1st Edition

Bioethanol and Natural Resources Substrates, Chemistry and Engineered Systems

By Ruben Michael Ceballos Copyright 2018
220 Pages
by CRC Press

220 Pages 20 Color & 8 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

220 Pages 20 Color & 8 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Bioethanol and Natural Resources: Substrates, Chemistry and Engineered Systems provides a comprehensive review of feedstocks, physiochemical and biological pretreatments, molecular substrates, cellulolytic and ligninolytic enzymes, and advanced technologies for producing bioethanol. Although this book provides a review of first-generation bioethanol feedstocks, chemistry, and processes,... Read more

Introduction. Molecular substrates of ethanol feedstocks. First-generation biofuel and second-generation biofuel feedstocks: Biofuel potential and processing. Natural enzymes used to convert feedstock to substrate. Engineered enzymes and enzyme systems. Conclusion.

Biography

Dr. Ceballos holds a bachelor’s degree in Physics/Mathematics from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, a master’s degree in Behavioral Neuroscience from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and a doctorate in Microbiology and Biochemistry from the University of Montana. He is a protein biochemist and microbiologist at the University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA).