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3 Biofuels Production

4 Scrivener Publishing 100 Cummings Center, Suite 541J Beverly, MA Publishers at Scrivener Martin Scrivener Phillip Carmical

5 Biofuels Production Edited by Vikash Babu, Ph.D, Ashish Thapliyal, Ph.D & Girijesh Kumar Patel, Ph.D

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7 For my loving son, Daksh, on his first birthday -Vikash Babu Dedicated to my Wife, Dev, Subh, Family & Friends -Ashish Thapliyal For my loving parents -Girijesh Kumar Patel

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9 Contents Preface List of Contributors xvii xix 1 Introduction to Biofuels 1 Pramod Kumar and Vikash Babu 1.1 Global Scenario of Biofuel Production and Economy 4 References 7 2 Advances in Biofuel Production 11 M.D. Berni, I.L. Dorileo, J.M. Prado, T. Forster-Carneiro and M.A.A. Meireles 2.1 Introduction Advances in the Production of First, Second and Third Generation Biofuels Conventional and Advanced Biofuels First Generation Biofuels Second Generation Biofuels Third Generation Biofuels Solar Fuels Bio-refineries Future Trends of Biofuels Development Advances in the Production of Biomass for Biofuels Genetic Engineering Fourth Generation Biofuels Economic Aspects 52 vii

10 viii Contents 2.3 Conclusions 54 Acknowledgements 55 References 55 3 Processing of Biofuels 59 Divya Gupta, Ajeet Singh, Ashwani Sharma and Anshul Nigam 3.1 Introduction First Generation Biofuels Second Generation Biofuels Biodiesel from Algae Production of Algal Biomass Oil Extraction Transesterification / Base Catalysis Pyrolysis Hydroprocessing Cellulosic Ethanol Size Reduction Enzymatic Hydrolysis Chemical Method Fermentation Process Syngas Conclusion 80 References 80 4 Bioconversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass for Bioethanol Production 85 Virendra Kumar, Purnima Dhall, Rita Kumar and Anil Kumar 4.1 Introduction Sources of Lignocellulosic Biomass Lignocellulosic Biomass can be used for Bioethanol Production Bioethanol Production Process Pretreatment Hydrolysis Detoxification Fermentation Distillation 109