Handbook of Biofuels Production

Part I Key issues and assessment of biofuels production   1. Introduction: an overview of biofuels and production technologies 2. Multiple objectives policy for biofuels production: environmental, socio-economic and regulatory issues 3. Life cycle sustainability assessment of biofuels 4. Techno-economic studies of biofuels 5. Moving away from first generation biofuel feedstocks
Part II Biofuels from chemical and biochemical conversion processes and technologies   6. Production of biodiesel via chemical catalytic conversion 7. Biochemical catalytic production of biodiesel 8. Biodiesel production from microbial oil 9. Biochemical production of bioalcohols 10. Production of biogas via anaerobic digestion 11. Biological and fermentative production of hydrogen 12. Biological and fermentative conversion of syngas
Part III Biofuels from thermal and thermo-chemical conversion processes and technologies 13. Production of bio-oils via catalytic pyrolysis 14. Production of biofuels via catalytic cracking 15. Production of bio-syngas and biohydrogen via gasification 16. Production of bioalcohols via gasification 17. Production of biofuels via hydrothermal conversion 18. Production of biofuels via Fischer-Tropsch synthesis: biomass-to-liquids 19. Production of biofuels via bio-oil upgrading & refining
Part IV Integrated production and application of biofuels 20. Biofuel-driven biorefineries for the co-production of transportation fuels and added-value products 21. Food waste to biofuels 22. Agricultural waste (lignocellulose) to biofuels and biochar production 23. Microalgae for biofuels 24. Utilisation of biofuels in diesel engines 25. Emissions from the application of biofuels in engines: current status and future prospects