Recent Advances in Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass

This book provides general information and data on one of the most promising renewable energy sources: biomass for its thermochemical conversion. During the last few years, there has been increasing focus on developing the processes and technologies for the conversion of biomass to liquid and gaseous fuels and chemicals, in particular to develop low-cost technologies.

This book provides date-based scientific information on the most advanced and innovative processing of biomass as well as the process development elements on thermochemical processing of biomass for the production of biofuels and bio-products on (biomass-based biorefinery). The conversion of biomass to biofuels and other value-added products on the principle biorefinery offers potential from technological perspectives as alternate energy. The book covers intensive R&D and technological developments done during the last few years in the area of renewable energy utilizing biomass as feedstock and will be highly beneficial for the researchers, scientists and engineers working in the area of biomass-biofuels- biorefinery.

Provides the most advanced and innovative thermochemical conversion technology for biomassProvides information on large scales such as thermochemical biorefineryUseful for researchers intending to study scale upServes as both a textbook for graduate students and a reference book for researchersProvides information on integration of process and technology on thermochemical conversion of biomass

Part 1: General 1. Introduction (Prof Ashok Pandey, India) 2. Feedstock suitability for thermo-chemical processes (Dr Rupam Kataki, India) 3. Analytical techniques as a tool to understand the reaction mechanism (Prof Emma Jakab, Hungary) 4. Catalysts for the thermo-chemical conversion of biomass (Dr Thallada Bhaskar, India) 5. Artificial neural networks for thermo-chemical conversion of biomass (Prof Juan Carlos Bruno) 6. Thermo-chemical biorefinery (Ms Bhavya Balagurumurthy, India)

Part 2: Primary Processes 7. Pyrolysis of biomass (Prof. Philip Steele, USA) 8. Gasification of biomass to produce syngas (Prof Yohan Richardson, Burkina Faso) 9. Hydrothermal gasification of biomass (Prof Y Matsumura, Japan) 10. Hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass (Dr Thallada Bhaskar, India) 11. Carbonization of biomass (Dr Frederik Ronsse, Belgium) 12. Hydrothermal carbonization of biomass (Dr Maria Magdelana Titrici, UK)

Part 3: Secondary Processes 13. Co-processing of upgraded bio-oil in fluid catalytic cracking (Prof Ulises Sedran, Argentina) 14. Biomass gasification and Fischer-Tropsch process to produce liquid hydrocarbons (Prof VS Moholkar, India) 15. Conversion of cellulose-derived compounds into value-added chemicals using carbon dioxide and water (Dr M Shirai, Japan) 16. Thermo-chemical valorisation of lignin (Dr Thallada Bhaskar, India)