Handbook of Biofuels Production

Rafael Luque (PhD 2005, Universidad de Cordoba, Spain) has significant experience in biomass and waste valorization practices to materials, fuels, and chemicals as well as nanoscale chemistry, green chemistry and (photo)catalysis (600+ publications, h-index 92, >39,000 citations, 7 patents, 10 edited books). He is Editor-in-chief of Molecular Catalysis (Elsevier) and has been named 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate Analytics). Dr. Carol Sze Ki Lin is currently a Professor at the School of Energy and Environment at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK). Her research interests lie in technological advancement and development of circular waste-based biorefinery for sustainable production of chemicals, materials and fuels, that contributes to reduction of environmental burden of waste disposal and enhancement of resource efficiency. She has been involved in over 30 research projects as Principal Investigator, which mainly focus on development of integrated biorefinery strategies includes valorization of agricultural residues, food, beverage, plastic and textile wastes. She has been a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) since July 2024. Karen Wilson is Professor of Catalysis in the School of Science at RMIT University and was previously Chair of Catalysis and Research Director of the European Bioenergy Research Institute at Aston University (2013-17), where she also held a Royal Society Industry Fellowship in collaboration with Johnson Matthey. She holds a BA and PhD from the University of Cambridge, and MSc in heterogeneous catalysis from the University of Liverpool and has held academic positions at the University of York and Cardiff University. Her research interests lie in the design of tunable porous materials for sustainable biofuels and chemicals production from renewable resources. She is currently Associate Editor of the academic journals Sustainable Energy & Fuels, and Energy & Environmental Materials. Prof James Clark is a founding director of the world-leading Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence at the University of York, UK.

• Part I Key issues and assessment of biofuels production   1. Introduction: an overview of biofuels and production technologies 2. Multiple objectives policy for biofuels production: environmental, socio-economic and regulatory issues3. Life cycle sustainability assessment of biofuels4. Techno-economic studies of biofuels 5. Moving away from first generation biofuel feedstocks Part II Biofuels from chemical and biochemical conversion processes and technologies   6. Production of biodiesel via chemical catalytic conversion7. Biochemical catalytic production of biodiesel8. Biodiesel production from microbial oil9. Biochemical production of bioalcohols10. Production of biogas via anaerobic digestion11. Biological and fermentative production of hydrogen12. Biological and fermentative conversion of syngasPart III Biofuels from thermal and thermo-chemical conversion processes and technologies13. Production of bio-oils via catalytic pyrolysis14. Production of biofuels via catalytic cracking15. Production of bio-syngas and biohydrogen via gasification16. Production of bioalcohols via gasification17. Production of biofuels via hydrothermal conversion 18. Production of biofuels via Fischer-Tropsch synthesis: biomass-to-liquids19. Production of biofuels via bio-oil upgrading & refiningPart IV Integrated production and application of biofuels 20. Biofuel-driven biorefineries for the co-production of transportation fuels and added-value products21. Food waste to biofuels22. Agricultural waste (lignocellulose) to biofuels and biochar production 23. Microalgae for biofuels24. Utilisation of biofuels in diesel engines 25. Emissions from the application of biofuels in engines: current status and future prospects