Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Impact of Feedstock Supply Systems Unit Operations on Feedstock Cost and Quality for Bioenergy Applications
Jaya Shankar Tumuluru, Erin Searcy, Kevin L. Kenney, William A. Smith, Garold L. Gresham, and Neal A Yancey (Idaho National Laboratory, ID, USA)
Chapter 2. Analytical Methods for Biomass Characterization during Pretreatment and Bioconversion
Yunqiao Pu, Xianzhi Meng, Chang Geun Yoo, Mi Li, and Arthur J. Ragauskasab (Bioscience Division, BioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA, and others)
Chapter 3. Biochemical Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels
Ximing Zhang, Arun Athmanathan and Nathan S. Mosier (Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA, and others)
Chapter 4. Optimization of Biogas Production by Anaerobic Co-Digestion
Raphael M. Jingura and Reckson Kamusoko (Chinhoyi University of Technology, School of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe)
Chapter 5. Current Developments in Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass to Fuels and Chemicals
Chan Seung Park and Arun SK Raju (College of Engineering – Center for Environmental Research and Technology, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA)
Chapter 6. Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Biomass for Biofuel
Florin Barla and Sandeep Kumar (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA)
Chapter 7. Application of Heterogeneous Catalysts for the Production of Fuel and Fuel Additives from Lignocellulosic Biomass
Małgorzata Wąchała, Agnieszka M. Ruppert, Olga Sneka-Płatek, and Jacek Grams (Institute of General and Ecological Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Lodz University of Technology, Łódź, Poland)
Chapter 8. Lignin Conversion to Fuels and Chemicals
Yu Gao, Merima Beganovic, and Marcus B. Foston (Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St Louis, Saint Louis, MO, USA)
Chapter 9. Nanocelluloses from Lignocellulosic Biomass
G. Siqueira, V. Arantes (Department of Biotechnology, Lorena School of Engineering, University of São Paulo – Brazil)
Chapter 10. Towards Economically Sustainable Lignocellulosic Biorefineries
N.V.S.N. Murthy Konda, Dominique Loqué and Corinne D. Scown (Joint BioEnergy Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA, and others)
Chapter 11. Environmental and Performance Impacts of Alternative Fuels in Transportation Applications
Thomas D. Durbin, Georgios Karavalakis and Kent C. Johnson (College of Engineering – Center for Environmental Research and Technology, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA)
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