New Process Technology for Developing Low-Cost, Environmentally Safe
Biofuels
Rising fuel prices have created a surge in the worldwide demand for biofuels
made from plant and animal feedstocks. Filled with a wealth of illustrations, Biofuels
Engineering Process Technology fully explains the concepts, systems, and technology now
being used to produce biofuels on both an industrial and small scale.
Written by a team of leading biofuels experts, this lucid guide presents a complete
introduction to biofuels and biorefining processesstate-of-the-art information on biofuels
processed from fermentations of ethanol, hydrogen, microbial oils, and methanenew material
on the production of biodiesel from plant and algal oilsand the use of microbial fuel
cells to produce bioelectricity. Biofuels Engineering Process Technology takes readers
step by step through:
- The key concepts, systems, and technology of biofuels
- A review of the basic concepts of fermentation pathways and kinetic
modeling of bioreactors
- Biofuels produced from fermentations of agricultural feedstocks and
biomass-ethanol, hydrogen, microbial oils, and methane
- Biodiesel fuels processed from the chemical conversion of microbial and
plant oils
- Bioelectricity produced from microbial fuel cells
- The latest sustainable biorefinery concepts and methods
Table of Contents
Part 1: The Basics
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Harvesting Energy From Biochemical Reactions
Chapter 3. Microbial Modeling of Biofuel Production
Part 2: Biofuels
Chapter 4. Biofuel Feedstocks
Chapter 5. Ethanol Production
Chapter 6. Biodiesel
Chapter 7. Biological Production of Hydrogen
Chapter 8. Microbial Fuel Cells
Chapter 9. Methane
Appendix: Conversion Factors and Constants
Index
371 pages, Paperback