Production of Biofuels and Chemicals with Bifunctional Catalysts

Part I. Fundamentals

1. Fundamentals of Bifunctional Catalysis for Transforming Biomass-Related Compounds into Chemicals and Biofuels
Hu Li, Xiao Kong, Zhen Fang, Richard L. Smith

2. 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

Part II. Bifunctional Chemocatalysis

3. Brønsted-Lewis Acids for Efficient Conversion of Renewables
Zichun Wang, Jun Huang

4. Design of Bifunctional Solid Catalysts for Conversion of Biomass-Derived Syngas into Biofuels
Hao Wang, Yan Pei, Minghua Qiao, Baoning Zong

5. Reductive Conversion of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural in Aqueous Solutions by Furan Ring Opening and Rearrangement
Junya Ohyama, Atsushi Satsuma

6. Catalytic Cascade Transformations of Biomass into Polyols
Javier Fernández-Rodríguez, Xabier Erdocia, Pedro Luis Hoyos, Ane Sequeiros, Jalel Labidi

7. Production and Upgrading of γ-Valerolactone with Bifunctional Catalytic Processes
Laura Prati, Andrea Jouve, Alberto Villa

8. Production of Furanic Biofuels with Zeolite and Metal Oxide Bifunctional Catalysts for Energy-and Product-Driven Biorefineries
Jesús Requies, Ion Agirre, Aitziber Iriondo

9. Upgrading of Biomass-Derived Furans into Value-Added Chemicals
Song Song, Guangjun Wu, Naijia Guan, Landong Li

Part III. Production of Biodiesel

10. Production of Biodiesel via Simultaneous Esterification and Transesterification
Hu Pan, Heng Zhang, Song Yang

11. 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

Part IV. Chemoenzymatic Catalysis

12. Conversion of Biomass Using Simultaneous Chemo- and Bio-catalysis
Patrick J. Morgan, Fabio Lorenzini, Andrew C. Marr

Keywords: Biomedicine, Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology, Renewable and Green Energy, Biotechnology