Biofuels Engineering Process Technology, Second Edition

Fully updated processes and technologies for production of renewable and environmentally safe biofuels at both commercial scale and in developmental stages This thoroughly revised text clearly explains the concepts, systems, and technologies developed, and in certain cases, implemented commercially, for production of biofuels from renewable feedstocks. Filled with a wealth of illustrations, this new edition expands the scope to include the most recent advances such as the extraction of fermentable sugars from lignocellulosic biomass using supercritical water (Renmatix's Plantrose(R) process), the "bolt-on" processes for production of ethanol from previously unconverted corn fibers in dry-grind ethanol plants (D3Max process, Quad County Corn Processors' Cellerate process, Edeniq's Intellulose technology), and the production of drop-in biofuels via the oleochemical, thermochemical and biochemical platforms. Biofuels Engineering Process Technology, Second Edition presents a complete and up-to-date introduction to biofuels process technology. You will learn how renewable feedstocks are processed and biofuels are produced, from the conventional and commercially practiced production of ethanol from sugarcane and corn, production of biodiesel from animal fats and plant oils, production of methane by anaerobic digestion, to the newly developed technologies for the production of drop-in biofuels and the use of microbial fuel cells to produce electricity. -Contains updated definitions and diagrams of batch, CSTR, and plug flow reactors

-Features new examples with worked-out solutions and updated reference materials

-Written by a team of well-known researchers and educators in biofuels process engineering