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CHAPTER 5

Biobutanol from lignocellulosic

biomass: bioprocess strategies

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Jeyaprakash Dharmaraja , Sutha Shobana ,
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Sundaram Arvindnarayan , Manokaran Vadivel , A.E. Atabani ,
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Arivalagan Pugazhendhi and Gopalakrishnan Kumar 6
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Division of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Humanities, Sree Sowdambika College of Engineering,
Virudhunagar, India
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Department of Chemistry & Research Centre, Mohamed Sathak Engineering College, Ramanathapuram,
India
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rajas Engineering College, Vadakkankulam, India
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Alternative Fuels Research Laboratory (AFRL), Energy Division, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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Innovative Green Product Synthesis and Renewable Environment Development Research Group, Faculty
of Environment and Labour Safety, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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Institute of Chemistry, Bioscience and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology,
University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway
Contents
5.1 Introduction 169
5.2 Brief summary on lignocellulosic biomass material properties and their
chemical compositions 171
5.3 Pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass feedstocks 172
5.4 Biobutanol as a valuable fuel and chemical source 175
5.5 Production of biobutanol through microbial or acetone, butanol, and ethanol
fermentation process 185
5.6 Concluding remarks and future outlook 185
References 187

5.1 Introduction

Currently, the growth of human population is ineffective to the con-
sumption of basic prerequisites, say food, water, energy, and other related
products, for their developmental activities. In many countries the eco-
nomic growth and development of industries and transportation sectors
mainly depend on the long-term availability of petroleum-based fossil fuel
resources [1]. On the contrary, owing to the rapid growth of human pop-
ulation, the exhaustion of nonrenewable fossil fuel (mainly derived from

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