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OverviewConcerns over dwindling fossil fuel reserves and impending climate changes have focused attention worldwide on the need to discover alternative, sustainable energy sources and fuels. Biofuels, already produced on a massive industrial scale, are seen as one answer to these problems. However, very real concerns over the effects of biofuel production on food supplies, with some of ht recent increases in worldwide food costs attributable to biofuel production, have lead to the realization that new, non-food substrates for biofuel production must be bought online. This book is an authoritative, comprehensive, up-to-date review of the various options under development for the production of advanced biofuels as alternative energy sources. A general overview and introductory chapters for each section place the field in the context as well as provide essential basic notions for the more general reader. Accomplished, internationally recognized experts carrying out research on individual focus areas contribute specific technical chapters detailing present progress and future prospects. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Patrick C. HallenbeckPublisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.438kg ISBN: 9781489990518ISBN 10: 1489990518 Pages: 274 Publication Date: 03 March 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsBiofuels, the larger context.- Hydrogen production: light driven processes; cyanobacteria.- Hydrogen production: light driven processes; green algae.- Hydrogen production : photofermentation.- Hydrogen production : dark processes.- Microbial Electrolysis: Novel Biotechnology for Hydrogen Production from Biomass.- Combined Processes for maximum substrate conversion.- Syntrophic Degradation of Fatty Acids by Methanogenic Communities.- Anaerobic digestion as an effective biofuel production technology.- Advanced Bioethanol Production.- Novel strategies for production of medium and high chain length alcohols.- Microbial Production of Fatty-Acid Based Biofuels.- Biodiesel production by microalgae.- Algae Oil.- The Future of Biofuels, Biofuels of the Future.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |