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Agroenergy

Renewable and Sustainable Energy

  • 1st Edition - September 21, 2023
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Lina María Grajales Agudelo, Juan Carlos Valdés Serra, Erich Collicchio
  • Language: English

Agroenergy: Renewable and Sustainable Energy presents developments in agroenergy. With a particular focus on sustainability, each section of the book – crop productivity, biofuel p… Read more

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Description

Agroenergy: Renewable and Sustainable Energy presents developments in agroenergy. With a particular focus on sustainability, each section of the book – crop productivity, biofuel production based on feedstock generation, and bioenergy production technologies – addresses different aspects of the agroenergetic production chain, identifying strategies for enhanced yields and reduced risks. Sample sections explain the theoretical and economic aspects related to crop productivity, along with issues related to circular economy, lifecycle assessments, and impacts of future climate scenarios. Other chapters discuss biofuel production based on feedstock generation, describe the valorization of biomass residues, address pretreatment issues, and more.

This book will be of interest to scientists, researchers, engineers, industrial practitioners, graduate and postgraduate students, and anyone working in any agroenergy sector.

Key features

  • Examines all aspects related to agroenergy, with a focus on the sustainability of the sector
  • Analyzes crop productivity and explains how to improve yields for biofuel production
  • Discusses bioenergy production technologies and the residue usage for further transformation

Readership

Scientists, researchers, engineers, and industrial practitioners, along with graduate and postgraduate students working on the broad sector of agroenergy

Table of contents

Part I: Fundamentals of Agriculture for Biofuel Production

1. Use‐ Value Assessment, Land Development, and Irrigation Investment Aiming to Biofuel Production

2. Environmental and Energy Performance Assessment of the Agricultural Stage in Fresh Oil Palm Production

3. Effect of Year and Sowing Times on Low Latitude Soybean Aiming at Biofuel Production

4. Non-Edible Crops as Alternative Raw Materials for Biodiesel Production – An Overview

5. The Biodiesel Agro-Industrial Complex in Brazil and The Performance of The National Biodiesel Production Program

6. Potential Effects of Future Climatic Scenarios on The Agroclimatic Aptitude of Eucalyptus Urophylla in the Matopiba Region

Part II: Biofuel Production: Classification According To The Generation Of Feedstock

7. Valorization of Corn Wastes: Assessing The Environmental Impacts in A Life-Cycle Perspective

8. EFB (Empty Fruit Bunches) of Oil Palm for 2G Ethanol Production

9. Sugarcane Residues: Insights on Exploitation, Energetic And Non-energetic Uses, and The Production Potential in Brazil and in the State of Tocantins

10. Taking Advantage of Dairy Whey for Bioethanol Production – Case Study of Dairy Industry at New Zealand

11. Feasibility Study for the Biodiesel Production from Cooking Oil in Dianópolis, Tocantins

12. Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Manipueira with Bovine Manure for Biogas and Biofertilizer Production

13. Microalgae-Based Biofuels: Advances And Challenges

Part III: Bioenergy Production Technologies

14. Use Of Ionic Liquids in the Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass

15. The Importance of Microorganisms for Biofuels Production

16. Use of Agro-Energy Waste: Some Current Technologies

17. Waste and Biomass Valorisation Via its Transformation into Advanced Materials for Energy Applications

18. Immobilization of Lipases from the Fungus Metarhizium Anisopliae Icbc 425 Using Babassu Nut Bagasse as Substrate on Cellulose Fibers from Lulo Stalks

19. Heat Analysis of a Sugarcane Bagasse and Wheat Bran System in Rotating Drum Bioreactor for Cellulase Production

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: September 21, 2023
  • Language: English

About the editors

LG

Lina María Grajales Agudelo

Lina María Grajales is Associate Professor II at the Federal University of Tocantins (UFT) in Brazil. She is part of the undergraduate program in Food Engineering and the Graduate Program in Digital Agroenergy, and works on the development of bioreactors for solid-state fermentation aimed at producing biofuels using agro-industrial residues as substrates.

Affiliations and expertise
Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Brazil

JS

Juan Carlos Valdés Serra

Graduated in Mechanical Engineering from "Universidad de Oriente. Santiago de Cuba-CUBA” holds a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from State University of Campinas-SP, Brazil (UNICAMP) and a Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from State University of Campinas -SP, Brazil (UNICAMP). He is currently a Full Professor at the Federal University of Tocantins Foundation (UFT) Brazil. He has experience in Mechanical Engineering, with an emphasis on Materials and Manufacturing Processes, acting on obtaining composite materials and sustainable development.
Affiliations and expertise
Mechanical Engineering, Universidad de Oriente. Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

EC

Erich Collicchio

Specialist in Irrigation Engineering from the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), holds a master’s degree in Genetics and Plant Breeding from the Federal University of Lavras (UFLA), a Doctorate in Applied Ecology from the University of São Paulo (USP), and a Postdoctoral internship in Phytotechnics in the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV) by the PROCAD-AM program. He is an Associate Professor at the Federal University of Tocantins (UFT). He teaches in the Undergraduate Program in Environmental Engineering and in the Graduate Program in Digital Agroenergy. He has experience in scientific research in the area of Agricultural Sciences and the Environment, with an emphasis on Planning and Management in Agricultural Science, Technology and Innovation, Genetic Improvement of Plants, and Phytotechnics. He is currently developing work focusing on agroenergy crops, agroclimatic zoning, carbon storage, and environmental changes.
Affiliations and expertise
Agronomic Engineer, Federal University of Goiás (UFG), Brazil

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