Waste Biorefinery: Potential and Perspectives

Waste Biorefinery: Potential and Perspectives offers data-based information on the most cutting-edge processes for the utilisation of biogenic waste to produce biofuels, energy products, and biochemicals - a critical aspect of biorefinery. The book explores recent developments in biochemical and thermo-chemical methods of conversion and the potential generated by different kinds of biomass in more decentralized biorefineries. Additionally, the book discusses the move from 200 years of raw fossil materials to renewable resources and how this shift is accompanied by fundamental changes in industrial manufacturing technologies (from chemistry to biochemistry) and in logistics and manufacturing concepts (from petrochemical refineries to biorefineries).

Waste Biorefinery: Potential and Perspectives designs concepts that enable modern biorefineries to utilize all types of biogenic wastes, and to integrate processes that convert byproduct streams to high-value products, achieving higher cost benefits. This book is an essential resource for researchers and students studying biomass, biorefineries, and biofuels/products/processes, as well as chemists, biochemical/chemical engineers, microbiologists, and biotechnologists working in industries and government agencies.

Details the most advanced and innovative methods for biomass conversionCovers biochemical and thermo-chemical processes as well as product developmentDiscusses the integration of technologies to produce bio-fuels, energy products, and biochemicalsIllustrates specific applications in numerous case studies for reference and teaching purposes

I. Feedstocks for Biorefineries 1. Waste Feedstocks for Biofefineries: An Approach to Develop a Sustainable Society 2. Kinetic Analysis of Biomass Pyrolysis 3. Side-streams from bioenergy and biorefinery complexes as a resource for circular bio-economy

II. Conversion Processes 4. Thermochemical Conversion in Biorefineries 5. Combined Thermochemical-Biochemical Routes in Waste Biorefinery

III. Food Waste Biorefinery 6. Acidogenic Valorization of Food Waste to Biogas and Platform Chemicals 7. Food Supply Chain Waste: A Functional Periodic Table of Biobased Resources

IV. Municipal Solid Waste Biorefinery 8. Conversion of Solid Waste to Fuels and Chemicals through Pyrolysis

V. Lignocellulosic Biorefinery 9. Lignocellulosic Biorefinery Wastes - Or Resources 10. Hydrothermal Processing of Wet Forest Residues and Agricultural Wastes for Production of Biofuels and Chemicals 11. Pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass for the Production of Renewable Chemicals 12. Co-pyrolysis of Agro Residues with Waste Plastics for Resource and Energy Recovery 13. Microwave-driven Biorefinery for Utilization of Food and Agricultural Waste Biomass 14. Lignin Conversion: A Key to the Concept of Lignocellulosic Biomass-based Integrated Biorefinery 15. Synthesis of Bioethanol from Invasive Weeds: Process Design, Optimization, and Intensification with Ultrasound 16. Valorization of Wastes from Agro-food and Forest Industries within the Biorefinery Concept: South Europe Scenario 17. Ionic Liquid Stable cellulases and Hemicellulases: Application in Biobased Production of Biofuels

VI. Water-based Biorefinery 18. Resource Recovery from Wastes and Wastewaters using Bioelectrochemical Systems 19. Exploitation of Microalgae-based Biorefinery - Opportunities and Challenges

VII. Specific Biorefinery 20. Waste Biorefinery in Arid Regions 21. Potential and Perspectives of Biorefinery from Castor Seed 22. Insect-based biorefinery for bioenergy and biobased products: A critical review 23. Thermochemical Valorization of Paper Deinking Residue through Microwave-assisted Pyrolysis

VIII. Associated Studies 24. Process Integration and Design Philosophy for Competitive Waste Biorefineries 25. Process Control and Monitoring in Biorefineries 26. Environmental Impacts of Utilizing Woody Biomass for Energy