Sustainable Approaches for Biofuels Production Technologies

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This volume focuses on technological advances relevant to establishing biofuels as a viable alternative to fossil fuels by overcoming current limitations. The progressive depletion of fossil fuels due to their large-scale utilization and their environmental consequences, notably global warming, increase the need for sustainable and cleaner energy options. Renewable biofuels – like biohydrogen, biomethane, biogas, ethanol and butenol – represent attractive energy sources to meet the growing global demand, thanks to sustainable and cost-efficient production approaches based on cellulosic biomass. Currently, the commercialization of these technologies is hindered by technical and economic limitations, such as biomass complexity and pre-treatment, enzyme hydrolysis, production efficiency as well as storage and cost. As such, this book presents economically viable and sustainable approaches to improve existing biofuel technologies and appeals to anyone with an interest in biofuels as renewable energy options and their practical implementation. Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Bioprocessing Perspective in Biorefineries (Sheelendra M. Bhatt, Jatinder Singh Bal)....Pages 1-23 Integrated Lignocellulosic Biorefinery for Sustainable Bio-Based Economy (Jitendra Kumar Saini, Rishi Gupta, Hemansi, Amit Verma, Priyanka Gaur, Ritu Saini et al.)....Pages 25-46 Chemicals and Fuels Production from Agro Residues: A Biorefinery Approach (Desikan Ramesh, Iniya Kumar Muniraj, Kiruthika Thangavelu, Subburamu Karthikeyan)....Pages 47-71 Green Nanotechnology for Biofuel Production (Susana Rodríguez-Couto)....Pages 73-82 Biofuels from Protein-Rich Lignocellulosic Biomass: New Approach (Neha Srivastava, Manish Srivastava, S. N. Upadhyay, P. K. Mishra, Pramod W. Ramteke)....Pages 83-92 Biofuels from Microorganisms (Mariam Amer, AbdelGawad Saad, Nahed K. Ismail)....Pages 93-110 Strategies to Improve Enzymes via Solid-State Fermentation (Indu Bhushan, Manjot Kour, Guneet Kour)....Pages 111-119 Second Generation Bioethanol Production: The State of Art ( Hemansi, Rishi Gupta, Garima Yadav, Gaurav Kumar, Anju Yadav, Jitendra Kumar Saini et al.)....Pages 121-146 Bioethanol Production Using Saccharomyces cerevisiae Immobilized in Calcium Alginate–Magnetite Beads and Application of Response Surface Methodology to Optimize Bioethanol Yield (Snehal Ingale, Venkata Anand Parnandi, Sanket J. Joshi)....Pages 147-181 Nanotechnology in Biofuels Production: A Novel Approach for Processing and Production of Bioenergy (Anindita Biswas)....Pages 183-193