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Enhanced Biofuel Production from Lignocellulosic Biomass: An Overview of Advanced Physico-Chemical and Biological Technologies

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Lignocellulosic biomass has become popular as an untapped source for biofuel production which plays a dual role, i.e., sustainable development and renewable energy production. Biofuels are the alternatives to fossil fuel which are cheap and environmental friendly and also have the capability to reduce energy crisis along with waste management. But, there are some hurdles in direct conversion of lignocellulosic biomass (composed of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin mainly) to biofuels (i.e., biohydrogen, biogas, bioethanol, biobutanol, etc.). The main problem occurs during the renovation of the lignocellulosic substrate to biofuel with due to the composite nature of lignin. Lignin also prohibits cellulose and hemicellulose to expose to digestion easily by microbial activity. Pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass is a pre-requisite to alter the compositional and the structural obstruction of the biomass resulting in an enhanced yield of biofuel. This chapter provides an overview of various lignocellulosic biomass resources along with biofuel production technologies with special reference to physico-chemical and biological technologies.

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Abbreviations

AD:

Anaerobic Digestion

MSW:

Municipal Solid Waste

MW:

Microwave

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The authors want to acknowledge the Director of D.E.I., Dayalbagh, Agra, HOD of Chemistry department, and parents for providing support and encouragement to carry out this study in the critical pandemic situation.

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Kumari, D., Jain, Y. (2020). Enhanced Biofuel Production from Lignocellulosic Biomass: An Overview of Advanced Physico-Chemical and Biological Technologies. In: Verma, P. (eds) Biorefineries: A Step Towards Renewable and Clean Energy. Clean Energy Production Technologies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9593-6_7

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