Bioenergy Engineering

Bioenergy Engineering: Fundamentals, Methods, Modelling, and Applications presents the fundamental principles, recent developments, innovative state-of the-art technologies, challenges, solutions, and future perspectives on the production of biofuels and bioenergy. Balancing the scientific and engineering aspects of biofuels production, the book guides readers through the chemical kinetics, modelling, thermodynamics, unit operations and technological advancements in fuel processing from conventional and alternative resources. Each chapter of the book starts with the fundamentals and goes on to assess the latest technologies for the production of renewable fuels on topics including; biomass utilization, biomass-to-liquid conversion technologies (pyrolysis, liquefaction, solid-state fermentation and submerged fermentation), biomass-to-gas conversion technologies (thermochemical gasification, subcritical and supercritical water gasification, and methanation), gas-to-liquid conversion technologies (Fischer-Tropsch synthesis), carbonization, transesterification, organic transformation, carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom coupling reactions, oxidation, reforming, hydrotreating technologies (hydrogenation, hydrodesulfurization, hydrodenitrogenation, hydro dearomatization and hydro demetalization), nanocatalysis and biocatalysis (enzymatic hydrolysis). The biofuel and biochemical products discussed include bioethanol, biobutanol, biopropanol, biomethanol, biohydrogen, biomethane, bio-oil, biodiesel, microalgae-based oil, and more. Bioenergy Engineering: Fundamentals, Methods, Modelling, and Applications provides readers with a comprehensive reference on the production of biofuels and bioenergy that will be of interest to students and researchers working in renewable energy, fuel technologies, bioprocess engineering, environmental engineering, waste valorization, and energy recovery. Analyzes emerging technologies for the sustainable conversion of various waste and non-waste materials into bioenergy and biofuels Examines a wide range of feedstocks and conversion pathways for liquid and gaseous biofuels Offers practical guidance and data on how to conduct life cycle assessment, techno-economic analysis, and utilize GIS modelling for a range production pathways