Sustainable Biofuels

1. Sustainable biofuels: opportunities and challenges
Preshanthan Moodley

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Feedstocks for biofuels

1.3 Sustainable biofuels

1.4 Life cycle assessment and techno-economic analysis of
biofuel production

1.5 Current advances in sustainable biofuels

1.6 Current challenges in sustainable biofuels

1.7 Concluding remarks and future prospects
Acknowledgments
References

2. Lignocellulosic biorefineries: the path forward
Preshanthan Moodley and Cristina Trois

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Structure and composition of lignocellulose

2.3 Lignocellulosic feedstocks

2.4 Pretreatment

2.5 Cellulases and saccharification

2.6 Biofuels from lignocelluloses

2.7 Fermentation modes and consolidated bioprocesses

2.8 Synthetic biology and engineering for enhancing
biofuel production

2.9 Current status of lignocellulosic biorefineries

2.10 Economic outlook, global trends, and future prospects
References

3. Process consolidation approaches for cellulosic ethanol production
Abhishek Joshi, Bhanupriya Kanthaliya, Supriya Meena, Farhana Khan and Jaya Arora

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Consolidated bioprocessing for cellulosic ethanol production

3.3 Processing of lignocellulosic biomass to ethanol

3.4 Sustainability of the production of cellulosic ethanol

3.5 Concluding remarks and future perspectives
Acknowledgments
References

4. Recent advancements in biofuels production with a special
attention to fungi
Yehia A.-G. Mahmoud and Eman H.F. Abd El-Zaher

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Different types and generations of biofuels

4.3 Competence of fungi in organic wastes biodegradation
and biofuels production

4.4 Filamentous fungi and biofuels

4.5 Higher fungi and biofuel

4.6 The potential of fungi as consolidated bioprocessing agents

4.7 Genetic manipulation of fungi for biofuels production

4.8 Techno-economic aspects of biofuel production

4.9 Life cycle analysis

4.10 Key challenges in fungi-mediated biofuel production

4.11 Conclusion and future perspectives
References

5. Advances in biofuels and by-products from lignin
Jose´ Antonio Pe´rez-Pimienta, E. Emilia Rios-Del Toro,
H.J. Amezquita-Garcia and Carlos Escamilla-Alvarado

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Fundamentals of lignin structure and characterization

5.3 Biofuels and bioproducts from lignin

5.4 Integration of lignin technologies in biorefinery

5.5 Techno-economic feasibility and life cycle analysis

5.6 Future perspectives and conclusion
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References

6. Advanced and sustainable biodiesel fuels: technologies and
applications
Andrew C. Eloka-Eboka and Samuel Maroa

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Biodiesel processing technologies and applications

6.3 Biodiesel feedstocks

6.4 Biodiesel feedstock generations

6.5 Concept of advanced and sustainable biodiesel

6.6 Hybridization of biodiesel feedstocks

6.7 New technology of bioprocessing

6.8 Overview of future prospect and development

6.9 Summary
References
Further reading

7. Biobutanol from lignocellulosic biomass and microalgae:
scope, technology, and economics
C. Trilokesh and Kiran Babu Uppuluri

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Lignocellulosic feedstock: availability and usage

7.3 Microalgae-based butanol

7.4 Techno-economic analysis (TEA) and life cycle assessment

7.5 Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
Further reading

8. A technological outlook of biokerosene production
Spyridon Achinas, Sebastian Margry and Gerrit Jan Willem Euverink

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Methodology

8.3 Literature review

8.4 Discussion

8.5 Conclusion
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References

9. Production of renewable aviation fuel at industrial scale:
opportunities and challenges
Claudia Gutie´rrez-Antonio

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Raw materials for the production of aviation biofuel

9.3 Certified processes for the production of synthetic paraffinic
kerosene

9.4 Current research and developments related to biokerosene

9.5 Advances in commercialization of renewable aviation fuel

9.6 Supply chain for the production of biojet fuel

9.7 Opportunities and challenges for the establishment of
biojet fuel supply chain

9.8 Conclusion
Acknowledgments
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References

10. Techno-economic and life cycle assessment review of
sustainable aviation fuel produced via biomass gasification
Maria Fernanda Rojas Michaga, Stavros Michailos,
Kevin J. Hughes, Derek Ingham and Mohamed Pourkashanian

10.1 Introduction: overview of the aviation sector

10.2 Sustainable aviation fuel

10.3 Biogenic feedstocks

10.4 Conversion and upgrading processes

10.5 Chemical properties of synthetic jet fuel

10.6 Review of techno-economic studies (techno-economic analysis)

10.7 Review of life cycle assessment studies

10.8 Complementary methodologies for the techno-economic
analysis and life cycle assessment studies

10.9 Future prospects and concluding remarks
Acknowledgment
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References

11. Biogas, biohydrogen, and polyhydroxyalkanoates production from
organic waste in the circular economy context
Kaoutar Aboudi, Luis A. Ferna´ndez-Gu¨elfo, Carlos J. A´lvarez-Gallego and Luis I. Romero-Garcı´a

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Characteristics of anaerobic digestion process

11.3 Methane production

11.4 Biohydrogen production

11.5 Polyhydroxyalkanoates

11.6 Techno-economic feasibility of the anaerobic digestion

11.7 Cases studies

11.8 Life cycle analysis

11.9 Future perspectives and conclusions
Acknowledgments
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References
Further reading

12. Effects of public policies on the sustainability of the
biofuels value chain
Noe´ Aguilar-Rivera, Christian Michel-Cuello, Jose´ Juan Cervantes-Nin˜o, Fernando C. Go´mez-Merino and Luis Alberto Olvera-Vargas

12.1 Introduction

12.2 Worldwide inductive factors for the production of biofuels from biomass

12.3 Technologies, pathways, and developments of the sustainable
and competitive production of biofuels

12.4 Socioeconomic, political, spatial, technological, and environmental impacts of the transition to a
biofuel economy

12.5 The role of global policies of sustainability, bioeconomy, and green products in the production of biofuels and the
diversified use of their by-products

12.6 Life cycle analysis and global policies of sustainability,
bioeconomy, and green products

12.7 Development of domestic public policies, success stories,
and constraints for the transition

12.8 Mexico: hegemony of fossil fuels and minimal advances in
biofuels

12.9 Conclusions: environmental sustainability as a basis for the development of biofuels
References

13. A relook on the biofuels: how can industrial processes
underpin the drive for sustainable development?
Spyridon Achinas, Vasileios Achinas and Gerrit Jan Willem Euverink

13.1 Introduction

13.2 Methodology

13.3 Biofuel production processes

13.4 Biofuels and sustainable development

13.5 Biofuel prospects and key challenges

13.6 Conclusion
References

14. Advances, challenges, and opportunities in genetic engineering for
biofuels production
Francisco Javier Rı´os-Fra´nquez, Carlos Antonio Alba-Fierro and Carlos Escamilla-Alvarado

14.1 Introduction

14.2 Microbial metabolic engineering for biofuels production

14.3 Genome edition approaches

14.4 Genetic modification of substrates

14.5 Emergent biofuels

14.6 Economic aspects

14.7 Conclusion and perspectives
References

15. Potential uses of halophytes for biofuel production:
Opportunities and challenges
Sudhanshu S. Behera and S. Ramachandran

15.1 Introduction

15.2 Selected halophytic plants for renewable source of biofuels

15.3 Cell constituents for biofuel

15.4 World scenario of biofuels from halophytes

15.5 Conversion of lignocellulosic biomass (halophytes)

15.6 Halophytes for biofuel

15.7 Socioeconomic and policy issues

15.8 Conclusion and future aspects
References

16. Algal biofuels—technologies, scope, opportunities, challenges,
and applications
Andrew C. Eloka-Eboka, Samuel Maroa and Shuvashish Behera

16.1 Introduction

16.2 Algal cultivation

16.3 Factors affecting algal biomass production

16.4 Algal biofuels production and applications

16.5 Economic assessment and future prospects

16.6 Conclusion
References
Further reading
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