Biofuel from plant biomass

Biofuel Production from Plant Biomass: Bioethanol from Concept to Reality

Natural energy reserves like petrol and diesel etc are depleting as such it is of paramount importance to find alternative fuels. Solar energy is traped as biomass in plants. Biomass provide an excellent reserve for traping solar energy on field. Complex enzymatic machinery comprising of hydrolytic reactions and consolidated bioprocessing is needed to make viable bioenergy mostly biofuels like ...

Potential Production of Biofuel from Microalgae Biomass Produced in Wastewater

Biofuel Manufacturing from Woody Biomass: Effects of Sieve Size Used in Biomass Size Reduction

Size reduction is the first step for manufacturing biofuels from woody biomass. It is usually performed using milling machines and the particle size is controlled by the size of the sieve installed on a milling machine. There are reported studies about the effects of sieve size on energy consumption in milling of woody biomass. These studies show that energy consumption increased dramatically a...

Plant and microbial research seeks biofuel production from lignocellulose

A key strategy for biofuel production is making use of the chemical energy stored in plant cell walls. Cell walls are a strong meshwork of sugar chains and other polymers that encircle each plant cell. Collectively known as lignocellulose, cell wall material represents the bulk of plant dry mass. Biofuels can be made by releasing sugars from lignocellulose and converting them into fuel; however...

Aqueous Phase Processing of Lignocellulosic Biomass for Biofuel Production