Traditional agriculture and emerging biofuels technology produce a number of wastes and by-products, ranging from corn fiber and glycerin to animal manure, that have the potential to serve as the basis for additional sources of bioenergy that includes both liquid biofuels and biogas.

Biofuels from Agricultural Wastes and Byproducts is the first book to focus solely on the production of biofuels primarily from agricultural waste and byproducts. The book is divided into two sections. The first section looks at liquid biofuel production from agricultural byproducts, densification of agricultural residues, and the delivery from farm to processing plant of waste and byproducts for use in biofuel production. The second section focuses on anaerobic digestion of food and animal wastes, microbial diversity, molecular and biochemical aspects of methanogensis.

Together these sections solidify Biofuels from Agricultural Wastes and Byproducts as a definitive source of information on the use of agricultural waste and by-products in biofuel production.

• First book to look at production of biofuels and biogas from agricultural byproducts and wastes
• Divided into sections on liquid biofuels production and anaerobic digestion and the production of biogas
• Comprehensive coverage of agricultural waste utilization in production of bioenergy

Biofuels from Agricultural Wastes and Byproducts

Contents Preface.
About the Editors.
Contributors.

Biofuels from Agricultural Wastes and Byproducts: An Introduction

Hans P. Blaschek, Thaddeus C. Ezeji, and Jürgen Scheffran

Production of Liquid Biofuels from Biomass: Emerging Technologies

Nasib Qureshi, Stephen Hughes, and Thaddeus C. Ezeji

Butanol Production from Lignocellulosic Biomass

Thaddeus C. Ezeji and Hans P. Blaschek

Practical Aspects of Methane Production from Agricultural Wastes

Largus T. Angenent and Norman R. Scott

Conversion of Agricultural Residues to Bioethanol: The Roles of Cellulases and Cellulosomes

Edward A. Bayer, Raphael Lamed, Bryan A. White, Shi-You Ding, and Michael E. Himmel

Fuel and Chemical Production from Glycerol, a Biodiesel Waste Product

Syed Shams Yazdani, Anu Jose Mattam, and Ramon Gonzalez

Farm-Gate to Plant-Gate Delivery of Lignocellulosic Feedstocks from Plant Biomass for Biofuel Production

Klein E. Ileleji, Shahab Sokhansanj, and John S. Cundiff

Conversion of Existing Dry-Mill Ethanol Operations to Biorefineries

Timothy C. Lindsey

Cellulosic Ethanol from Agricultural Residues

Bin Yang, Yanpin Lu, and Charles E. Wyman

Hydrothermal Liquefaction to Convert Biomass into Crude Oil

Yuanhui Zhang

Detoxification of Lignocellulosic Hydrolysates

Bin Wang and Hao Feng

Index

Publish Date: 2010
Format: 7" × 10" hardcover
Pages: 246
Publication Weight: 3 lbs