Refining Biomass Residues for Sustainable Energy and Bioproducts: Technology, Advances, Life Cycle Assessment, and Economics

The utilization of various types of biomass residue to produce products such as biofuels and biochemicals means biorefinery technology using biomass residues may become a one-stop solution to the increasing need for sustainable, non-fossil sources of energy and chemicals. Refining Biomass Residues for Sustainable Energy and Bioproducts: Technology, Advances, Life Cycle Assessment and Economics focuses on the various biorefineries currently available and discusses their uses, challenges, and future developments. This book introduces the concept of integrated biorefinery systems, as well as their operation and feedstock sourcing. It explores the specificities, current developments, and potential end products of various types of residue, from industrial and municipal to agricultural and marine, as well as residue from food industries. Sustainability issues are discussed at length, including life cycle assessment, economics, and cost analysis of different biorefinery models. In addition, a number of global case studies examine successful experiences in different regions. This book is an ideal resource for researchers and practitioners in the field of bioenergy and waste management who are looking to learn about technologies involved in residue biorefinery systems, how to reduce their environmental impacts, and how to ensure their commercial viability.

Explores a range of different biorefinery categories, such as industrial, agricultural, and marine biomass residuesIncludes a Life Cycle Assessment of biorefinery models, in addition to costs and market analysis.Features case studies from around the world and is written by an international team of authors

Part I: Concept of integrated biorefinery systems for waste management 1. Solid waste biorefinerie

Part II: Sources and operation of waste biorefineries 2. Bacterial production of fatty acid and biodiesel: opportunity and challenge 3. Microbial-derived natural bioproducts for a sustainable environment: a bioprospective for waste to wealth 4. Application of heterogeneous acid catalyst derived from biomass for biodiesel process intensification: a comprehensive review 5. Sources and operation of waste biorefineries 6. A Biorefinery approach towards development of renewable platform chemicals from sustainable biomass 7. Biorefinery of microalgae biomass cultivated in wastewaters

Part III: Industrial waste biorefineries 8. Generation of bioenergy from industrial waste using microbial fuel cell technology for the sustainable future 9. Assessment of crude glycerol utilization for sustainable development of biorefineries

Part IV: Agroindustry waste biorefineries 10. Sweet sorghum: a potential resource for bioenergy production 11. Agroresidue-based biorefineries 12. Effective utilization of sugarcane trash for energy production 13. Potentials of postharvest rice crop residues as a source of biofuel 14. Pretreatment of agroindustry waste by ozonolysis for synthesis of biorefinery products 15. Bioenergy generation from agricultural wastes and enrichment of end products 16. Agroindustry wastes: biofuels and biomaterials feedstocks for sustainable rural development

Part V: Food Industry waste biorefineries

17. Food industry waste biorefineries: future energy, valuable recovery, and waste treatment 18. Food industry waste biorefineries 19. Processing food waste for the production of platform chemicals

Part VI: Marine waste biorefineries 20. Marine biomass toward biofuel production 21. Blue biotechnology: a vision for future marine biorefineries 22. Bioconversion of marine waste biomass for biofuel and value-added products recovery

Part VII: Life Cycle Assessment of waste biorefinery models 23. Comparative life-cycle analysis of synthetic detergents and biosurfactants—an overview 24. Life cycle assessment, technical and economical analyses of jatropha biodiesel for electricity generation in remote areas of cˆote d’Ivoire

Part VIII: Economics and cost analysis of waste biorefineries 25. Economics and cost analysis of waste biorefineries 26. Process design, techno-economic, and life-cycle assessments of selected sugarcane-based biorefineries: a case study in the south african context