| Introduction |
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1 Biofuels and sustainable development |
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1.1 Sustainable development |
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1.2 Strategies for sustainable development |
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2 Environmental aspects of biofuels production |
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2.1 Depletion of fossil fuel resources |
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2.2 Environment pollution |
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2.3 Changing the use of natural space and reducing biodiversity |
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3 Economic aspects of biofuels production |
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3.1 Cost effectiveness of biofuels production and energy balance |
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3.3 Loss of government revenue |
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4 Social aspects of biofuels production |
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4.2 Diversification of production |
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4.3 Risks associated with the production of biofuels |
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5 Prospects for the development of the biofuels market |
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2 Biomass for fuels -- classification and composition |
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1 Definition and classification of biomass |
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1.1 Definition of biomass |
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1.2 Categories and types of biomass |
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2 Biomass characteristics |
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2.1 Criterion of expressing biomass composition |
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2.2 Biomass composition -- proximate analysis |
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2.3 Biomass composition -- ultimate analysis |
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2.4 Biochemical biomass composition |
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2.4.1 Characteristic of structural components in biomass |
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2.4.2 Lignin isolation from biomass and its characterization |
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3 Biomass feedstock for biofuels production |
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2 Biomass feedstock for the first and next generation biofuels production |
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3 Biomass feedstock for the second and third generation bioethanol production |
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3.1 Lignocellulosic biomass |
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3.1.1 Biomass from short-rotation forestry |
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3.1.2 Perennial herbaceous energy crops |
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4 Biomass feedstock for the second and third generation biodiesel production |
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4.2 Spent oil and animal fats |
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4 Outlook for advanced biofuels |
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3 Microbial biofuels production |
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3.1 Metabolic pathways as criterion classification of advanced biofuels |
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3.2 Production of alcohols via fermentative pathways |
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3.3 Production of alcohols via non-fermentative pathways |
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3.4 Fatty acid-based biofuels |
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3.5 Isoprenoid-based biofuels |
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6 Properties and usage of advanced biofuels |
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6.1 Gasoline and alternative biofuels |
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6.2 Diesel and alternative biofuels |
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6.3 Jet fuel and alternative biofuels |
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5 Conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into sugars: the effect of the structure of lignocellulose |
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2 Recalcitrance nature of plant cell walls |
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3 Resistance of main components of lignocellulose |
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3.1.1 Structure of cellulose |
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3.1.2 Effect of crystallinity |
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3.1.3 Degree of cellulose polymerization |
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3.1.4 Accessible surface area |
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3.2.1 Hemicelluloses as a barrier for accessibility of cellulose |
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3.2.2 Effect of acetyl groups |
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3.2.3 Stability of lignin-carbohydrate bonds |
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3.2.4 Stability of lignin-carbohydrate complexes |
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3.3.1 Resistance of lignin to biodegradation |
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3.3.2 Lignin as a barrier for accessibility of cellulose |
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6 Pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass |
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2 Mechanical method: milling |
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3.1 Pretreatment with dilute acids |
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3.1.1 Operational condition of acid hydrolysis |
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3.2 Pretreatment with alkaline |
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3.3 Organosolv fractination |
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3.4 Oxidative delignification |
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3.5.1 Pretreatment of biomass -- dissolution of cellulose |
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3.5.2 Pretreatment of biomass -- dissolution of lignin |
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3.5.3 Dissolution of biomass in ionic liquid |
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4 Physico-chemical methods |
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7 Fermentative and non-fermentative pathways of butanol and its analogues |
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2 Butanol production via fermentative pathway |
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2.1 Sugars and starch as substrates |
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2.2 Butanol production from lignocellulosic materials |
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2.2.1 Consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) |
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2.2.2 Inhibitory effect of hydrolysis by-products on clostridia |
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2.3 Engineering pathways to improve butanol production in solventogenic clostridia |
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2.4 Escherichia coli as host for butanol/isopropanol production |
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3 Non-fermentative alcohol fuels |
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3.1 Production of higher-chain alcohols using the keto acid pathways |
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3.1.1 Propanol and butanol |
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3.1.3 2-methyl-1-butanol and 3-methyl-1-butanol |
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| About the Authors |
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