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Process systems engineering for biofuels development

"This is the first book specifically devoted to process systems engineering for the production of biofuels. It covers a wide range of topics associated with the process engineering of biofuels production, including thermodynamic modeling, process design and control, reaction engineering, separa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bonilla-Petriciolet, Adrian (Editor ), Rangaiah, Gade Pandu (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2020]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Wiley Series in Renewable Resource Ser.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of Contributors
  • Series Preface
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Importance of Biofuels and Overview of their Production
  • 1.2 Significance of Process Systems Engineering for Biofuels Production
  • 1.2.1 Modeling of Physicochemical Properties of Thermodynamic Systems Related to Biofuels
  • 1.2.2 Intensification of the Biomass Transformation Routes for the Production of Biofuels
  • 1.2.3 Computer-Aided Methodologies for Process Modeling, Design, Optimization, and Control Including Supply Chain and Life Cycle Analyses
  • 1.3 Overview of this Book
  • References
  • Chapter 2 Waste Biomass Suitable as Feedstock for Biofuels Production
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.1.1 The Need for Biofuels
  • 2.1.2 Problem Definition
  • 2.1.3 The Biomass Pool
  • 2.2 Kinds of Feedstock
  • 2.2.1 Spent Coffee Grounds
  • 2.2.2 Lignocellulose Biomass
  • 2.2.3 Palm, Olive, Coconut, Avocado, and Argan Oil Production Residues
  • 2.2.4 Citrus
  • 2.2.5 Grape Marc
  • 2.2.6 Waste Oil and Cooking Oil
  • 2.2.7 Additional Sources
  • 2.3 Conclusions
  • Acknowledgment
  • References
  • Chapter 3 Multiscale Analysis for the Exploitation of Bioresources: From Reactor Design to Supply Chain Analysis
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Unit Level
  • 3.2.1 Short Cut Methods
  • 3.2.2 Mechanistic Models
  • 3.2.3 Rules of Thumb
  • 3.2.4 Dimensionless Analysis
  • 3.2.5 Surrogate Models
  • 3.2.6 Experimental Correlations
  • 3.3 Process Synthesis
  • 3.3.1 Heuristic Based
  • 3.3.2 Supestructure Optimization
  • 3.3.3 Environmental Impact Metrics
  • 3.3.4 Safety Considerations
  • 3.4 The Product Design Problem
  • 3.4.1 Product Design: Engineering Biomass
  • 3.4.2 Blending Problems
  • 3.5 Supply Chain Level
  • 3.5.1 Introduction
  • 3.5.2 Modeling Issues
  • 3.6 Multiscale Links and Considerations
  • Acknowledgment
  • Nomenclature
  • References
  • Chapter 4 Challenges in the Modeling of Thermodynamic Properties and Phase Equilibrium Calculations for Biofuels Process Design
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Thermodynamic Modeling Framework: Elements, Structure, and Organization
  • 4.3 Thermodynamics of Biofuel Systems
  • 4.3.1 Phase Equilibria
  • 4.3.2 Thermodynamic Models
  • 4.4 Sources of Data for Biofuels Process Design
  • 4.5 Methods for Predicting Data for Biofuels Process Design
  • 4.5.1 Group Contribution Methods for Biofuels Process Design
  • 4.5.2 Quantitative Structure-Property Relationships for Biofuels Process Design
  • 4.6 Challenges for the Biofuels Process Design Methods
  • 4.7 Influence of Uncertainties in Thermophysical Properties of Pure Compounds on the Phase Behavior of Biofuel Systems
  • 4.8 Conclusions
  • Acknowledgment
  • Exercises
  • References
  • Chapter 5 Up-grading of Waste Oil: A Key Step in the Future of Biofuel Production
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Physicochemical Pretreatments of Waste Oils: Removal of Contaminants