Description
Sustainable Biodiesel: Real-World Designs, Economics, and Applications offers a unique, integrated approach that combines cutting-edge research results and the day-to-day aspects of biodiesel production at the industrial level. It brings together experienced academics and recognized industry experts to explore the most practical elements of research and discuss the limitations and future needs of the industry. The book critically reviews strategies for implementing biodiesel-based biorefineries, feedstock supply chains, reactor technologies, processes for biodiesel production, and biodiesel combustion, including advanced fuel formulations containing biodiesel. The authors examine biodiesel plants from the point of view of design, operation, quality control, and sustainability, including life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle costing (LCC). Policy and regulatory constraints in biodiesel production and commercialization as well as future trends and needs of the industry are also covered.This book, as a volume of the "Biomass and Biofuels" series, provides researchers and practitioners in the field of biomass and biofuels with a well-rounded understanding of how the technologies developed in the lab can be deployed at commercial scale in a sustainable and cost-efficient way. This allows biofuels researchers to better develop technology that is fit for upscaling in an industrial setting and complies with sustainability goals. Practicing engineers, on the other hand, find in this volume up-to-date information on available technology, the latest advances, and future trends that will inform their decision-making when planning, implementing, and troubleshooting biodiesel-based bioenergy systems.- Sheds light on the real-world aspects of biodiesel production while also covering the cutting-edge research results in the field- Integrates design, economics, and sustainability aspects, minimizing the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical expertise, as well as between technical aspects and environmental and economic performances- Includes realistic examples and case studies of applications of state-of-the-methodologies for life cycle assessment, life cycle impact assessment, and life cycle costing
Table of Contents
1. Biodiesel: The fundamentals 2. Biodiesel-based biorefineries: Hierarchy design and implementation3. Biodiesel feedstocks: Location, location, and location4. Biodiesel production systems: Real-world reactor technologies and processes5. Biodiesel plants operation: Prominent parameters, process control, and troubleshooting6. Quality control in biodiesel production plants7. Biodiesel purification: Real-world examples, case studies, and current limitations8. Waste management and valorization in the biodiesel industry9. Biodiesel plants: Real-world designs and fabrications with real-world case studies 10. Biodiesel plants: Real-world techno-economics, life cycle costing (LCC), case studies of plants failure, and way forward11. Biodiesel plants: Real-world sustainability (environmental) assessment using LCA, LCIA, etc.12. Biodiesel plants: Real-world sustainability (exergetic) assessment and social life cycle assessment (SLCA)13. Advanced fuel formulations containing biodiesel: Techno-economic and policy analysis14. Future needs of the biodiesel industry: How researchers/academic can help industries
