From Crops and Wastes to Bioenergy: Current Status and Challenges is a comprehensive volume on all aspects of biomass utilization for bioenergy, from the fundamentals to the latest commercial and regulatory issues. The book examines all aspects of biomass utilization, from technologies and processes to products. Sections examine the role of biomass in the energy transition, land availability for bioenergy projects, biomass logistics and supply chain, and assesses the lifecycle of bioenergy systems. Chapters are dedicated to each energy conversion route, including thermochemical, biochemical, and chemical, biofuels synthesis, hydrogen from biomass, biorefineries, electricity generation, and waste-to energy. Policy and regulatory issues are also considered. Each chapter reviews the state-of-the-art, discusses disruptive technological approaches, and concludes with specific recommendations on how to achieve commercial competitiveness. Case studies provide examples of real-world applications in each chapter.
Table of Contents
1. Energy transition, bioeconomics, and sustainability 2. Life cycle analysis and sustainability of bioenergy systems 3. Agricultural residues and energy crops 4. Biomass harvest and transport logistics: supply chain 5. Biomass energy conversion: routes and products 6. Thermochemical conversion: Combustion 7. Thermochemical conversion: Gasification 8. Thermochemical conversion: Pyrolysis 9. Thermochemical conversion: Biomass-to-liquids fuels 10. Biochemical conversion: Biodiesel and renewable Diesel 11. Biochemical conversion: Biogas 12. Biochemical conversion, bioethanol and biobutanol 13. Hybrid technologies 14. Biorefineries 15. Biofuels in internal combustion engines: performance and emissions 16. Aviation fuels, vegetable oils hydrotreating and drop-in -fuels 17. Hydrogen from biomass 18. Electricity generation from biomass 19. Waste-to-Energy 20. Policy, regulatory issues, and case studies of commercial scale projects