Biofuels Engineering Process Technology - Hardcover

Drapcho, Caye; Nhuan, Nghiem Phu; Walker, Terry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071487492 ISBN 13: 9780071487498

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2008

Synopsis

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New Process Technology for Developing Low-Cost, Environmentally Safe Biofuels

Rising fuel prices have created a surge in the worldwide demand for biofuels made from plant and animal feedstocks. Filled with a wealth of illustrations, Biofuels Engineering Process Technology fully explains the concepts, systems, and technology now being used to produce biofuels on both an industrial and small scale.

Written by a team of leading biofuels experts, this lucid guide presents a complete introduction to biofuels and biorefining processes...state-of-the-art information on biofuels processed from fermentations of ethanol, hydrogen, microbial oils, and methane...new material on the production of biodiesel from plant and algal oils...and the use of microbial fuel cells to produce bioelectricity. Biofuels Engineering Process Technology takes readers step by step through:

• The key concepts, systems, and technology of biofuels
• A review of the basic concepts of fermentation pathways and kinetic modeling of bioreactors
• Biofuels produced from fermentations of agricultural feedstocks and biomass-ethanol, hydrogen, microbial oils, and methane
• Biodiesel fuels processed from the chemical conversion of microbial and plant oils
• Bioelectricity produced from microbial fuel cells
• The latest sustainable biorefinery concepts and methods

Inside This Cutting-Edge Biofuels Engineering Guide

· Introduction · Fuels from Fermentations: Ethanol · Hydrogen · Microbial Oils · Methane · Fuel from Chemical Conversion of Plant and Algal Oils: Biodiesel · Microbial Fuel Cells · Technical Resources

About this title

About the Author:

Caye M. Drapcho, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor and the Graduate Coordinator in the Department of Biosystems Engineering at Clemson University. She has over 13 years of experience in bioprocess and bioreactor design. Nhuan Phu Nghiem, Ph.D., is a Senior Research Biochemical Engineer in the Crop Conversion Science and Engineering Research Unit at the Eastern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Clemson University. He has more than 20 years of experience in bioprocess engineering in industrial and federal research laboratories. Terry Walker, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biosystems Engineering at Clemson University. He has over 10 years of experience in bioprocess engineering, specializing in fungal fermentation, bioproduct separations, and bioavailability studies.

From the Back Cover:

Spiking global oil prices, especially in Western Europe, have forced
fuel-importing countries to examine the potential of lower-cost fuels
produced from plant and animal feedstocks called biofeuls. Written by a
team of experts from Clemson University with experts from around the world,
this book is a comprehensive description and discussion of the concepts,
systems and technology involved in the production of fuels on an industrial
scale and an individual scale.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0071487492
• ISBN 13: 9780071487498
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 371