Handbook of Biofuels Production

PART I KEY ISSUES AND ASSESSMENT OF BIOFUELS PRODUCTION


Introduction and overview of biofuels production; R Luque and J M Campelo


Multiple objectives policy for biofuels production: environmental, socio-economic and regulatory issues; C De Lucia


Life cycle sustainability assessment of biofuels; A Azapagic


Vegetable-based feedstocks for biofuels production; S Pinzi and M P Dorado


PART II BIOFUELS FROM CHEMICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CONVERSION PROCESSES AND TECHNOLOGIES


Production of biodiesel via chemical catalytic conversion; C Echim, R Verhe and C Stevens


Enzymatic production of biodiesel; S Al-Zuhair


Production of glycerol-free and alternative biodiesels; A Macario, G Giordano F M Bautista, D Luna and A A Romero


Biodiesel production from microbial oil; A A Koutinas and S Papanikolaou


Biochemical production of bioethanol; M Arshadi and H Grundberg, Processum Biorefinery


Biochemical production of biobutanol; M Koepke and P Duerre


Biochemical production of other bioalcohols: biomethanol, biopropanol, bioglycerol, and bioethylene glycol; S D Minteer


Production of biogas via anaerobic digestion; K Stamatelatou, G Antonopoulou and G Lyberatos


Biological and fermentative production of hydrogen; G Antonopoulou, I Ntaikou, K Stamatelatou and G Lyberatos


PART III BIOFUELS FROM THERMAL AND THERMO-CHEMICAL CONVERSION PROCESSES AND TECHNOLOGIES


Production of bio-oils via catalytic pyrolysis; M A Morris


Production of biofuels via fluid catalytic cracking; J A Melero, A Garcia and M Clavero, Rey Juan Carlos


Production of bio-syngas and biohydrogen via gasification; A Dutta


Production of bioalcohols via gasification; J M N Van Kasteren


Production of biofuels via hydrothermal conversion; S Kersten, D Knezevic and R H Venderbosch


Production of biofuels via Fischer-Tropsch synthesis: Biomass-to-Liquids (BTL); A Lappas and E Heracleous


Production of biofuels via biomass reforming; G van Rossum and S R A Kersten


PART IV INTEGRATED PRODUCTION AND APPLICATION OF BIOFUELS: BIOREFINERIES, BY-PRODUCT VALORISATION AND ENGINE UTILISATION


Biofuel-driven biorefineries for the co-production of transportation fuels and added-value products; R van Ree, J Sanders, R Bakker, R Blaauw, R Zwart and B van der Drift


Valorisation of by-products for the production of biofuels; C Echim, R Verhe, C Stevens and W De Greyt, Desmet Ballestra Group, Belgium

Utilisation of biofuels in diesel engines; T Le Anh, Vietna, I K Reksowardojo, and K Wattanavichien