods should provide higher product yields, less stringent feedstock specifications, lower chemical additive demand, reduced waste production and much better energy balances when compared to more traditional methods. One pathway concerns the enzymatic production of a new kind of biodiesel where no glycerol waste is produced and an up to twenty percent higher product yield is obtained. The other two pathways are based on the biological conversion of syngas into ethanol or methane using various kinds of lignocellulosic biomass as the starting point. For each of the three pathways a comparison will be made with competing production methods. The contents reflect extended desktop research and show practical experimental results. Government scientists, academics and biofuel producers with an interest in novel transportation fuels will all find this book to be essential reading.

Biogas and Alcohol Fuels Production

Biogas and Alcohol Fuels Production
Author: Compost science/land utilization
Publisher:
Total Pages: 258
Release: 1980
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

The residue from methane and alcohol production can be used in crop production-soil management systems. The four simpls steps listed below should be maintained for greatest utilization benefits: Know the chemical and physical characteristics of the residue. Know the chemical and physical characteristics of the soil to which the residue will be applied. Know the chemical and physical requirements of the crops to be grown. monitor the residue the soil and the crop to prevent unbalanced soil chemistry and potential crop production problems.

Biorefinery: From Biomass to Chemicals and Fuels

Biorefinery: From Biomass to Chemicals and Fuels
Author: Michele Aresta
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2012-08-31
Genre: Science
ISBN: 311026028X

This book provides an introduction to the basic science and technologies for the conversion of biomass (terrestrial and aquatic) into chemicals and fuels, as well as an overview of innovations in the field. The entire value chain for converting raw materials into platform molecules and their transformation into final products are presented in detail. Both cellulosic and oleaginous biomass are considered. The book contains contributions by both academic scientists and industrial technologists so that each topic combines state-of-the-art scientific knowledge with innovative technologies relevant to chemical industries. Selected topics include: Refinery of the future: feedstock, processes, products The terrestrial and aquatic biomass production and properties Chemical technologies and biotechnologies for the conversion of cellulose, hemicellulose, lignine, algae, residual biomass Thermal, catalytic and enzymatic conversion of biomass Production of chemicals, polymeric materials, fuels (biogas, biodiesel, bioethanol, biohydrogen) Policy aspects of biomass product chains LCA applied to the energetic, economic and environmental evaluation of the production of fuels from biomass: ethanol, biooil and biodiesel, biogas, biohydrogen

Biomass Conversion and Technology

Biomass Conversion and Technology
Author: Charles Y. Wereko-Brobby
Publisher:
Total Pages: 226
Release: 1996
Genre: Science
ISBN:

The aim of this book is to provide an integrated framework for the teaching, research, and application of science and engineering to the sustained production, transformation, utilisation, and impact of biomass energy. Coverage focuses on four main areas: biomass and bioenergy; bioenergy production and accounting; biomass conversion and end-use technologies; and an appraisal of the costs and benefits of biomass energy.