History and global policy of biofuels.- Feedstock to biofuels.- Oil crops in the context of global biodiesel production.- An overview of production, properties and uses of biodiesel from vegetable oil.- Pretreatment processes for cellulosic ethanol production: processes integration and modelling for the utilization of lignocellulosics such as sugarcane straw.- Fungal enzymatic degradation of cellulose.- Principles and challenges involved in the enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulosic materials at high total solids.- First generation bioethanol.- Second generation bioethanol.- Bioethanol from soybean molasses.- Bioethanol wastes: Economic valorization.- General assessment of the currently available biodiesel production technologies.- Biodiesel Production by Hydro-Esterification – Simulation Studies.- Biodiesel and bioethanol from algae.- Microbial oil for biodiesel production.- Biohydrogen.- Biogas: An evolutionary perspective in the Indian context.- Biobutanol : A renewable green alternative of liquid fuel from algae.- Biofuel from pyrolysis.- Life cycle assessment of biofuels.- Patents on biofuels.- Economic and environmental aspects of biofuels.

This book presents key recent developments in biofuel policy, products, processes, patents and innovative technologies. It presents several case studies, which maximize reader insights into how innovative green energy technologies can be implemented on an industrial scale, with illustrations, photos and new approaches. It also analyzes in detail several different technological aspects of the research into and production of green fuels from the first, second and third generation, such as, bioethanol, biogas, biohydrogen, biobutanol, biofuels from pyrolysis, and discusses their economic and environmental impacts. A new source of information for engineers, technicians and students involved in production and research in the biofuels sector, this book also provides a valuable resource for industry, covering the current and future status of biofuels.

Maximizes reader insights into policy, products, processes, patents, and innovative technologies in the biofuels sector Includes case studies that illustrate how several innovative technologies have been implemented on an industrial scale with illustrations, photos, and analysis Serves as a valuable resource for engineers, technicians, and students involved in production and research in the biofuels sector Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras