Production of Biofuels and Chemicals with Bifunctional Catalysts (Biofuels and Biorefineries (8))

This book provides state-of-the-art reviews, current research, prospects and challenges of the production of biofuels and chemicals such as furanic biofuels, biodiesel, carboxylic acids, polyols and others from lignocellulosic biomass, furfurals, syngas and γ-valerolactone with bifunctional catalysts, including catalytic, and combined biological and chemical catalysis processes. The bifunctionality of catalytic materials is a concept of not only using multifunctional solid materials as activators, but also design of materials in such a way that the catalytic materials have synergistic characteristics that promote a cascade of transformations with performance beyond that of mixed mono-functional catalysts. This book is a reference designed for researchers, academicians and industrialists in the area of catalysis, energy, chemical engineering and biomass conversion. Readers will find the wealth of information contained in chapters both useful and essential, for assessing the production and application of various biofuels and chemicals by chemical catalysis and biological techniques. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Fundamentals of Bifunctional Catalysis for Transforming Biomass-Related Compounds into Chemicals and Biofuels (Hu Li, Xiao Kong, Zhen Fang, Richard L. Smith Jr.)....Pages 3-30 Introduction to Characterization Methods for Heterogeneous Catalysts and Their Application to Cellulose Conversion Mechanisms (Xiao Kong, Yifeng Zhu, Hu Li, Zhen Fang, Richard L. Smith Jr.)....Pages 31-96 Front Matter ....Pages 97-97 Brønsted-Lewis Acids for Efficient Conversion of Renewables (Zichun Wang, Jun Huang)....Pages 99-135 Design of Bifunctional Solid Catalysts for Conversion of Biomass-Derived Syngas into Biofuels (Hao Wang, Yan Pei, Minghua Qiao, Baoning Zong)....Pages 137-158 Reductive Conversion of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural in Aqueous Solutions by Furan Ring Opening and Rearrangement (Junya Ohyama, Atsushi Satsuma)....Pages 159-185 Catalytic Cascade Transformations of Biomass into Polyols (Javier Fernández-Rodríguez, Xabier Erdocia, Pedro Luis de Hoyos, Ane Sequeiros, Jalel Labidi)....Pages 187-219 Production and Upgrading of γ-Valerolactone with Bifunctional Catalytic Processes (Laura Prati, Andrea Jouve, Alberto Villa)....Pages 221-237 Production of Furanic Biofuels with Zeolite and Metal Oxide Bifunctional Catalysts for Energy-and Product-Driven Biorefineries (Jesús Requies, Ion Agirre, Aitziber Iriondo)....Pages 239-271 Upgrading of Biomass-Derived Furans into Value-Added Chemicals (Song Song, Guangjun Wu, Naijia Guan, Landong Li)....Pages 273-303 Front Matter ....Pages 305-305 Production of Biodiesel via Simultaneous Esterification and Transesterification (Hu Pan, Heng Zhang, Song Yang)....Pages 307-326 Biodiesel Production from Waste Oil in Multiphase Reactors with Bifunctional Catalyst for Sustainable Energy (M. E. Borges, J. C. Ruiz-Morales, P. Martín-Zarza, P. Esparza)....Pages 327-343 Front Matter ....Pages 345-345 Conversion of Biomass Using Simultaneous Chemo- and Bio-catalysis (Patrick J. Morgan, Fabio Lorenzini, Andrew C. Marr)....Pages 347-378 Back Matter ....Pages 379-391 Bifunctional catalysts integrate sequential catalytic steps to efficiently transform raw materials into chemical products. Bifunctional catalysts avoid by-product formation and costly separation steps so that their design and application are seen as the next generation of chemical technology. This text provides state-of-the-art reviews, current research, prospects and challenges of the production of biofuels and chemicals such as furanic biofuels, biodiesel, carboxylic acids, polyols and others from lignocellulosic biomass, furfurals, syngas and ?-valerolactone with bifunctional catalysts, including catalytic, electrocatalytic, and combined biological and chemical catalysis processes. The bifunctionality of catalytic materials is a concept of not only using multifunctional solid materials as activators, but in such a way that the catalytic materials have synergistic characteristics that promote a cascade of transformations which reduces or eliminates reaction and separation steps. The book will be useful for students, researchers, academicians and industrialists in the field of biotechnology, biochemistry and energy Bifunctional catalysts integrate sequential catalytic steps to efficiently transform raw materials into chemical products. Bifunctional catalysts avoid by-product formation and costly separation steps so that their design and application are seen as the next generation of chemical technology. This text provides state-of-the-art reviews, current research, prospects and challenges of the production of biofuels and chemicals such as furanic biofuels, biodiesel, carboxylic acids, polyols and others from lignocellulosic biomass, furfurals, syngas and γ-valerolactone with bifunctional catalysts, including catalytic, electrocatalytic, and combined biological and chemical catalysis processes. The bifunctionality of catalytic materials is a concept of not only using multifunctional solid materials as activators, but in such a way that the catalytic materials have synergistic characteristics that promote a cascade of transformations which reduces or eliminates reaction and separation steps. The book will be useful for students, researchers, academicians and industrialists in the field of biotechnology, biochemistry and energy