Advances in Biofuels

Part I. Biofuels Opportunity

1. Prospect, Challenges and Opportunities on Biofuels in Malaysia
Soh Kheang Loh, Yuen May Choo

2. Investment Opportunities at Palm Oil Industrial Cluster (POIC) Lahad Datu with Special Reference to Biofuels
Teck Wai Pang, Ming Tong Lee

Part II. Biomass Conversion

3. Biomass Conversion to Fuel (Solid, Liquid and Gas Fuel)
Suzana Yusup, Murni Melati Ahmad, Anita Ramli, Khan Zakir, Mas Fatiha Mohamad

4. Online Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Sulfur Compounds from Hydrothermal Reactions of Biomass Wastes for Hydrogen Production
Matlal Fajri Alif, Kozo Matsumoto, Kuniyuki Kitagawa

5. Utilisation of Palm Oil Wastes for Biofuel and Other Value-Added Bio-Products: A Holistic Approach to Sustainable Waste Management for the Palm Oil Industry
Keat Teong Lee, Cynthia Ofori-Boateng

6. In Situ Spectroscopic Monitoring of Straight Vegetable Oil Combustion Properties (Sunflower and Soybean Oils)
Nelfa Desmira, Shigeaki Morita, Kitagawa Kuniyuki

7. Low-Cost Alternative Renewable Energy Bioethanol Production from Palm Oil in Malaysian Context
Ravindra Pogaku, Tapan Kumar Biswas, Rahmath Abdulla

Part III. Biodiesel Production

8. A Bio-Route Production of Biodiesel
A. H. Kamaruddin, N. A. Serri, J. H. Sim, S. F. A. Halim, S. R. A. Rahaman

9. Catalysis in Biodiesel Synthesis: Challenges and Future Perspectives
Ahmad Hafiidz Mohammad Fauzi, Nor Aishah Saidina Amin

10. Higher Grade Biodiesel Production by Using Solid Heterogeneous Catalysts
Y. H. Taufiq-Yap, H. V. Lee

Part IV. Enzymatic Biofuels

11. Enzymatic Process for Biodiesel and High Value-Added Products
George Chou

12. Stability Studies of Immobilized Burkholderia cepacia Lipase and Its Application in Biodiesel Production from Jatropha curcas Oil
Rahmath Abdulla, Ravindra Pogaku

Part V. Algal Biofuels

13. Fermentation Study on Macroalgae Eucheuma cottonii for Bioethanol Production via Varying Acid Hydrolysis
Rachel Fran Mansa, Wei-Fang Chen, Siau-Jen Yeo, Yan-Yan Farm, Hafeza Abu Bakar, Coswald Stephen Sipaut

14. Membrane Photobioreactor as a Device to Increase CO2 Mitigation by Microalgae
Rosalam Hj. Sarbatly, Emma Suali

Avainsanat: Energy, Renewable and Green Energy, Biochemical Engineering, Energy Technology