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This book provides an overview of the research on production processes for bioethanol fuels in general, hydrolysis of the pretreated biomass for bioethanol production, microbial fermentation of hydrolysates and substrates with yeasts for bioethanol production, and separation and distillation of bioethanol fuels from the fermentation broth, complementing the research on biomass pretreatments presented in the first volume.It presents an overview of the research on biomass hydrolysis in general, wood hydrolysis, straw hydrolysis, and cellulose hydrolysis for bioethanol fuel production in the first section for biomass hydrolysis. It provides an overview of the research on microbial hydrolysate fermentation for bioethanol production in general, alternative fermentation processes for bioethanol fuel production such as simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) and consolidated biomass processing (CBP) compared with the separate hydrolysis and fermentation (SHF) process, metabolic engineering of microorganisms and substrates for bioethanol fuel production, and utilization of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for microbial fermentation of hydrolysates for bioethanol fuel production in the second section for hydrolysate fermentation.It provides an overview of the research on the bioethanol fuel separation from the fermentation broth in the last section. This book is a valuable resource for the stakeholders primarily in the research fields of energy and fuels, chemical engineering, environmental science and engineering, biotechnology, microbiology, chemistry, physics, mechanical engineering, agricultural sciences, food science and engineering, materials science, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, plant sciences, water resources, economics, business, management, transportations science and technology, ecology, public, environmental and occupational health, social sciences, toxicology, multidisciplinary sciences, and humanities among others.

This book presents research on biomass pretreatments, which are a fundamental part of bioethanol fuel production to make biomass more accessible. This book also includes an introductory section on the bioethanol fuels.Bioethanol Fuel Production Processes. I: Biomass Pretreatments is the first volume in the Handbook of Bioethanol Fuels (Six-Volume Set). The primary pretreatments at the macro level are the biological chemical, hydrothermal, and mechanical pretreatments of the biomass. It also has an introductory section on the biomass pretreatments at large for bioethanol fuel production. The major pretreatments at the micro level are the enzymatic and fungal pretreatments of the biomass as the biological pretreatments, acid, alkaline, ionic liquid, and organic solvent pretreatment pretreatments of the biomass as the chemical pretreatments, steam explosion and liquid hot water pretreatments of the biomass as the hydrothermal pretreatments, and milling, ultrasonic, and microwave pretreatments of the biomass as the mechanical pretreatments.The first volume also indicates that a wide range of pretreatments stand alone or in combination with each other fractionate the biomass to its constituents of cellulose, lignin, and hemicellulose and improve both sugar and bioethanol fuel yield, making this bioethanol fuel more competitive in relation to crude oil- and natural gas-based fossil fuels.This first volume is a valuable resource for the stakeholders primarily in the research fields of energy and fuels, chemical engineering, environmental science and engineering, biotechnology, microbiology, chemistry, physics, mechanical engineering, agricultural sciences, food science and engineering, materials science, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, plant sciences, water resources, economics, business, management, transportation science and technology, ecology, public, environmental and occupational health, social sciences, toxicology, multidisciplinary sciences, and humanities among others.

This book aims to inform readers about the recent developments in production, evaluation, and utilization of bioethanol fuels from non-waste feedstocks. It covers the production of bioethanol fuels from first generation starch feedstocks and sugar feedstocks, grass biomass, wood biomass, cellulose, biosyngas, and third generation algae. In this context, there are nine key sections where the first four chapters cover the production of bioethanol fuels from feedstocks at large and non-waste feedstocks.This book shows that pretreatments and hydrolysis of the non-waste feedstocks, fermentation of hydrolysates, and separation and distillation of bioethanol fuels are the fundamental processes for bioethanol fuel production from these non-waste feedstocks with the exception of the biosyngas feedstocks. This book is a valuable resource for the stakeholders primarily in the research fields of energy and fuels, chemical engineering, environmental science and engineering, biotechnology, microbiology, chemistry, physics, mechanical engineering, agricultural sciences, food science and engineering, materials science, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, plant sciences, water resources, economics, business and management, transportation science and technology, ecology, public, environmental, and occupational health, social sciences, toxicology, multidisciplinary sciences, and humanities among others

Energy management is the process of monitoring, controlling and conserving energy in public and private sector organizations, businesses, shopping complexes, airports, railway stations, hospitals, public libraries and other public places and in homes as well. Energy saving efforts like encouraging people to use less energy by raising energy awareness come under behavioural aspects of energy saving and comprise only a part of energy management. The efforts made by energy suppliers or utility companies to ensure that their power stations and renewable energy sources generate enough energy to meet the energy demands of their customers also come under energy management. Energy management is crucial to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and damage to planet earth caused by the combustion of these fuels. The energy management practices are as important as the generation of energy itself. This volume on energy management will provide the reader a sufficiently broad background on the subject with practical approaches applicable to solution of energy management problems. A brief outline of the articles covered in this volume is as under: o Energy management o Energy management of hybrid systems o Energy management and demand side response o Demand side management in Indian power utilities o Multi objective congestion management in competitive electricity markets o Managing energy price risk o Empirical studies on the economic determinants to explain the changes in energy use o Dynamic cost model for the energy mix planning and the electrical grid management o Integrated economy-energy-environment (E3) modeling for policy analysis o Stand alone renewable energy systems for rural development o Energy optimization in food processing o Techno-economic survey of water flow in the photovoltaic pumping system o Analysis of hybrid systems based on complementary energy resources o Cloud computing techniques for energy design and optimization o Zonal reactive power market clearing model in competitive electricity markets o Porous media combustion technology o Analysis and results on control LED lamps with lighting flow dimmer-stabilizers o Magnetic refrigeration as a promising new technology o Energy storage mechanisms for harvesting hybrid renewable based electric power o Energy conservation in household, commercial and industrial processes o Building energy consumption and low carbon technologies o Impact of urbanization on outdoor and indoor thermal comfort in a subtropical setting The present volume is comprised of 30 chapters contributed by 73 academicians and active researchers from 19 countries, namely Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Colombia, France, Germany, India, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom and United States of America presenting an overview of the practices being adopted in different parts of the world in the field of Energy Management