Preface xix 1 Biofuel Production: Past to Present Technologies 1 Manisha Jagadale, Beula Isabel J., Mahesh Jadhav, Selvakumar Periyasamy and Desta Getachew Gizaw 2 Biorefineries for the Sustainable Generation of Algal Biofuels 31 Mônica Lady Fiorese, Keiti Lopes Maestre, Carina Contini Triques, Larissa Echeverria, Jacqueline Ferandin Honório, Marcia Regina Fagundes-Klen, Leila Denise Fiorentin-Ferrari and Veronice Slusarski-Santana 3 Biofuel Production from Waste Materials 61 Anvita Chaudhary, Richa Srivastava and Ram Singh 4 Essentials of Liquefied Biomethane Gas (LBG) 83 Rupesh S., Deepanraj B., Sowndarya K. J., Anushree P. and Somashekar B. R.
5 Exploring Cost-Effective Pathways for Future Biofuel Production 119 Sumeyra Gurkok 6 Generation of Hydrogen Using Cyanobacteria 149 Darissa Alves Dutra, Adriane Terezinha Schneider, Rosangela Rodrigues Dias, Mariany Costa Deprá, Richard Luan Silva Machado, Leila Queiroz Zepka and Eduardo Jacob-Lopes 7 Microstructural Engineering for Bioenergy Production 165 Serkan Baslayici and Pelin Demircivi 8 Lignocellulosic Biomass as Feedstock for Biofuels: The State of the Science, Prospects, and Challenges 187 Surbhi Kumari Barnwal, Srijanee Dhar, Deepu Joy Parayil and Dileep Francis 9 Limitations of the First- and Second-Generation Solid-Gaseous Biofuels in a Time of Climate Emergency 229 Deviany Deviany and Siti Khodijah Chaerun 10 Advancements in Microbial Fermentation of Agro and Food Processing Wastes for Generation of Biofuel 245 Swati Ray, Avik Mukherjee and Uma Ghosh 11 Biofuel Prospects by 2030, Based on Existing Production and Future Projections 287 Masoud Salehipour, Shahla Rezaei, Ali Motaharian, Rezvan Yazdian-Robati and Mehdi Mogharabi-Manzari 12 Microstructural Maneuvering for Bioenergy Production 299 Akhandal Sahoo, Tushar Adsul, Santanu Ghosh and Atul Kumar Varma 13 Nanotechnology-Based Alternatives for Sustainable Biofuel and Bioenergy Production 333 Sapna Devi, Sushma Kumari, Tatek Temesgen and Sunaina 14 New Insights Into Valuable Strategies for Generating Algal Biofuels 363 Malini S., Kalyan Raj and K.S. Anantharaju 15 Outline of Energy Crop-Based Solid Biofuels: Trends and Opportunities 379 Shrabani Barman, Sandipan Biswas, Sahidul Islam and Ujjwal Mandal 16 Overview of Gaseous Biofuels Derived from Crops: Progress and Prospects 405 P. Sobhangi, Monalisa Das, P.O. Prakash, R. Keerthi and K.
V. Chaitanya 17 Recent Advances in Microbial Biodiesel 433 Swathe Sriee A. E., Ranjitha J. and Vijayalakshmi Shankar 18 Thermochemical Conversion Products for Solid Biofuels 473 J.E. Castanheiro, P.A.
Mourão and I. Cansado 19 Coal for Hydrogen Production and Storage 487 Dinesh Kumar, Tushar Adsul, Santanu Ghosh and Atul Kumar Varma 20 Fuel Characteristics of Solid and Gaseous Energy Carriers 525 Charles Rashama, Christian Riann and Tonderayi S. Matambo References 542 Index 545.