Abstract
Increasing population and urbanisation combined with depleting
fossil fuel reserves have resulted in the need for the development
of an alternative transport fuel source. Additionally, climate change
associated with fossil fuels has resulted in the need for a greener
energy source. Biofuels are fuels that are derived from biological
sources to be used alone as transport fuel or as part of a fuel blend.
Biofuels may provide a solution to the current fuel crisis and their
need and potential is well-recognised. Bioethanol is a biofuel produced
via the fermentation of sugars. Second generation bioethanol
is produced from lignocellulosic biomass found in abundance in
agricultural wastes. The complex structure of lignocellulose results
in the necessity of a multi-step process encompassing: pretreatment,
saccharification, fermentation, and distillation. Process integration
is currently the most promising prospect in second-generation technologies,
and efforts should now focus more on the optimisation of
such integrated processes.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Advances in Biofeedstocks and Biofuels |
| Pages | - |
| Number of pages | 0 |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |