Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass for Biofuel Production
The book describes the pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass for biomass-to-biofuel conversion processes, which is an important step in increasing ethanol production for biofuels. It also highlights the main challenges and suggests possible ways to make
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Pratima Bajpai
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SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science Green Chemistry for Sustainability
Series editor Sanjay K. Sharma, Jaipur, India
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Pratima Bajpai
Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass for Biofuel Production
123
Pratima Bajpai Pulp and Paper Consultants Patiala, Punjab India
ISSN 2191-5407 ISSN 2191-5415 (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science ISSN 2212-9898 SpringerBriefs in Green Chemistry for Sustainability ISBN 978-981-10-0686-9 ISBN 978-981-10-0687-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-0687-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016933107 © The Author(s) 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer Science+Business Media Singapore Pte Ltd.
Preface
Rising oil prices and uncertainty over the security of existing fossil fuel reserves, combined with concerns over global climate change, have created the need for new transportation fuels and bioproducts to substitute for fossil carbon-based materials. Ethanol is considered to be the next-generation transportation fuel with the most potential, and significant quantities of ethanol are currently being produced from corn and sugarcane via a fermentation process. Utilizing lignocellulosic biomass as a feedstock is seen as the next step toward significantly expanding ethanol production. The biological conversion of cellulosic biomass into bioethanol is based on the breakdown of biomass into aqueous sugars using chemical and biological means, including the use of hydrolytic enzymes. From that point, the fermentable sugars can be further processed into ethanol or other advanced biofuels. Therefore, pretreatment is required to increase the surface accessibility of carbohydrate polymers to hydrolytic enzymes. The goal of the pretreatment process is to break
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