Cellulases in the Biofuel Industry

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-0-323-99496-5
Verlag: Elsevier Inc

Buch, Englisch, 290 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 367 g

Cellulases in the Biofuel Industry discusses how the properties of cellulases affects the quality of the biofuels produced. Heralded as the solution to humanity’s energy problem and the savior of the world’s climate, extensive research is being carried out on biofuels but there are still gaps in our understanding. This book presents cost-effective and current scenarios for cellulase production in the biofuel industry, including the most recent advancements for obtaining cellulases with higher activity on pre-treated biomass substrates by screening and sequencing new organisms, engineering cellulases with improved properties, and by identifying proteins that can stimulate cellulases.

The mechanism and efficiency of the cellulase enzyme system on cellulose is discussed with the specific classification of each cellulase enzyme, as well as explanations of the limitation of cellulases in terms of their production processes, efficiency and practical applications to biofuels. Various approaches to improve the production and efficiency of the cellulase enzyme system are evaluated, along with the current limitations that are hampering cost-effective production of cellulase and guidance on how these limitations might be resolved.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bajpai, Pratima

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Biogasanlagen, Energie aus Biomasse
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Biotechnologie Industrielle Biotechnologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Brennstoffe, Kraftstoffe, Explosivstoffe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Background and Introduction
2. Worldwide Scenario of Biofuel Production
3. Generations of Biofuels: A Brief Review
4. Challenges to Biofuel Production
5. Current production status of Cellulases and challenges
6. Cellulase market scenario
7. Cellulases and their roles in Cellulose hydrolysis
8. Cellulases for biofuels production
9. Advanced development in production processes of Cellulases
10. Cellulases and auxiliary enzymes
11. Approaches to enhance cellulase production to improve biomass hydrolysis
12. Future prospects

Über Autor(innen)

Bajpai, Pratima
Pratima Bajpai is currently working as a consultant in the field of paper and pulp. Her research career spans about 40 years, having worked at the National Sugar Institute, the University of Saskatchewan, the University of Western Ontario, and the Thapar Research and Industrial Development Centre in India. She also worked as a visiting professor at the University of Waterloo, Canada, and as a visiting researcher at the Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. Dr. Bajpai’s main areas of expertise are industrial biotechnology, pulp and paper, and environmental biotechnology.