Bioenergy and biofuel from biowastes and biomass [[electronic resource] /] / sponsored by Bioenergy and Biofuel Task Committee of the Environmental Council [and] Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; edited by Samir K. Khanal ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458579503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Reston, VA, : American Society of Civil Engineers, c2010
• ISBN: 0-7844-7330-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (522 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): KhanalSamir Kumar
• Disciplina: 662.88
• Soggetti: Biomass energy; Refuse as fuel; Waste products as fuel; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Chapter 1 Bioenergy and Biofuel Production: Some Perspectives""; ""1.1 Introduction""; ""1.2 Why Biofuels?""; ""1.3 Current Status of Biofuel/Bioenergy Generation""; ""1.4 Biochemical or Thermochemical Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass?""; ""1.5 Cost Analysis of Cellulosic Biofuels""; ""1.6 Sustainability of Biofuel Industries""; ""1.7 Summary""; ""1.8 References""; ""Appendix""; ""Anaerobic Biotechnology""; ""Chapter 2 High Strength Wastewater to Bioenergy""; ""2.1 Introduction""; ""2.2 Energy Recovery from Anaerobic Processes""; ""2.3 Possible Future Combination of Anaerobic Technology with FCs""""2.4 Summary""; ""2.5 References""; ""Chapter 3 Food Waste to Bioenergy""; ""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.2 Anaerobic Digestion""; ""3.3 Key Affecting Factors in Food Waste Digestion""; ""3.4 Case Study of Biomethane Production""; ""3.5 Future Research Direction""; ""3.6 Summary""; ""3.7 References""; ""Chapter 4 Bioenergy Production from Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste (OFMSW) through Dry Anaerobic Digestion""; ""4.1 Introduction""; ""4.2 Dry Anaerobic Digestion of OFMSW""; ""4.3 Factors Affecting Dry Anaerobic Digestion""""4.4 Case Studies""; ""4.5 Future Perspective of Dry Anaerobic Digestion""; ""4.6 Summary""; ""4.7 References""; ""Chapter 5 Bioenergy from Landfills""; ""5.1 Introduction""; ""5.2 Development and Utilization of Bioenergy from Landfills""; ""5.3 Benefits of LFG Recovery and Utilization""; ""5.4 Gas Quantities, Characteristics, and Monitoring""; ""5.5 Factors Affecting Biogas Production""; ""5.6 Gas Collection, Treatment and Energy Recovery""; ""5.7 Tools and Models""; ""5.8 Economic Evaluation""; ""5.9 Future Work""; ""5.10 Summary""; ""5.11 References""""Chapter 6 Microbial Electricity Generation from Cellulosic Biomass""; ""6.1 Introduction""; ""6.2 Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC)""; ""6.3 Electricity Generation from Cellulosic Biomass Hydrolysates""; ""6.4 Effects of Furan Derivatives and Phenolic Compounds on Electricity Generation""; ""6.5 Direct Electricity Generation from Cellulosic Biomass""; ""6.6 Engineering and Economic Considerations""; ""6.7 References""; ""Lignocellulosic Biomass to Biofuels""; ""Chapter 7 Evaluation of Cellulosic Feedstocks for Biofuel Production""; ""7.1 Introduction""; ""7.2 Criteria for Third Generation Feedstock Crops""""7.3 Additional Criteria to Evaluate Feedstock""; ""7.4 Evaluation of Three Feedstock Crops""; ""7.5 Economic Analysis of Three Feedstock Crops""; ""7.6 Summary""; ""7.7 References""; ""Appendix""; ""Chapter 8 Preprocessing of Lignocellulosic Biomass for Biofuel Production""; ""8.1 Introduction""; ""8.2 Merits of Biomass Preprocessing""; ""8.3 IBSAL Model in Biomass Preprocessing""; ""8.4 Biomass Preprocessing Methods""; ""8.5 Important Considerations in Biomass Preprocessing""; ""8.6 Field (Decentralized) or Plant (Centralized) Preprocessing?""