Chemistry

Sugarcane as Biofuel Feedstock
Advances Toward a Sustainable Energy Solution

Editor: Barnabas Gikonyo, PhD

Sugarcane as Biofuel Feedstock

Published. Available now.
Pub Date: May 2015
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Hard ISBN: 9781771881296
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-77463-550-6
E-Book ISBN: 9781498728836
Pages: 342 pp with index
Binding Type: hardbound / ebook / paperback

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This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

As the world’s energy hunger grows ever larger, fossil fuel reserves are diminishing—and concerns about climate change remind us that our love affair with fossil fuels cannot continue much longer. This has inspired intense research into sustainable energy sources. Biofuels seemed initially promising, but the world soon realized that food-based biofuel has its own dangers. Second-generation biofuels, however, use biomass from crops’ inedible parts—such as the stalks and leaves of sugarcane—offering a far more practical, sustainable, and commercially viable solution.

In this book, researchers from around the world review some of the most important and timely topics related to using sugarcane feedstock for biofuel. After a basic overview, topics such as these are included:
  • pretreatment methods
  • the use of various microbial technologies, including bacteria and yeast, to enhance biofuel production
  • environmental impacts
  • economic feasibility
  • the viability of electricity being produced side-by-side with biofuel.
Essential reading for graduate students and research scientists investigating second-generation biofuels, this book is also recommended for environmentalists, environmental engineers, and microbiologists.

CONTENTS:
Introduction
Part I: Overview
1. Sugarcane Biomass Production and Renewable Energy
Moses Isabirye, D. V. N Raju, M. Kitutu, V. Yemeline, J. Deckers, and J. Poesen
2. Evaluating the Composition and Processing Potential of Novel Sources of Brazilian Biomass for Sustainable Biorenewables Production
Marisa A. Lima, Leonardo D. Gomez, Clare G. Steele-King, Rachael Simister, Oigres D. Bernardinelli, Marcelo A. Carvalho, Camila A. Rezende, Carlos A. Labate, Eduardo R. deAzevedo, Simon J. McQueen-Mason, and Igor Polikarpov

Part II: Cultivation and Optimization Processes
3. Towards the Production of Second Generation Ethanol from Sugarcane Bagasse in Brazil
T. P. Basso, T. O. Basso, C. R. Gallo, and L. C. Basso
4. Obtaining New Cultures of Microorganisms That Produces Cellulases and Xylanases from the Sugarcane Bagasse
Ludmylla Noleto, Daniella Moreira, and Fabrícia Faria
5. Design and Optimization of Ethanol Production from Bagasse Pith Hydrolysate by a Thermotolerant Yeast Kluyveromyces sp. IIPE453 Using Response Surface Methodology
Diptarka Dasgupta, Sunil Kumar Suman, Diwakar Pandey, Debashish Ghosh, Rashmi Khan, Deepti Agrawal, Rakesh Kumar Jain, Vasanta Thakur Vadde, and Dilip K Adhikari
6. Ultra-Structural Mapping of Sugarcane Bagasse After Oxalic Acid Fiber Expansion (OAFEX) and Ethanol Production by Candida Shehatae and Saccharomyces Cerevisiae
Anuj K. Chandel, Felipe F. A. Antunes, Virgilio Anjos, Maria J. V. Bell, Leonarde N. Rodrigues, Om V. Singh, Carlos A. Rosa, Fernando C. Pagnocca, and Silvio S. da Silva
7. Combined Biological and Chemical Pretreatment Method for Lignocellulosic Ethanol Production from Energy Cane
V. Sri Harjati Suhardi, Bijeta Prasai, David Samaha, and Raj Boopathy
8. A Novel Promising Trichoderma Harzianum Strain for the Production of a Cellulolytic Complex Using Sugarcane Bagasse in Natura
Bruno Benoliel, Fernando Araripe Gonçalves Torres, and Lidia Maria Pepe de Moraes
9. Conversion of C6 and C5 Sugars in Undetoxified Wet Exploded Bagasse Hydrolysates Using Scheffersomyces (Pichia) Stipitis CBS6054
Rajib Biswas, Hinrich Uellendah, and Birgitte K. Ahring

Part III: Economic and Environmental Factors
10. Bioelectricity Versus Bioethanol from Sugarcane Bagasse: Is It Worth Being Flexible?
Felipe F. Furlan, Renato Tonon Filho, Fabio H. P. B. Pinto, Caliane B. B. Costa, Antonio J. G. Cruz, Raquel L. C. Giordano, and Roberto C. Giordano
11. Environmental Assessment of Residues Generated After Consecutive Acid-Base Pretreatment of Sugarcane Bagasse by Advanced Oxidative Process
Ivy dos Santos Oliveira, Anuj K. Chandel, Messias Borges Silva, and Silvio Silvério da Silva

Part IV: Options for the Future
12. Comparative Analysis of Electricity Cogeneration Scenarios in
Sugarcane Production by LCA
João Paulo Macedo Guerra, José Roberto Coleta Jr., Luiza Carvalho Martins Arruda, Gil Anderi Silva, and Luiz Kulay
13. Techno-Economic Comparison of Ethanol and Electricity Coproduction Schemes from Sugarcane Residues at Existing Sugar Mills in Southern Africa
Abdul M. Petersen, Mathew C. Aneke, and Johann F. Görgens
Index


About the Authors / Editors:
Editor: Barnabas Gikonyo, PhD
Chemistry Department, SUNY Geneseo, New York

Barnabas Gikonyo graduated from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois (2007), with a PhD in organic and materials chemistry. He currently teaches organic and general chemistry classes at the State University of New York Geneseo, along with corresponding laboratories and the oversight of general chemistry labs. His research interests range from the application of various biocompatible, polymeric materials as “biomaterial bridging surfaces” for the repair of spinal cord injuries, to the use of osteoconductive cements for the repair of critical sized bone defects/fractures. Currently, he is studying the development of alternative, non-food biofuels.




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