Due to the world's crude oil reserves, which are expected to be depleted in about 40 years, and other factors such as oil price ambiguity, greenhouse gas emissions, and the need for increased energy security and diversity, biofuels have received increased public and scientific attention in recent years. Biofuels refer to a variety of fuels that are obtained in some form of renewable bioresources. From the late 1970s as a renewable energy source to global fossil fuel problems, the biofuel business has seen tremendous growth in the last several years. Over the next decade, the demand for biofuels will grow at a rate that will necessitate significant consideration of alternatives to the predominantly glucose/starch-based feedstock. Fast-growing grasses, halophytes grown on marginal land and aquatic macrophytes, algae, and other oil-accumulating microorganisms could all be used as biofuel feedstock in the future.
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 : Hydrogen production from contaminated residual biomass: An integrated gasification and SEWGS process study
Enrico Paris, CREA-IT, Italy
Title : Carbon-14 analysis: An accurate verification method for verifying the biogenic carbon content of biomass-derived fuels
Maren Pauly, SGS Beta, United States
Title : Application of vanadium and tantalum single-site zeolite catalysts in heterogeneous catalysis
Stanislaw Dzwigaj, Sorbonne University, France
Title : Robust MPPT-based design and simulation of integrated solar PV–hydrogen production systems
Elkhatib Kamal, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France
Title : Aqueous/ EtOH: p-TsOH deep eutectic solvent assisted low-temperature deconstruction of miscanthus x giganteus biomass for production of bioethanol
Tirath Raj, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, United States