Front cover; Contents; Preface: How to Get the Most from This Book; Acknowledgments; The Author; Units and Conversion Factors; Chapter 1: Ethanol as theLeading "First-Generation" Biofuel; Chapter 2: Cellulosic Ethanolas a "Second-Generation" Biofuel; Chapter 3: Microbiology ofCellulosic Ethanol Production I; Chapter 4: Microbiology ofCellulosic Ethanol Production II; Chapter 5: Biochemical Engineeringof Cellulosic Ethanol; Chapter 6: The Economicsof Fuel Ethanol; Chapter 7: Advanced Biofuels; Chapter 8: Chemically Produced Biofuels; Chapter 9: Sustainability ofBiofuels Production
Chapter 10: Biofuels as Products ofIntegrated Bioprocesses (Biorefineries)Index; Back cover
Summary
Ethanol as the Leading "First-Generation" BiofuelIntroductionHistorical Development of Ethanol as a Fuel from Neolithic Times to the Twentieth CenturyOil Supply and Oil Price in the Twentieth Century: Necessity and Alternative Fuel ProgramsCase Study 1: Brazil and Sugarcane EthanolCase Study 2: Starch-Based Ethanol in the United StatesThermodynamic and Environmental Aspects of Ethanol as a BiofuelSummaryReferencesCellulosic Ethanol as a "Second-Generation" BiofuelIntroductionBioethanol and Cellulosic Ethanol: The Rise of Biomass-Based BiofuelsStructural and Industrial Chemistry of Cellulosic B
