This book presents key recent developments in biofuel policy, products, processes, patents and innovative technologies. It presents several case studies, which maximize reader insights into how innovative green energy technologies can be implemented on an industrial scale, with illustrations, photos and new approaches. It also analyzes in detail several different technological aspects of the research into and production of green fuels from the first, second and third generation, such as, bioethanol, biogas, biohydrogen, biobutanol, biofuels from pyrolysis, and discusses their economic and environmental impacts. A new source of information for engineers, technicians and students involved in production and research in the biofuels sector, this book also provides a valuable resource for industry, covering the current and future status of biofuels.
Über den Autor Carlos Ricardo (Hrsg.) Soccol
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Carlos Ricardo Soccol is the research group leader of the Department of Bioprocess Engineering and Biotechnology (DEBB) at the Federal University of Paraná, Brazil. He has 20 years of experience in biotechnological research and development of bioprocesses with industrial application. His research interests are in science and food technology, with emphasis on agroindustrial and agroalimentary biotechnology, bioprocess engineering, solid-state fermentation, submerged fermentation, bioseparations, industrial bioprocesses, enzyme technology, tissue culture, bioindustrial projects, and bioproduction. Ashok Pandey is deputy director and head of the Center for Biofuels and Biotechnology Division the National Sugar Institute, Kanpur, India. Professor Pandey's current research areas are in bioprocesses and product development, mainly focused on agro-industrial solid waste utilization for the production of biofuels, biopolymers, and industrial enzymes. Christian Larroche is the director of Polytech Clermont-Ferrand, Graduate School of Engineering of University Blaise Pascal. His research interests are in the areas of applied microbiology and biochemical engineering, focusing on the study and development of special processes for the use of microorganisms. This includes fungal spores produced by solid-state cultivation and their use as protein (enzyme) reservoirs in biotransformations.
