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Submit a ProposalHandbook of Cellulosic Ethanol
 | By Ananda S. Amarasekara Copyright: 2014 | Status: Published ISBN: 9781118233009 | Hardcover | 602 pages | 89 illustrations Price: $225 USD  |
One Line Description
Comprehensive coverage on the growing science and technology of producing ethanol from the world’s abundant cellulosic biomass
Audience
Chemical engineers, chemists, and technicians working on renewable energy and fuels in industry, research institutions, and universities. The Handbook can also be used by students interested in biofuels and renewable energy issues.
Chemical engineers, chemists, and technicians working on renewable energy and fuels in industry, research institutions, and universities. The Handbook can also be used by students interested in biofuels and renewable energy issues.
Description
The inevitable decline in petroleum reserves and its impact on gasoline prices, combined with climate change concerns, have contributed to current interest in renewable fuels. Bioethanol is the most successful renewable transport fuel—with corn and sugarcane ethanol currently in wide use as blend-in fuels in the United States, Brazil, and a few other countries. However, there are a number of major drawbacks in these first-generation biofuels, such as their effect on food prices, net energy balance, and poor greenhouse gas mitigation. Alternatively, cellulosic ethanol can be produced from abundant lignocellulosic biomass forms such as agricultural or municipal wastes, forest residues, fast growing trees, or grasses grown in marginal lands, and should be producible in substantial amounts to meet growing global energy demand.
The Handbook of Cellulosic Ethanol covers all aspects of this new and vital alternative fuel source, providing readers with the background, scientific theory, and
recent research progress in producing cellulosic ethanol via different biochemical routes, as well as future directions. The seventeen chapters include information on:
• Advantages of cellulosic ethanol over first-generation ethanol as a transportation fuel
• Various biomass feedstocks that can be used to make cellulosic ethanol
• Details of the aqueous phase or cellulolysis route, pretreatment, enzyme or acid saccharification, fermentation, simultaneous saccharification fermentation, consolidated bioprocessing, genetically modified microorganisms, and yeasts
• Details of the syngas fermentation or thermochemical route, gasifiers, syngas cleaning, microorganisms for syngas fermentation, and chemical catalysts for syngas-to-ethanol conversion
• Distillation and dehydration to fuel-grade ethanol
• Techno-economical aspects and the future of cellulosic ethanol
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The inevitable decline in petroleum reserves and its impact on gasoline prices, combined with climate change concerns, have contributed to current interest in renewable fuels. Bioethanol is the most successful renewable transport fuel—with corn and sugarcane ethanol currently in wide use as blend-in fuels in the United States, Brazil, and a few other countries. However, there are a number of major drawbacks in these first-generation biofuels, such as their effect on food prices, net energy balance, and poor greenhouse gas mitigation. Alternatively, cellulosic ethanol can be produced from abundant lignocellulosic biomass forms such as agricultural or municipal wastes, forest residues, fast growing trees, or grasses grown in marginal lands, and should be producible in substantial amounts to meet growing global energy demand.
The Handbook of Cellulosic Ethanol covers all aspects of this new and vital alternative fuel source, providing readers with the background, scientific theory, and
recent research progress in producing cellulosic ethanol via different biochemical routes, as well as future directions. The seventeen chapters include information on:
• Advantages of cellulosic ethanol over first-generation ethanol as a transportation fuel
• Various biomass feedstocks that can be used to make cellulosic ethanol
• Details of the aqueous phase or cellulolysis route, pretreatment, enzyme or acid saccharification, fermentation, simultaneous saccharification fermentation, consolidated bioprocessing, genetically modified microorganisms, and yeasts
• Details of the syngas fermentation or thermochemical route, gasifiers, syngas cleaning, microorganisms for syngas fermentation, and chemical catalysts for syngas-to-ethanol conversion
• Distillation and dehydration to fuel-grade ethanol
• Techno-economical aspects and the future of cellulosic ethanol
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Author / Editor Details
Ananda S. Amarasekara is a professor in the Department of Chemistry at Prairie View A&M University in Texas. He received his PhD in organic chemistry from the City University of New York in 1985. His research interests include cellulosic ethanol, renewable fuels, catalysis in biomass processing, and renewable polymeric materials. For his current research projects, he has received funding from numerous funding agencies including the NSF, USDA, and ACS PRF. He has published more than eighty research publications in peer-reviewed journals.
Ananda S. Amarasekara is a professor in the Department of Chemistry at Prairie View A&M University in Texas. He received his PhD in organic chemistry from the City University of New York in 1985. His research interests include cellulosic ethanol, renewable fuels, catalysis in biomass processing, and renewable polymeric materials. For his current research projects, he has received funding from numerous funding agencies including the NSF, USDA, and ACS PRF. He has published more than eighty research publications in peer-reviewed journals.
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Table of Contents
Preface
Part 1 Introduction to Cellulosic Ethanol
1 Renewable Fuels
2 Bioethanol as a Transportation Fuel
3 Feedstocks for Cellulosic Ethanol Production
Part 2 Aqueous Phase Biomass Hydrolysis Route
4 Challenges in Aqueous-Phase Biomass Hydrolysis Route: Recalcitrance Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass
6 Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Cellulose and Hemicellulose Acid Hydrolysis of Cellulose and Hemicellulose
8 Fermentation I --Microorganisms
9 Fermentation II --Fermenter Con ¯¬guration and Design
10 Separation and Uses of Lignin
Part 3 Biomass Gasi ¯¬cation Route
11 Biomass Pyrolysis and Gasi ¯¬er Designs
12 Conversion of Syngas to Ethanol Using Microorganisms
13 Conversion of Syngas to Ethanol Using Chemical Catalysts
Part 4 Processing of Cellulosic Ethanol
14 Distillation of Ethanol
15 Dehydration to Fuel Grade Ethanol
Part 5 Fuel Ethanol Standards and Process Evaluation
16 Fuel Ethanol Standards, Testing and Blending
17 Techno-Economic Analysis and Future of Cellulosic Ethanol
Appendix 1
Index
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Preface
Part 1 Introduction to Cellulosic Ethanol
1 Renewable Fuels
2 Bioethanol as a Transportation Fuel
3 Feedstocks for Cellulosic Ethanol Production
Part 2 Aqueous Phase Biomass Hydrolysis Route
4 Challenges in Aqueous-Phase Biomass Hydrolysis Route: Recalcitrance Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass
6 Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Cellulose and Hemicellulose Acid Hydrolysis of Cellulose and Hemicellulose
8 Fermentation I --Microorganisms
9 Fermentation II --Fermenter Con ¯¬guration and Design
10 Separation and Uses of Lignin
Part 3 Biomass Gasi ¯¬cation Route
11 Biomass Pyrolysis and Gasi ¯¬er Designs
12 Conversion of Syngas to Ethanol Using Microorganisms
13 Conversion of Syngas to Ethanol Using Chemical Catalysts
Part 4 Processing of Cellulosic Ethanol
14 Distillation of Ethanol
15 Dehydration to Fuel Grade Ethanol
Part 5 Fuel Ethanol Standards and Process Evaluation
16 Fuel Ethanol Standards, Testing and Blending
17 Techno-Economic Analysis and Future of Cellulosic Ethanol
Appendix 1
Index
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BISAC SUBJECT HEADINGS
TEC031010: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / Alternative & Renewable
TEC009010: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Chemical & Biochemical
TEC010020: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Waste Management
BIC CODES
THX: Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology
TDCB: Chemical engineering
RNU: Sustainability
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