Life-Cycle Assessment of Biorefineries

Life-Cycle Assessment of Biorefineries, the sixth and last book in the series on biomass-biorefineries discusses the unprecedented growth and development in the emerging concept of a global bio-based economy in which biomass-based biorefineries have attained center stage for the production of fuels and chemicals.

It is envisaged that by 2020 a majority of chemicals currently being produced through a chemical route will be produced via a bio-based route. Agro-industrial residues, municipal solid wastes, and forestry wastes have been considered as the most significant feedstocks for such bio-refineries. However, for the techno-economic success of such biorefineries, it is of prime and utmost importance to understand their lifecycle assessment for various aspects.

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1000 publications/communications, which include 14 patents & design copyright, 34 books, 100 book chapters, 380 original and review papers, etc with h index of 62 and >16,800 citation (Goggle scholar). Prof. Ashok Pandey is currently Executive Director, Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability-India, Lucknow. His major research and technological development interests are industrial and environmental biotechnology and energy biosciences, focusing on biomass to biofuels and chemicals, waste to wealth and energy, etc.

Inhalt

1. Classification of Biorefineries Taking into Account Sustainability Potentials and Flexibility
2. Fundamentals of Life Cycle Assessment and Specificity of Biorefineries
3. Life-Cycle Assessment of Agricultural Feedstock for Biorefineries
4. Life Cycle Assessment of Sugar Crops and Starch-Based Integrated Biorefineries
5. Life Cycle Assessment of Vetiver-Based Biorefinery With Production of Bioethanol and Furfural
6. Life Cycle Assessment of Thermochemical Conversion of Empty Fruit Bunch of Oil Palm to Bio-Methane
7. Life Cycle Assessment of Algal Biorefinery
8. Life Cycle Assessment and Land-Use Changes: Effectiveness and Limitations
9. Modeling Land-Use Change Effects of Biofuel Policies: Coupling Economic Models and LCA
10. Towards an Integrated Sustainability Assessment of Biorefineries