Bioenergy Systems for the Future

Prospects for Biofuels and Biohydrogen
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-0-08-101031-0
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 628 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 1130 g

Bioenergy Systems for the Future: Prospects for Biofuels and Biohydrogen examines the current advances in biomass conversion technologies for biofuels and biohydrogen production, including their advantages and challenges for real-world application and industrial-scale implementation.

In its first part, the book explores the use of lignocellulosic biomass and agricultural wastes as feedstock, also addressing biomass conversion into biofuels, such as bioethanol, biodiesel, bio-methane, and bio-gasoline. The chapters in Part II cover several different pathways for hydrogen production, from biomass, including bioethanol and bio-methane reforming and syngas conversion. They also include a comparison between the most recent conversion technologies and conventional approaches for hydrogen production.

Part III presents the status of advanced bioenergy technologies, such as applications of nanotechnology and the use of bio-alcohol in low-temperature fuel cells. The role of advanced bioenergy in a future bioeconomy and the integration of these technologies into existing systems are also discussed, providing a comprehensive, application-oriented overview that is ideal for engineering professionals, researchers, and graduate students involved in bioenergy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Basile, Angelo

Rossi, Claudio

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Biogasanlagen, Energie aus Biomasse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Biomass to bioenergy
1. Biomass pretreatment and transformation from agricultural wastes
2. Efficient transformation of non-food agricultural lignocelluloses
3. Production of bio-alcohol and bio-methane
4. Light olefins/biogasoline production from biomass
5. Bioenergy from stillage anaerobic digestion to enhance the energy balance ratio of ethanol production

Hydrogen production
6. Thermodynamic analysis of ethanol reforming for hydrogen production
7. Catalysts for conversion of synthesis gas
8. Distributed H2 production from bio-alcohols and bio-methane in conventional steam reforming units
9. H2 production from bio-alchools and bio-methane steam reforming in conventional and membrane reactors
10. Formation of hydrogen rich gas via conversion of lignocellulosic biomass and its decomposition products
11. Advantages and diadvantages of recent biomass conversion technologies compared to conventional approaches for hydrogen production

Bioenergy technology aspects/status
12. Nanocomposites for ‘‘Nano Green Energy’’ Applications
13. Integration of membrane technologies into conventional existing systems in the food industry
14. Integration of microalgae into an existing biofuel industry
15. Low-temperature fuel cell operated with bio-alcohol fuels
16. Syngas cleaning system for power generation
17. Bioenergy production from second and third generation feedstocks

Über Autor(innen)

Basile, Angelo
Angelo Basile is a Full Professor and a leading authority in membrane science and technology. Since 2014, he has served as Full Professor in Systems, Methods and Technologies of Chemical Engineering Processes at CNR-ITM in Rende, Italy. His work covers hydrogen purification and production using membrane reactors, CO2 capture, process intensification, and the treatment of industrial effluents with advanced membrane operations. Basile has edited many scientific books and authored numerous book chapters, bridging complex research with clear knowledge for engineers and scientists. Motivated by the role of AI/ML in accelerating membrane process design and automation, he supports integrating data-driven methods for smart plants and reaction–separation optimisation.

Rossi, Claudio
Claudio Rossi is full professor of Physical Chemistry at the Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy of the University of Siena, coordinator of the NMR spectroscopy activity and responsible for the University of Siena of the research in the Agrifood sector. He has authored more than 200 scientific publications in qualified international journals and co-authored 2 Italian patents. Referee of numerous scientific journals in the field of Pure and Applied Chemistry. Claudio Rossi was the coordinator of six European projects funded by EU. He was the Director of the Department of Chemical and Biosystem Sciences of the University of Siena in the period 2002-2008. He was tutor of numerous students during the preparation of their PhD thesis and Master.