Biofuels

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction to biofuels. 2. Biofuels scenario and policies. 3. Biomass as energy source. 4. Biomass pretreatment and saccharification. 5. Ethanol production. 6. Biodiesel production. 7. Biofuels from algal biomas.  8. Biohydrogen. 9. Biogas technology. 10. Biofuels and environmental benefits. 11. Biofuels and food security. 12. Climate change and biofuels. 13. Biofuels sustainable development. References. Glossary.

Rising fuel prices have create a surge in the worldwide demand for biofuels. The biofuels book provides a roadmap for understanding the broad sweep of technological and energy policy issues that intermingle and intertwine. This book explores key technologies, with the biomass resources, basic concepts, processes of biofuels production, scenario and policy related to biofuels, air quality, climate change and sustainability of biofuels as well as food vs. energy and agriculture particularly in Indian context. The author examines the future of biofuels from a broader perspective, environmental issues and sustainable development. Each chapter provides detailed technological developments and a guide to understand the biofuels.