Sugarcane-based biofuels and bioproducts / edited by Ian M. O'Hara and Sagadevan G. Mundree.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

O'Hara, Ian M., editor.

Mundree, Sagadevan G., 1946- editor.

Series:

THEi Wiley ebooks.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biomass energy.

Sugarcane--Biotechnology.

Sugarcane.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (442 pages) : illustrations (some color), color map

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, [2016]

Language Note:

English.

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Summary:

Sugarcane has garnered much interest for its potential as a viable renewable energy crop. While the use of sugar juice for ethanol production has been in practice for years, a new focus on using the fibrous co-product known as bagasse for producing renewable fuels and bio-based chemicals is growing in interest. The success of these efforts, and the development of new varieties of energy canes, could greatly increase the use of sugarcane and sugarcane biomass for fuels while enhancing industry sustainability and competitiveness. Sugarcane-Based Biofuels and Bioproducts examines the development of a suite of established and developing biofuels and other renewable products derived from sugarcane and sugarcane-based co-products, such as bagasse. Chapters provide broad-ranging coverage of sugarcane biology, biotechnological advances, and breakthroughs in production and processing techniques. This text brings together essential information regarding the development and utilization of new fuels and bioproducts derived from sugarcane. Authored by experts in the field, Sugarc ane-Based Biofuels and Bioproducts is an invaluable resource for researchers studying biofuels, sugarcane, and plant biotechnology as well as sugar and biofuels industry personnel.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Table of Contents

Preface

List of contributors

Part I: Sugarcane for biofuels and bioproducts

Chapter 1: The sugarcane industry, biofuel, and bioproduct perspectives

1.1 Sugarcane - a global bioindustrial crop

1.2 The global sugarcane industry

1.3 Why biofuels and bioproducts?

1.4 Sugarcane biorefinery perspectives

1.5 Concluding remarks

References

Chapter 2: Sugarcane biotechnology: tapping unlimited potential

2.1 Introduction

2.2 History of sugarcane, sugarcane genetics, wild varieties

2.3 Uses of sugarcane

2.4 Sugarcane biotechnology

2.5 Improvement of sugarcane - breeding versus genetic modification through biotechnology

2.6 Genetic modification of sugarcane

2.7 Paucity of high-quality promoters

2.8 Opportunities for GM-improved sugarcane

2.9 Improved stress tolerance and disease resistance

2.10 Naturally resilient plants as a novel genetic source for stress tolerance

2.11 Disease resistance

2.12 Industrial application of sugarcane

2.13 How will climate change and expanded growing-region affect vulnerability to pathogens?

2.14 Conclusion and perspectives

Part II: Biofuels and bioproducts

Chapter 3: Fermentation of sugarcane juice and molasses for ethanol production

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Natural microbial ecology

3.3 Yeast identification

3.4 Cell surface and cell-cell interactions

3.5 Sugarcane juice and bagasse

3.6 Fermentation of juice and molasses

3.7 Cogeneration of energy from bagasse

3.8 Bioreactors and processes

3.9 Control of microbial infections

3.10 Monitoring and controlling processes

3.11 Concluding remarks and perspective

Acknowledgments

Chapter 4: Production of fermentable sugars from sugarcane bagasse

4.1 Introduction.

4.2 Bioethanol from bagasse

4.3 Overview of pretreatment technologies

4.4 Pretreatment of bagasse

4.5 Enzymatic hydrolysis

4.6 Fermentation

4.7 Conclusions and future perspectives

Chapter 5: Chemicals manufacture from fermentation of sugarcane products

5.1 Introduction

5.2 The suitability of sugarcane-derived feedstocks in industrial fermentation processes

5.3 Metabolism and industrial host strains

5.4 Bioprocess considerations

5.5 Sugarcane-derived chemical products

5.6 Summary

Chapter 6: Mathematical modeling of xylose production from hydrolysis of sugarcane bagasse

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Mathematical models of hemicellulose acid pretreatment

6.3 A mathematical model of sugarcane bagasse dilute-acid hydrolysis

6.4 Sensitivity analysis

6.5 Conclusions

Chapter 7: Hydrothermal liquefaction of lignin

7.1 Introduction

7.2 A review of lignin alkaline hydrolysis research

7.3 Hydrolysis in subcritical and supercritical water without an alkali base

7.4 Solvolysis with hydrogen donor solvent formic acid

7.5 Reported depolymerization pathways of lignin and lignin model compounds

7.6 The solid residue product

7.7 Summary - strategies to increase yields of monophenols

Chapter 8: Conversion of sugarcane carbohydrates into platform chemicals

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Platform chemicals

8.3 Organic acids

8.4 Value of potential hydrolysis products

8.5 Current technology for manufacture of furans and levulinic acid

8.6 Technology improvements

8.7 Catalysts

8.8 Solvolysis

8.9 Other product chemicals

8.10 Concluding remarks

Chapter 9: Cogeneration of sugarcane bagasse for renewable energy production

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Background.

9.3 Sugar factory processes without large-scale cogeneration

9.4 Sugar factory processes with large-scale cogeneration

9.5 Conclusions

Chapter 10: Pulp and paper production from sugarcane bagasse

10.1 Background

10.2 History of bagasse in the pulp and paper industry

10.3 Depithing

10.4 Storage of bagasse for papermaking

10.5 Chemical pulping and bleaching of bagasse

10.6 Mechanical and chemi-mechanical pulping

10.7 Papermaking

10.8 Alternate uses of bagasse pulp

Chapter 11: Sugarcane-derived animal feed

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Crop residues and processing products

11.3 Processing sugarcane residues to enhance their value in animal feed

11.4 Conclusions

Part III: Systems and sustainability

Chapter 12: Integrated first- and second-generation processes for bioethanol production from sugarcane

12.1 Introduction

12.2 Process descriptions

12.3 Economic aspects of first- and second-generation ethanol production

12.4 Environmental aspects of first- and second-generation ethanol production

12.5 Final remarks

Chapter 13: Greenhouse gas abatement from sugarcane bioenergy, biofuels, and biomaterials

13.1 Introduction

13.2 Life cycle assessment (LCA) of sugarcane systems

13.3 Greenhouse gas/carbon footprint profile of sugarcane bioproducts

13.4 Greenhouse gas (GHG) abatement from sugarcane products

13.5 Environmental trade-offs

13.6 Production pathways that optimize GHG abatement

13.7 Opportunities for further optimizing GHG abatement

13.8 Summary

Chapter 14: Environmental sustainability assessment of sugarcane bioenergy

14.1 Bioenergy and the sustainability challenge

14.2 Prospect of sugarcane bioenergy

14.3 Environmental sustainability assessment tools.

14.4 Environmental sustainability assessment of sugarcane bioenergy: Case of Thailand

14.5 Net energy balance and net energy ratio

14.6 Life cycle environmental impacts

14.7 Key environmental considerations for promoting sugarcane bioenergy

Index

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-118-71982-4

OCLC:

945447349