Biomass currently meets around 10% of the world's primary energy demand. In the face of growing crude oil costs, resource depletion, political instability in producing countries, and environmental issues, only biomass has the potential to replace the supply of an energy-hungry civilization, aside from efficiency and intelligent use. A microorganism's consumption of organic substrates and subsequent usage in metabolic processes produces valuable compounds that can be used as a source of energy. The most difficult challenge in creating biofuels utilizing "microbial factories" is to produce a significant amount of fuel with a lower budget and higher efficiency than conventional fossil fuels. The productivity of microbial biofuel should be prioritized in the future to boost its acceptability.
Microbiological Aspects of Biofuel Production
Title : Mixed Culture Fermentation (MCF) for Sustainable Lactic Acid Production for Polylactic Acid (PLA)
Arindam Chakraborty, Natures Principles, India
Title : A strategic technological roadmap for the future of biodiesel: Catalytic innovation and process intensification.
Suzana Borschiver, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Brazil
Title : Biofuel production from waste plastics
Delia Teresa Sponza, Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey
Title : Rethinking the iLUC factor in sustainable aviation fuels
Jorge Antonio Hilbert, Energy and Environmental Consulting Services, Argentina
Title : Hydrogen production from contaminated residual biomass: An integrated gasification and SEWGS process study
Enrico Paris, CREA-IT, Italy
Title : Robust MPPT-based design and simulation of integrated solar PV–hydrogen production systems
Elkhatib Kamal, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France