Advances in Bioenergy, Volume Two is a new series that provides both principles and recent developments in various kinds of bioenergy technologies, including feedstock development, conversion technologies, energy and economics, and environmental analysis. Topics covered in this latest release include the Principles and Development of Lignocellulosic Biomass Pretreatment for Biofuels, Anaerobic Digestion Modelling, Consolidated Bioprocessing Systems for Cellulosic Biofuel Production, Thermochemical Conversion of Plant Oils and Derivatives to Lubricants, and the Development of Synthetic Microbial Platforms to Convert Lignocellulosic Biomass to Biofuels.
The series uniquely provides the fundamentals of the technologies, along with reviews that will be invaluable for students.
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Covers a broad range of research topics and recent developments in various kinds of bioenergy technologies, including feedstock development and more
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1 Principles and Development of Lignocellulosic Biomass Pretreatment for Biofuels |
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2 Physiochemical Features of Lignocellulosic Biomass |
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3 Efficacy of Pretreatment |
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2 Anaerobic Digestion Modelling |
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2 Basic Models Used in Anaerobic Digestion |
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3 Common Model Frameworks |
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4 Modelling Major Factors Affecting Anaerobic Digestion |
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3 Consolidated Bioprocessing Systems for Cellulosic Biofuel Production |
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2 Cellulolytic/Hemicellulolytic Systems Involved in Consolidated Bioprocessing |
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3 Wild-Type Single Microorganisms for Consolidated Bioprocessing |
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4 Strategies for Designing Ideal Consolidated Bioprocessing-Enabling Microorganisms |
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5 Metagenomics and Synthetic Biology for Consolidated Bioprocessing |
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4 Thermochemical Conversion of Plant Oils and Derivatives to Lubricants |
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1 Plant Oils and Their Derivatives as Renewable Feedstocks |
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2 Overview of Biolubricants |
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3 Thermochemical Conversion to Biolubricants |
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4 Product Development and Quality Requirement of Biolubricants |
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5 Development of Synthetic Microbial Platforms to Convert Lignocellulosic Biomass to Biofuels |
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1 Biomass to Biofuels: An Overview |
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2 Designing Robust Microbial Strains to Produce Biofuels |
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3 Yeast Strains for Robust Cellulosic Ethanol Production |
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4 Developing Bacterial Strains for Biofuels Production |
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5 Fine Tuning of Synthetic Microbial Factories |
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6 Conclusion and Future Prospects |
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Dr. Yebo Li is a professor in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University (OSU). His research area is bioproducts and bioenergy with focuses on biogas production and upgrading, fermentation and separation, and thermochemical conversion of biomass for the production of biopolyols and polyurethanes. Dr. Li has written more than 230 peer reviewed journal articles and conference presentations and been awarded five patents. He has served as Division Editor, Associate Editor, and sat on Editorial Boards for several journals like Transactions of ASABE, and International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy. He is also the Co-Editor of a bioenergy textbook: Bioenergy-Principals and Applications . Dr Li has received many awards including the 2012 Rain Bird Engineering Concept of the Year Award from the American Society for Agricultural and Biological Engineers. Xumeng Ge works at Quasar Energy Group, Cleveland, OH, USA