Description:
Biofuels and Biorefining: Volume Two: Intensified Processes and Biorefineries considers intensification and optimization processes for biofuels and biomass-derived products in single and biorefinery schemes. Chapters cover production processes for liquid biofuels, introducing all feasible intensification alternatives for each process, process intensification methods for the production of value-added products, the importance of detailed CFD-based studies, controllability studies, strategies for risk analysis in intensified processes, the concept of biorefinery for the co-production of biofuels/biomass derived value-added products, and the importance of process intensification in the biorefinery scheme.
Final chapters discuss how to ensure the sustainability of the intensified process and minimize the societal impact of biorefineries through various strategies, including supply chain optimization and lifecycle analysis. Each chapter is supported by industry case studies that address key aspects and impacts of intensification and optimization processes.
Brief description:
Dr. Claudia Gutiérrez-Antonio is Professor at Engineering Faculty, Autonomous University of Querétaro, also she is National Researcher Level 2 of the National System of Researchers. Prof. Gutiérrez obtained her PhD in Chemical Engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya. She is an author of more than 60 scientific articles, 31 book chapters, 51 dissemination articles, and three books. Prof. Gutiérrez is founder professor and Coordinator of the Master of Science in Sustainable Technologies. She is also founder and coordinator of the Research Group Sustainable Bioproducts Production Processes, which is member of Ibero-American Network of Biomass and Bioenergy Technologies. She was distinguished along with 10 researchers worldwide by Elsevier through the Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification Journal for her career in the intensification of sustainable aviation fuel production processes, as well as by Chemical Engineering Nature by inviting her to write an opinion piece along with 39 leading researchers worldwide as part of the first anniversary issue.