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Production of Bioethanol from Mixed Lignocellulosic Biomass: Future Prospects and Challenges

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The demand for alternative fuels like biofuels, which are produced from lignocellulosic biomass, is increasing day by day due to the depletion of natural resources continuously and rapidly, which is a major cause of global warming. So, cheaper and more sustainable biofuel production, especially bioethanol, which can be used as a substitute, forest materials, energy crops, agricultural residues, and municipal solid waste are used as raw materials for bioethanol production. While biochemical conversion of raw material into bioethanol involves the process of pretreatment followed by hydrolysis and fermentation, most of the work has been done on the second generation of bioethanol, and this chapter also elaborates on lignocellulosic biomass as having a key role in producing second-generation bioethanol (second-generation bioethanol). In the future, research is being conducted to produce third-and fourth-generation bioethanol from algae and genetically engineered plants, respectively. This chapter demonstrates and highlights the key role of lignocellulosic material in producing ethanol and its importance in the future.

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  1. Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Hafiz Hayat Campus, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Pakistan

    Zahid Anwar, Sumeen Akram & Muddassar Zafar

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Anwar, Z., Akram, S., Zafar, M. (2023). Production of Bioethanol from Mixed Lignocellulosic Biomass: Future Prospects and Challenges. In: Srivastava, N., Verma, B., Mishra, P. (eds) Agroindustrial Waste for Green Fuel Application. Clean Energy Production Technologies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6230-1_10

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