Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 – Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass: Review and Recent Progress (pp. 1-38)
Vamshi Krishna Guda and Venkata K. Penmetsa (Department of Sustainable Bioproducts, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, USA)

Chapter 2 – Shale Oil Production in the US: The Hype and the Reality (pp. 39-100)
Pedro de Almeida (Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilha, Portugal)

Chapter 3 – NiO and PdO Supported on Fumed Silica Nanoparticles for Adsorption and Catalytic Steam Gasification of Colombian C7-Asphaltenes (pp. 101-146)
Camilo A. Franco, Nashaat N. Nassar, Tatiana Montoya and Farid B. Cortés (Grupo de Investigación en Yacimientos de Hidrocarburos, Facultad de Minas, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Medellín, Medellín, Colombia, and others)

Chapter 4 – Biodiesel Production Using CaO-Loaded Microcapsules As a Solid Base Catalyst (pp. 147-174)
Fumio Kurayama, Takeshi Furusawa, Newaz Mohammed Bahadur, Masahide Sato and Noboru Suzuki (Creative Department for Innovation (CDI), Utsunomiya University, Yoto, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan, and others)

Chapter 5 – Current Balance in Oil Production-Consumption (pp. 175-196)
L. C. Castañeda and C. Marín (Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo, Mexico)

Chapter 6 – Prediction of Steam Distillation Efficiency during Steam Injection Process Using a Rigorous Method (pp. 197-218)
Sh. Mohammadi, M. Nikookar, M. R. Ehsani, L. Sahranavard and A. H. Mohammadi (Department of Chemical Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran, and others)

Chapter 7 – The Distribution of Heavy Metals in Oil-Contaminated Peat Soils in Central West Siberia (pp. 219-232)
Yu. N. Vodyanitskii and A. T. Savichev (Faculty of Soil Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie gory 1, Moscow, Russia, and others)

Chapter 8 – Steam Injection Process in Fractured and Non-Fractured Heavy Oil Reservoirs: Comparison of Effective Parameters (pp. 233-260)
Shirin Mohammadi, Mohammad R. Ehsani, Mohammad Nikookar, Leili Sahranavard and Amir H. Mohammadi (Department of Chemical Engineering,
Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran, and others)

Chapter 9 – Numerical Modelling of Solvent Injection into Heavy Oil Reservoirs (pp. 261-284)
Morteza Sabeti, Mohammad Nikookar, Mohammad R. Ehsani and Amir H. Mohammadi (Department of Chemical Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran, and others)

Chapter 10 – Screening of Enhanced Oil Recovery Methods (pp. 285-296)
Arash Kamari and Amir H. Mohammadi (Thermodynamics Research Unit, School of Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal, ‎Howard College Campus, Durban, South Africa, and others)

Index