Description
Book SynopsisThis book covers all facets involving the production and use of ethanol. Topics include the optimization of raw materials, energy, capital, process model-based computer control, and human resources to produce ethanol. It compares and contrasts processes to prepare ethanol using biotechnology processes to prepare ethanol from chemical synthesis. Matters of optimization of ethanol use as fuel/fuel components are addressed based on thermodynamics, kinetics, and usage. It also discusses pollutants produced from ethanol and mixtures containing ethanol, the status of ways to control these pollutants, and what can be done to minimize the harm to the earth's ecosystems due to ethanol and gasoline reactions.
Trade Review"The main strength of this book is its multidisciplinary approach to treating the ethanol sector: biology (biocatalysis and biotechnology), thermodynamics, cost analysis, etc. Readers from different scientific communities will find interesting information. Another main strength is the treatment of different parts of the ethanol sector: production and use, minimization of pollution, raw materials resources, etc. So this book can be interesting for engineers who design a new process, but also who would like to find the best process and feedstock for given countries."
— Olivier Potier, University of Lorraine, Nancy, France
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Yeast Biology and Bulk Manufacture of Ethanol
Processes to prepare ethanol using biotechnology
Yeast biology development
Developing yeast strains to produce ethanol
Nutrients and conditions
Optimization of Ethanol Use as a Fuel
Introduction to the basis of fuel use in the internal combustion engine
Linkage of friction reduction to ethanol fuel use
Thermodynamics of friction dependence on system variables
Coupling of combustion reaction kinetics and thermodynamics
Sample Calculation
Considerations of piston expansion in regard to forces and friction
Computer-based Optimization of the Ethanol Process
Introduction
Specifications for Control of the Ethanol Process
Application of Computer-based Process Control to Ethanol
Optimization Example
Raw Material Resources to produce Ethanol
Plant Raw Material Resources
Biocatalyst Systems for Ethanol Manufacture
Biocatalyst Systems and Processes to isolate and convert Starch and Lignocellulose Components
Biocatalyst Systems for Isolation and Conversion of Starch and Cellulose
Biocatalyst Systems to act on Lignocellulose and its components
Ethanol Process Synthesis for Cost Analysis
Cost Analysis for Optimal Ethanol Manufacture
Cost Analysis objectives to improve ethanol prospects
Cost analysis and Sources of Ethanol
Cost of Ethanol produced using feedstock from corn wet milling facilities
Cost of Ethanol produced using feedstock from corn dry milling facilities
Cost of Ethanol produced using feedstock from lignocellulose sources
Contrast in Costs to produce Ethanol from Feedstocks
Process Optimization and Cost Reduction to reach Commercial Objectives
Considerations for Minimization of Pollution
Introduction to Pollution Considerations
A Sequence of Historical Events that helped to popularize Ethanol
Pollutants in ethanol manufacture and combustion
Impurities in ethanol and gasoline, and in the products of their combustion
Specific Actions on Pollution and Justification
Ethanol Co-Products and Derived Products
Introduction to Co-Products and derived Products
Carbon Dioxide Products and Applications
Ethanol Derived Products and Applications
Petrochemicals as a Source of Ethanol
Conclusions, Recommendations, Research, and Business Directions
