Advances in feedstock conversion technologies for alternative fuels and bioproducts : new technologies, challenges and opportunities / edited by Majid Hosseini.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hosseini, Majid, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biomass energy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (416 pages)

Place of Publication:

Duxford, England ; Cambridge, Massachusetts ; Kidlington, England : Woodhead Publishing, 2019.

Summary:

Advances in Feedstock Conversion Technologies for Alternative Fuels and Bioproducts: New Technologies, Challenges and Opportunities highlights the novel applications of, and new methodologies for, the advancement of biological, biochemical, thermochemical and chemical conversion systems that are required for biofuels production. The book addresses the environmental impact of value added bio-products and agricultural modernization, along with the risk assessment of industrial scaling. The book also stresses the urgency in finding creative, efficient and sustainable solutions for environmentally conscious biofuels, while underlining pertinent technical, environmental, economic, regulatory and social issues.Users will find a basis for technology assessments, current research capability, progress, and advances, as well as the challenges associated with biofuels at an industrial scale, with insights towards forthcoming developments in the industry.- Presents a thorough overview of new discoveries in biofuels research and the inherent challenges associated with scale-up- Highlights the novel applications and advancements for biological, biochemical, thermochemical and chemical conversion systems that are required for biofuels production- Evaluates risk management concerns, addressing the environmental impact of value added bio-products and agricultural modernization, and the risk assessment of industrial scaling

Contents:

Note continued: 15.1. Introduction

15.2. Materials and Methods

15.2.1. Materials

15.2.2. Supercritical CO2 Extraction With Water as Co-solvent

15.2.3. Design of Experiment, Data Analysis, and Model Fitting

15.2.4. Soxhlet Extraction

15.2.5. Extracted Oil Yield Calculation

15.2.6. Characterization of Extracted Oil by GC-MS

15.3. Results and Discussions

15.3.1. Analysis of Variance

15.3.2. Effect of Temperature, Pressure, and Particle Size on SCCD Extraction of Empty Fruit Bunch

15.3.3. Soxhlet Extraction

15.3.4. Comparison Between SCCD Extraction and Soxhlet Extraction

15.3.5. Characterization of Extracted Oil: GC-MS Analysis

15.4. Potential Application of Supercritical Extraction in Industrial Scale, Limitations, and Challenges

15.5. Conclusion

15.6. Future Outlook

Acknowledgment

References

16. Progress in Anaerobic Digestion of Manures / Willem Jan Oosterkamp

16.1. Introduction

16.2. Biofilms

16.2.1. Fixed Film Reactors

16.2.2. Settling

16.2.3. Sequencing Batch Reactors

16.2.4. Induced Blanket Reactor

16.2.5. Simplified Induced Blanket Reactor

16.2.6. Simplified Induced Blanket Reactor With Percolated Scum Layer

16.3. Cattle Manure

16.3.1. High Solids Digestion

16.3.2. Fixed Film at Cartago, Costa Rica

16.3.3. Fixed Film at Hague, FL, United States

16.3.4. Sequencing Batch Reactors at Pullman, WA, United States

16.3.5. Induced Blanket Reactor at Ogden, UT, United States

16.3.6. Straw as Support for Biofilms (Foulum, Denmark)

16.3.7. Pretreatment and Addition of Nutrients

16.4. Swine Manure

16.4.1. Manure Storage Time

16.4.2. Sequencing Batch Reactors at Lennoxville, Quebec, Canada

16.4.3. Sequencing Batch Reactors at Stillwater, OK, United States of America

16.4.4. Upflow, Downflow, Reflow Reactor at Sterksel

16.4.5. Biofilm Reactor at Foulum, Denmark

16.4.6. Thermal Pretreatment and Addition of Nutrients

16.5. Poultry Manure and Combinations With Other Manures

16.5.1. Poultry Manure Mono-digestion

16.5.2. Pretreatment

16.5.3. Poultry and Cattle Manures

16.5.4. Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor With Poultry, Cattle, and Swine Manures in Langenwetzendorf

16.6. Discussion

16.7. Conclusion

16.8. Future Outlook

17. Thermochemical Processes Aimed at the Energy Valorization of Cow Manure from Feedlots / Ulises Sedran

17.1. Introduction

17.2. Experimental

17.2.1. Biomass

17.2.2. Pyrolysis Experiments

17.2.3. Product Analysis

17.3. Results and Discussion

17.3.1. Composition of Cow Manure

17.3.2. Pyrolysis of Cow Manure

17.3.3. Other Thermochemical Processes Appropriate for Cow Manure Processing

17.3.4. Characterization of Liquid Products in the Pyrolysis of Cow Manure: Biooil and Tar

17.3.5. Characterization of Gases and Char: Composition and Properties

17.4. Conclusion

17.5. Future Outlook

18. Environmental Concerns on the Production of Value-Added Bioproducts From Residual Renewable Sources / Maria Teresa Moreira

18.1. Introduction

18.2. Materials and Methods

18.2.1. Description of Methodology

18.2.2. Goal and Scope Definition

18.2.3. Description of the Scenarios Under Evaluation

18.2.4. Description of the Functional Unit

18.2.5. Life Cycle Inventory Data Acquisition

18.2.6. Description of the Allocation Procedure

18.2.7. Life Cycle Assessment Method

18.3. Results and Discussion

18.3.1. General Results

18.3.2. Sugar Beet Pulp-Based Scenarios

18.3.3. Woody Chips-Based Scenarios

18.4. Conclusion

18.5. Future Outlook

Acknowledgments

19. Life Cycle Assessment of First-, Second-Generation, and Microalgae Biofuels / Rajiv Ganguly

19.1. Introduction

19.2. Steps in Life Cycle Assessment Methodology

19.3. Life Cycle Assessment Studies of First-Generation Biofuels

19.4. Life Cycle Assessment Studies of Second-Generation Biofuels

19.5. Life Cycle Assessment Studies of Microalgae Biofuels

19.6. Other Impact Indicators of Life Cycle Assessment

19.6.1. Acidification Potential

19.6.2. Environmental Impact Indicators

19.6.3. Land Usage Impact Indicators

19.6.4. Key Parameters Influencing the Implemented Methods and Results

19.6.5. The N2O Balance

19.6.6. Coproduct Allocations

19.7. Conclusion

19.8. Future Outlook

References.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780128179383

0128179384