Biofuels from Agricultural Wastes and Byproducts [Hardcover]

Traditional agriculture and emerging biofuels technology produce a number of wastes and by-products, ranging from corn fiber and glycerin to animal manure, that have the potential to serve as the basis for additional sources of bioenergy that includes both liquid biofuels and biogas.

Biofuels from Agricultural Wastes and Byproducts is the first book to focus solely on the production of biofuels primarily from agricultural waste and by-products. The book is divided roughly into two sections. The first section looks at liquid biofuel production from agricultural byproducts, densification of agricultural residues, and the delivery from farm to processing plant of waste and byproducts for use in biofuel production. The second section focuses on anaerobic digestion of food and animal wastes, microbial diversity, molecular and biochemical aspects of methanogensis.

Together these sections solidify Biofuels from Agricultural Wastes and Byproducts as a definitive source of information on the use of agricultural waste and by-products in biofuel production.

Preface.

About the Editors.

Contributors.

1 Biofuels from Agricultural Wastes and Byproducts: An Introduction (Hans P. Blaschek, Thaddeus C. Ezeji, and Jürgen Scheffran).

2 Production of Liquid Biofuels from Biomass: Emerging Technologies (Nasib Qureshi, Stephen Hughes, and Thaddeus C. Ezeji).

3 Butanol Production from Lignocellulosic Biomass (Thaddeus C. Ezeji and Hans P. Blaschek).

4 Practical Aspects of Methane Production from Agricultural Wastes (Largus T. Angenent and Norman R. Scott).

5 Conversion of Agricultural Residues to Bioethanol: The Roles of Cellulases and Cellulosomes (Edward Al³u