1st Edition

Fuel Production from Non-Food Biomass Corn Stover

Edited By Barnabas Gikonyo Copyright 2015
352 Pages 66 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

352 Pages 66 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

352 Pages
by Apple Academic Press

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. The practice of converting corn to ethanol is controversial, with debates currently being raged in both public policy and science. While biofuels from corn have important implications in alleviating some of the global energy crisis, critics argue that it takes away from vital agricultural products needed to feed the world’s growing... Read more

Introduction

Part I: Overview

Assessment of Potential Capacity Increases at Combined Heat and Power Facilities Based on Available Corn Stover and Forest Logging Residues; Selvarani Radhakrishnan, Joel O. Paz 1, Fei Yu, Sandra Eksioglu, and Donald L. Grebner

Part II: Process Treatments and Technologies

Characteristics of Corn Stover Pretreated with Liquid Hot Water and Fed-Batch Semi-Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation for Bioethanol Production; Xuezhi Li, Jie Lu, Jian Zhao, and Yinbo Qu

Helically Agitated Mixing in Dry Dilute Acid Pretreatment Enhances the Bioconversion of Corn Stover into Ethanol; Yanqing He, Longping Zhang, Jian Zhang, and Jie Bao

Tween 40 Pretreatment of Unwashed Water-Insoluble Solids of Reed Straw and Corn Stover Pretreated with Liquid Hot Water to Obtain High Concentrations of Bioethanol; Jie Lu, Xuezhi Li, Ruifeng Yang, Jian Zhao, and Yinbo Qu

The Development and Use of an ELISA-Based Method to Follow the Distribution of Cellulase Monocomponents During the Hydrolysis of Pretreated Corn Stover; Amadeus Y. Pribowo, Jinguang Hu, Valdeir Arantes, and Jack N. Saddler

Understanding of Alkaline Pretreatment Parameters for Corn Stover Enzymatic Saccharification; Ye Chen, Mark A. Stevens, Yongming Zhu, Jason Holmes, and Hui Xu

Simultaneous Saccharification and Co-Fermentation for Bioethanol Production Using Corncobs at Lab, PDU, and Demo Scales; Rakesh Koppram, Fredrik Nielsen, Eva Albers, Annika Lambert, Sune Wännström, Lars Welin, Guido Zacchi, and Lisbeth Olsson

Comparison of Enzymatic Reactivity of Corn Stover Solids Prepared by Dilute Acid, AFEX™, and Ionic Liquid Pretreatments; Xiadi Gao, Rajeev Kumar, Seema Singh, Blake A. Simmons, Venkatesh Balan, Bruce E. Dale, and Charles E. Wyman

Part III: Considerations for Policy Formation

Technoeconomic and Policy Analysis for Corn Stover Biofuels; Ryan Petter and Wallace E. Tyner

Land Usage Attributed to Corn Ethanol Production in the United States: Sensitivity to Technological Advances in Corn Grain Yield, Ethanol Conversion, and Co-Product Utilization; Rita H. Mumm, Peter D. Goldsmith, Kent D. Rausch, and Hans H. Stein

Land-Use Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Corn and Cellulosic Ethanol; Jennifer B. Dunn, Steffen Mueller, Ho-Young Kwon, and Michael Q. Wang

Index

Biography

Barnabas Gikonyo graduated from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois (2007), with a PhD in organic and materials chemistry. He currently teaches organic and general chemistry classes at the State University of New York Geneseo, along with corresponding laboratories and the oversight of general chemistry labs. His research interests range from the application of various biocompatible, polymeric materials as "biomaterial bridging surfaces" for the repair of spinal cord injuries, to the use of osteoconductive cements for the repair of critical sized bone defects/fractures. Currently, he is studying the development of alternative, non-food biofuels.