fiber, fertilizer, and feedstock, the essential requirements of modern human society.
Thus, it is amply clear that there are several competitive areas that will be controlling
the demand for biomass and energy is one of these.
Lignocellulosic biomass can be used for producing biogas, bio-hydrogen,
hythane, bio-butanol, and ethanol. Algal biomass and sewage sludge are being
considered as suitable feedstocks for producing biodiesel and bio-oil. Out of all
the candidate biomasses, lignocellulosic biomass has the greatest potential for use as
feedstock for producing chemicals and fuels. This however requires selection of the
candidate biomass and a suitable pretreatment technology to make the selected
biomass as a suitable substrate for bioconversion to a fuel. Consistent research
efforts in the past two decades have resulted in considerable improvement in the
pretreatment and bioconversion processes, having high productivity, high titer value,
and high yield as well as inexpensive downstream processing. However, consistent
efforts are still required to make biomass-based chemicals and biofuel production
routes economically comparable to petrochemical-based routes.
The book entitled Biofuel Production Technologies: Critical Analysis for
Sustainability edited by Dr. Neha Srivastava, Dr. Manish Srivastava, Prof. P. K.
Mishra, and Dr. Vijai Kumar Gupta is focused on the different biofuels, including
biogas, bio-alcohols (butanol, ethanol), biohydrogen, and biodiesel. It makes an
attempt to present a summary of the state of the art as it exists today. Various factors
that control the nature of biofuel production technologies and their scale are also
included as and where required. The 12 intensive chapters comprising this book
focus on various available production technologies together with the strategies
required for economical production of various biofuels. The current bottlenecks
impeding the wide-scale exploitation of available technologies are also discussed
together with future perspectives in each case. The book is likely to be a valuable
reference for academicians, researchers, students, and professionals interested in the
area of biofuel production.
Ex-Director, IT-BHU Varanasi
Varanasi, India
Emeritus Professor, IIT (BHU) Varanasi
Varanasi, India
S. N. Upadhyay
vi
Foreword
Thus, it is amply clear that there are several competitive areas that will be controlling
the demand for biomass and energy is one of these.
Lignocellulosic biomass can be used for producing biogas, bio-hydrogen,
hythane, bio-butanol, and ethanol. Algal biomass and sewage sludge are being
considered as suitable feedstocks for producing biodiesel and bio-oil. Out of all
the candidate biomasses, lignocellulosic biomass has the greatest potential for use as
feedstock for producing chemicals and fuels. This however requires selection of the
candidate biomass and a suitable pretreatment technology to make the selected
biomass as a suitable substrate for bioconversion to a fuel. Consistent research
efforts in the past two decades have resulted in considerable improvement in the
pretreatment and bioconversion processes, having high productivity, high titer value,
and high yield as well as inexpensive downstream processing. However, consistent
efforts are still required to make biomass-based chemicals and biofuel production
routes economically comparable to petrochemical-based routes.
The book entitled Biofuel Production Technologies: Critical Analysis for
Sustainability edited by Dr. Neha Srivastava, Dr. Manish Srivastava, Prof. P. K.
Mishra, and Dr. Vijai Kumar Gupta is focused on the different biofuels, including
biogas, bio-alcohols (butanol, ethanol), biohydrogen, and biodiesel. It makes an
attempt to present a summary of the state of the art as it exists today. Various factors
that control the nature of biofuel production technologies and their scale are also
included as and where required. The 12 intensive chapters comprising this book
focus on various available production technologies together with the strategies
required for economical production of various biofuels. The current bottlenecks
impeding the wide-scale exploitation of available technologies are also discussed
together with future perspectives in each case. The book is likely to be a valuable
reference for academicians, researchers, students, and professionals interested in the
area of biofuel production.
Ex-Director, IT-BHU Varanasi
Varanasi, India
Emeritus Professor, IIT (BHU) Varanasi
Varanasi, India
S. N. Upadhyay
vi
Foreword