Given the environmental concerns and declining availability of fossil fuels, as well as the growing population worldwide, it is essential to move toward a sustainable bioenergy-based economy. However, it is also imperative to address sustainability in the bioenergy industry in order to avoid depleting necessary biomass resources. Sustainable Bioenergy Production provides comprehensive knowledge and skills for the analysis and design of sustainable biomass production, bioenergy processing, and biorefinery systems for professionals in the bioenergy field.
Focusing on topics vital to the sustainability of the bioenergy industry, this book is divided into four sections: Fundamentals of Engineering Analysis and Design of Bioenergy Production Systems, Sustainable Biomass Production and Supply Logistics, Sustainable Bioenergy Processing, and Sustainable Biorefinery Systems. Section I covers the fundamentals of genetic engineering, novel breeding, and cropping technologies applied in the development of energy crops. It discusses modern computational tools used in the design and analysis of bioenergy production systems and the life-cycle assessment for evaluating the environmental sustainability of biomass production and bioenergy processing technologies.
Section II focuses on the technical and economic feasibility and environmental sustainability of various biomass feedstocks and emerging technologies to improve feedstock sustainability. Section III addresses the technical and economic feasibility and environmental sustainability of different bioenergy processing technologies and emerging technologies to improve the sustainability of each bioenergy process. Section IV discusses the design and analysis of biorefineries and different biorefinery systems, including lignocellulosic feedstock, whole-crop, and green biorefinery.
Preface
Section I : Fundamentals of Engineering Analysis and Design of Bioenergy Production Systems
Chapter 1 : Genetic Engineering of Bioenergy Crops toward High Biofuel Production
Chapter 2 : Novel Cropping Technologies and Management Applied to Energy Crops
Chapter 3 : Mathematical Modeling in Biomass and Bioenergy Systems
Chapter 4 : Life-Cycle Assessment of Bioenergy Systems
Chapter 5 : Sustainability of Bioenergy Systems
Section II : Sustainable Biomass Production and Supply Logistics
Chapter 6 : Production and Supply Logistics of Microalgae as an Energy Feedstock
Chapter 7 : Production and Supply Logistics of Switchgrass as an Energy Feedstock
Chapter 8 : Production and Supply Logistics of Sweet Sorghum as an Energy Feedstock
Chapter 9 : Production and Supply Logistics of Sugarcane as an Energy Feedstock
Chapter 10 : Crop Residues as an Energy Feedstock: Availability and Sustainability
Chapter 11 : Woody Biomass as an Energy Feedstock: Availability and Sustainability
Chapter 12 : Animal Wastes as an Energy Feedstock: Availability and Sustainability
Chapter 13 : Municipal Solid-Waste Management Strategies for Renewable Energy Options
Chapter 14 : Food Processing Wastes as an Energy Feedstock: Availability and Sustainability
Section III : Sustainable Bioenergy Processing
Chapter 15 : Fermentation in Transportation Alcohols
Chapter 16 : Biodiesel Production from Waste Feedstock
Chapter 17 : Biomass Gasification and Syngas Utilization
Chapter 18 : Biomass Pyrolysis and Bio-oil Utilization
Chapter 19 : Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Biomass
Chapter 20 : Anaerobic Digestion of Organic Wastes
Chapter 21 : Combined Heat and Power Generation from Biomass
Section IV : Sustainable Biorefinery Systems
Chapter 22 : Biorefinery Principles, Analysis, and Design
Chapter 23 : Lignocellulosic Feedstock Biorefinery
Chapter 24 : Whole-Crop Biorefinery
Chapter 25 : Green Biorefinery
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