The second part of Bioenergy: Principles and Technologies continues the discussion of biomass energy technologies covering fuel ethanol production, pyrolysis, biomass-based hydrogen production and fuel synthesis, biodiesel, municipal solid water treatment and microbial fuel cells. With a combination of theories, experiments and case studies, it is an essential reference for bioenergy researchers, industrial chemists and chemical engineers.

<p>Table of Content: </p> <p>Chapter 1 Technologies of Fuel Ethanol Production<br>1.1 Characteristics and Applications of Fuel ethanol<br>1.1.1 Physical and chemical characteristics of ethanol<br>1.1.2 Performance comparison of ethanol and gasoline<br>1.1.3 Fuel ethanol application on combustion engine<br>1.1.3.1 Mixed fuel application of ethanol and gasoline on combustion engine<br>1.1.3.2 Mixed fuel application of ethanol and diesel on combustion engine<br>1.2 Production theory of ethanol<br>1.2.1 ethanol<br>1.2.2Biochemical process of ethanol fermentation<br>1.2.3 Ethanol fermentation microbiology<br>1.2.4 Screening of ethanol fermentation microorganism<br>1.3 Ethanol Production from Starch Feedstocks<br>1.3.1 Type of Starch Feedstocks<br>1.3.2 Crushing<br>1.3.3 Steaming & Gelatinization<br>1.3.4 Saccharification<br>1.3.5 Yeast Starter Culture<br>1.3.6 Ethanol Fermentation<br>1.3.7 Ethanol Extraction and Purification<br>1.3.8 Examples of Industrial Production<br>1.4 Ethanol production from sugar-based materials<br>1.4.1 Type of Sugar-based Feedstocks<br>1.4.2 The feature of sugar-based ethanol production<br>1.4.3 Molasses ethanol production features<br>1.4.4 Technology of molasses ethanol production<br>1.4.5 Ethanol produced by sweet sorghum stalk<br>1.4.6 Fuel ethanol production case from molasses raw material<br>1.5 Ethanol Production from Lignocellulosic materials<br>1.5.1 Type of Lignocellulosic Feedstocks<br>1.5.2 Principle of hydrolysis<br>1.5.3 Acid hydrolysis and ethanol fermentation<br>1.5.4 Enzyme hydrolysis and ethanol fermentation<br>1.5.5 Fuel ethanol production case from Lignocellulosic material<br>1.6 Economical analysis of fuel ethanol production<br>1.6.1 Economical analysis of fuel ethanol production based on starch materials<br>1.6.2 Economical analysis of fuel ethanol production based on sugar materials<br>1.6.3 Economical analysis of fuel ethanol production based on lignocellulose materials<br>1.7 Environmental Impacts of Fuel Ethanol Production and Control approaches<br>1.7.1 Formation Ways of Pollutants<br>1.7.2 Treatment Methods of Waste<br>1.7.3 Control Approaches of Pollutants<br>1.8 Overview of ethanol production worldwide<br>1.2.1Global development situation of fuel ethanol industry<br>1.2.2 Development status of fuel ethanol industry in China </p> <p>Chapter 2 Technologies of Biomass Pyrolysis<br>2.1 Principle and Technology of Biomass Fast Pyrolysis<br>2.1.1 Overview of Biomass Fast Pyrolysis<br>2.1.2 Characteristics of Biomass Fsat Pyrolysis<br>2.1.3 Technologies of Biomass Fats Pyrolysis<br>2.1.4 Demo Applications of Biomass Fast Pyrolysis<br>2.2 Upgrading and Application of Bio-oil<br>2.2.1 Compositions and Properties of Bio-oil<br>2.2.2 Bio-oil Upgrading with Adding Hydrogen<br>2.2.3 Bio-oil Upgrading with Catalysis Cracking<br>2.2.4 Bio-oil Upgrading with Catalysis Esterification<br>2.2.5 Bio-oil Steam-Reforming for Hydrogen<br>2.2.6 Bio-oil Emulsion<br>2.2.7 Bio-oil Combustion<br>2.2.8 Demo Applications of Bio-oil<br>2.3 Carbonization of Biomass<br>2.3.1 Biomass Carbonization Technology<br>2.3.2 Char Properties and Application<br>2.3.3 Application of Biomass Distillation Gas<br>2.3.4 Case Study of Biomass Carbonization </p> <p>Chapter 3 Technologies of Biomass-Based Hydrogen Production<br>3.1 Introduction<br>3.1.2 Properties of Hydrogen<br>3.1.3 Biomass-Based Hydrogen Production Methods<br>3.1.4 Development and Utilization of Hydrogen<br>3.2 Thermochemical Hydrogen Production<br>3.2.1 Introduction<br>3.2.2 Hydrogen from Steam or Partial Oxidation Gasification<br>3.2.3 Hydrogen from Biomass-Derived Synthesis Gas<br>3.2.4 Supercritical Hydrogen Production<br>3.2.5 Hydrogen from Biomass Pyrolysis<br>3.2.6 Hydrogen Production with Solid Heat Carrier<br>3.2.1 Hydrogen Production from Chemical-looping Gasification<br>3.3 Biomass-Derived Catalytic Hydrogen Production<br>3.3.1 Introduction<br>3.3.2 Hydrogen From Biomass-Derived Pyrolysis Oils<br>3.3.3 Hydrogen From Biomass-Derived Methanol<br>3.3.4 Hydrogen From Biomass-Derived Ethanol<br>3.3.5 Hydrogen From Biomass-Derived Dimethyl Ether<br>3.4 Biological Hydrogen Production<br>3.4.1 Introduction<br>3.4.2 Direct Biophotolysis<br>3.4.3 Indirect Biophotolysis<br>3.4.4 Photo-fermentation<br>3.4.5 Dark Fermentation<br>3.4.6 Biological Water-gas Shift Reaction<br>3.5 Technoeconomic and Life Cycle Analysis of Biomass to Hydrogen<br>3.5.1 Introduction<br>3.5.2 Approach of Analysis<br>3.5.3 Analysis of Several Hydrogen Production Methods </p> <p>Chapter 4 Technologies of Biomass Based Fuels Synthesis<br>4.1 Bio-fuels production by synthesis from syngas<br>4.1.1 Mechanism of FT synthesis from syngas<br>4.1.2 Methanol synthesis from syngas<br>4.1.3 Dimethyl ether synthesis from syngas<br>4.1.4 Mixture alcohol synthesis from syngas<br>4.1.5 Diesel synthesis from syngas<br>4.1.6 Gasoline synthesis via methanol from syngas<br>4.2 Bio-fuels synthesis by aqueous phase catalytic conversion of biomass<br>4.2.1 Mechanism of aqueous phase catalytic conversion of biomass<br>4.2.2 Alkane production by aqueous phase catalytic conversion of biomass<br>4.2.2 Alkane production by aqueous phase catalytic conversion of biomass<br>4.2.3 Oxgenated loquid fuels production by aqueous phase catalytic conversion of biomass<br>4.3 Bio-fuels production by polymerization of low carbon number of olefin<br>4.3.1 Mechanism of polymerization of low carbon number of olefin<br>4.3.2 Gasoline production by polymerization of low carbon number of olefin<br>4.3.3 Jet fuels production by polymerization of low carbon number of olefin </p> <p>Chapter 5 Technologies of Plant Oil Fuel and Biodesel<br>5.1 Plant oil fuel<br>5.1.1 Physicochemical Properties of plant oil<br>5.1.2 Method of Plant Oil for Fuel--- Microemulsification<br>5.1.3 Process of Plant Oil Extraction<br>5.1.4 Case of colza oil fuel test<br>5.1.5 Case of Cottonseed oil and diesel fuel mix<br>5.2 Biodiesel production technology<br>5.2.1 The principle for biodiesel production<br>5.2.1.1 Esterification reacrtion<br>5.2.1.2 Transesterification reaction<br>5.2.2 Technologies for biodiesel production<br>5.2.2.1 Enzymatic transesterification method<br>5.2.2.2 Chemical method<br>5.2.2.3 Supercritical methanol method<br>5.2.3 Processing and design for biodiesel production<br>5.2.3.1 The process flow<br>5.2.3.2 Catalysts<br>5.2.3..3 The reactors<br>5.2.3..4 The separation and purification process of crude biodiesel<br>5.2.4 Study cases for biodesel engineering<br>5.2.4.1 Processing technological analysis<br>5.2.4.2 Economic analysis<br>5.2.5 Globle development of biodiesel<br>5.2.5.1 China<br>5.2.5.2 United states<br>5.2.5.3 European union<br>5.2.5.4 Other countries<br>5.2.6 Environmental impact </p> <p>Chapter 6 Technologies of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Treatment<br>6.1 Characteristics of MSW<br>6.1.1 Characteristics of foreign MSW<br>6.1.2 Characteristics of domestic MSW<br>6.1.3 Status of MSW treatment in China<br>6.2 MSW treatment and utilization<br>6.2.1 Sanitary landfills<br>6.2.2 Incineration for power generation<br>6.2.3 Aerobic composting<br>6.2.4 Anaerobic digestion<br>6.3 Classic case of MSW treatment in China<br>6.3.1 Shenzhen Xiaping MSW landfill project<br>6.3.2 Guangzhou Likeng MSW incineration power plant<br>6.3.3 Beijing Nangong compost plant<br>6.3.4 Chongqing kitchen waste anaerobic digestion plant<br>6.3.5 Enshi MSW integration disposal plant<br>6.4 Prospect on MSW treatment<br>6.4.1 Collection and transport based on source separation<br>6.4.2 MSW integration disposal and utilization<br>6.4.3 Secondary pollution prevention by technical innovation </p> <p>Chapter 7 Technologies of Microbial Fuel Cell<br>7.1 Microbial fuel cell overview<br>7.1.1 History of MFC<br>7.1.2Basic Theory of MFC<br>7.1.3Power-generation Mechanism of MFC<br>7.2 MFC Operation Technology<br>7.2.1 Power-generation Microbial and community analysis<br>7.2.2 Substrate Used in MFC<br>7.2.3 Materials<br>7.2.4 MFC Architecture<br>7.2. 5 Others<br>7.3 Evaluation method of MFC Performance<br>7.3.1 Electrochemical Characteristics<br>7.3.2 Coulombic efficiency and Energy efficiency<br>7.3.3 Polarization and Power density Curves<br>7.3.4 Measuring Internal Resistance of MFC<br>7.3.5 Degradation effect for waste water<br>7.3.6 Others<br>7.4 Application and Function expansion of MFC<br>7.4.1 MFC for Power Generation<br>7.4.2 MFC for Wastewater treatment<br>7.4.3 MFC for Ecological Remediation<br>7.4.4 MFC for Heavy mental recovery<br>7.4.5 MFC for hydrogen production<br>7.4.6 MFC for Biosensor<br>7.4.1 MFC for Biological Desalination<br>7.5 outlook about MFC </p>