1st Edition

Sustainable Bioenergy Production

Edited By Lijun Wang Copyright 2014
    583 Pages 124 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Given the environmental concerns and declining availability of fossil fuels, as well as the growing population worldwide, it is essential to move toward a sustainable bioenergy-based economy. However, it is also imperative to address sustainability in the bioenergy industry in order to avoid depleting necessary biomass resources. Sustainable Bioenergy Production provides comprehensive knowledge and skills for the analysis and design of sustainable biomass production, bioenergy processing, and biorefinery systems for professionals in the bioenergy field.

    Focusing on topics vital to the sustainability of the bioenergy industry, this book is divided into four sections: Fundamentals of Engineering Analysis and Design of Bioenergy Production Systems, Sustainable Biomass Production and Supply Logistics, Sustainable Bioenergy Processing, and Sustainable Biorefinery Systems. Section I covers the fundamentals of genetic engineering, novel breeding, and cropping technologies applied in the development of energy crops. It discusses modern computational tools used in the design and analysis of bioenergy production systems and the life-cycle assessment for evaluating the environmental sustainability of biomass production and bioenergy processing technologies.

    Section II focuses on the technical and economic feasibility and environmental sustainability of various biomass feedstocks and emerging technologies to improve feedstock sustainability. Section III addresses the technical and economic feasibility and environmental sustainability of different bioenergy processing technologies and emerging technologies to improve the sustainability of each bioenergy process. Section IV discusses the design and analysis of biorefineries and different biorefinery systems, including lignocellulosic feedstock, whole-crop, and green biorefinery.

    Section I Fundamentals of Engineering Analysis and Design of Bioenergy Production Systems

    Genetic Engineering of Bioenergy Crops toward High Biofuel Production
    Guosheng Xie and Liangcai Peng

    Novel Cropping Technologies and Management Applied to Energy Crops
    Lorenzo Barbanti

    Mathematical Modeling in Biomass and Bioenergy Systems
    Lijun Wang, Samuel Asomaning Agyemang and Abolghasem Shahbazi

    Life-Cycle Assessment of Bioenergy Systems
    Reinout Heijungs and Edi Iswanto Wiloso

    Sustainability of Bioenergy Systems
    Lucas Reijnders

    Section II Sustainable Biomass Production and Supply Logistics

    Production and Supply Logistics of Microalgae as an Energy Feedstock
    Helena M. Amaro, F. Xavier Malcata, and I. Sousa-Pinto

    Production and Supply Logistics of Switchgrass as an Energy Feedstock
    Marty R. Schmer and Igathinathane Cannayen

    Production and Supply Logistics of Sweet Sorghum as an Energy Feedstock
    Sergio O. Serna-Saldivar and William L. Rooney

    Production and Supply Logistics of Sugarcane as an Energy Feedstock
    Jose Goldemberg, Suani T. Coelho, Plinio M. Nastari, and Patricia Guardabassi

    Crop Residues as an Energy Feedstock: Availability and Sustainability
    Dong Jiang, Dafang Zhuang, and Yaohuan Huang

    Woody Biomass as an Energy Feedstock: Availability and Sustainability
    Birger Solberg

    Animal Wastes as an Energy Feedstock: Availability and Sustainability
    Hui Wang and Lijun Wang

    Municipal Solid-Waste Management Strategies for Renewable Energy Options
    Richa Kothari, Virendra Kumar, N.L. Pawar, and V.V. Tyagi

    Food Processing Wastes as an Energy Feedstock: Availability and Sustainability
    Lijun Wang

    Section III Sustainable Bioenergy Processing

    Fermentation in Transportation Alcohols
    Jonathan Moncada, Luis A. Toro, and Carlos A. Cardona

    Biodiesel Production from Waste Feedstock
    Dennis Y.C. Leung and Xuan Wu

    Biomass Gasification and Syngas Utilization
    Ajay Kumar, Ashokkumar Sharma, and Pushpak Bhandari

    Biomass Pyrolysis and Bio-oil Utilization
    Lijun Wang and Dan Cheng

    Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Biomass
    Nor Aishah Saidina Amin, Javaid Akhtar, and Selhan Karagoz

    Anaerobic Digestion of Organic Wastes
    Bo Zhang and Lijun Wang

    Combined Heat and Power Generation from Biomass
    Hao Liu and Rabah Boukhanouf

    Section IV Sustainable Biorefinery Systems

    Biorefinery Principles, Analysis, and Design
    Zheng Liu and Mario Richard Eden

    Lignocellulosic Feedstock Biorefinery
    Karin Arens and Shijie Liu

    Whole-Crop Biorefinery
    Apostolis A. Koutinas, Carol Lin, Chenyu Du, and Colin Webb

    Green Biorefinery
    H.S. Shekhar Sharma and Michael Mandl

    Biography

    Dr. Lijun Wang is an associate professor of biological engineering at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro. He has 20 years experience as a process engineer working in the fields of bioenergy and energy efficiency technologies. His current research interests are in bioenergy processing technologies, wastes-to-energy technologies, and computational process engineering. He has published 2 books and 17 book chapters, and over 55 peer-reviewed journal articles and has given more than 60 conference presentations. Dr. Wang is a licensed professional engineer in North Carolina and Nebraska and a certified energy manager with the Association of Energy Engineers.