Biofuels and Sustainability: Life-cycle Assessments, System Biology, Policies, and Emerging Technologies

Biofuels and Sustainability: Life-cycle Assessments, System Biology, Policies, and Emerging Technologies presents the current progress and challenges related to the sustainability of biofuels. Addressing a wide range of issues, the book examines the methods and technologies, policies for sustainable biofuels, impacts of advanced fuels, recent advances, and future research prospects. Reflecting new developments, emphasis is given to new biological/biochemical approaches that offer the most efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable strategies for biofuel production. Divided into five parts, the first provides an overview of biofuels, the need for alternate fuels, carbon footprints, life cycle assessments, environmental aspects, various generations of biofuels, biofuel production from lignocellulosic material, and artificial intelligence in biofuel production. Part 2 examines the various methods and technologies for biofuels production, with case studies from the USA, UK, and Brazil. Part 3 explores the policies for sustainable biofuels, including current standards, with applications from the USA, European Union, Asia, and Africa. Part 4 analyses the impacts of advanced fuels in the decarbonization of transport, climate change mitigation, sustainable agriculture, and water resources, with perspectives from developed and developing countries. Finally, Part 5 critically reviews the recent advances and future research prospects related to termites, insects, metabolic engineering, microorganisms, and bioreactors. Provides carbon footprints and lifecycle assessments of biofuel and bioproduct production from 2nd and 3rd generation feedstocks and compliance with the international standardsHighlights the emerging applications of systems biology in biofuel and bioenergy production, including biomimetics and protein engineeringAnalyzes the sustainable production of biofuels at various stages, such as feedstock production, biomass pre-treatment and novel bioprospectionExplains the technological challenges of biofuel production, designing novel bioreactors, and value-added processing of biofuel residuesDiscusses and analyses biofuel and bioenergy policies from various countries and various regions of the world INDICE: Part-I: Overview of Biofuels1. A perspective on the emergence and need of alternate fuels.2. Carbon foot-printing analysis and strategies for limiting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions: Life cycle assessment (LCA) analysis of biofuels/bioproducts production/application pathways and compliance with the international standard3. Environmental Aspects of biofuels used as Sustainable Energy resources: Current Situation and Future Trends4. Drawbacks of the first-generation of biofuels: Challenges and paradigm shifts in technology for second and third generation biofuels5. Preprocessing of the lignocellulosic waste for biofuel productionsPart-2: Methods and technologies6. A holistic approach towards the maximum conversion of lignocellulose into biofuels7. Targeting lignin as a substrate for future biorefinery8. Using systems biology to exploit the resources/natural reservoirs for biofuel production9. Exploiting the gut bacteria for the production of biofuels from lignocellulose10. Rumen as a potential reservoir for advanced biocatalysts for alternate fuelsPart-3: Polices for sustainable biofuels11. Guidelines for the production of different generations of Biofuels in United states12. Policies and innovative technologies required for the sustainable production of biofuels from organic waste13. European Union guidelines for the production of different generations of biofuels14. Policies and guidelines for the production of Biofuels in Asian counties15. African countries regulations and guidelines for the production of biofuels16. Hindrances and drawback in the existing Biofuel policies and roadmap for sustainable production of biofuelsPart 4: Impact of advanced biofuels17. Impact of advances biofuels to decarbonizes transport18. Impact of advanced biofuels on climate change19. Impact of advanced biofuels on sustainable agriculture20. Impact of advanced biofuels on water resources21. The impact of developed countries advanced Biofuel production on developing countriesPart-5: Recent advances and Future research prospects22. Can termites serve the role of future biorefinery?23. Non-termite Insects as biomimetic models to advance the production of second and third generation of biofuels24. Metabolic engineering and designing of the novel biomass species for enhanced production of biofuels25. Bioengineering of the extremophilic microorganisms for biofuel production26. Design of the novel bioreactors for efficient bioconversion of lignocellulose into bioethanol

• ISBN: 978-0-443-21433-2
• Editorial: Woodhead Publishing
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 410
• Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2024
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés