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Preface

The advent of biochemical engineering leads to the way for invention of enormous
amount of bioproducts which ranges from food to fuel. Increase in demand and
environmental concerns leads to the search for new and renewable technologies for
the production of various value-added bioproducts. On the other hand, waste man-
agement is a prime concern nowadays as their generation was increasing due to the
increasing population and improvement of people’s lifestyle. Proper disposal of
these wastes is examined through various technologies and reported by researchers
around the world. Biorefinery technology may be a one-stop solution for manage-
ment of residual biomass thereby reducing the amount of waste and producing
value-added products. The concept of biorefinery is expanding, and a huge number
of ideas are blooming out these days in this area. Those ideas should be properly
disseminated to the community to make aware of technologies. This book entitled
“Refining Biomass Residues for Sustainable Energy and Bioproducts” may be a
platform for knowledge dissemination. This book consists of more recent data per-
taining to the research report, which is divided into eight parts covering the major
areas of biorefineries.
The first part is about the concept of integrated biorefinery systems for waste
management; in this part, solid waste biorefineries and its potential applications
were discussed in detailed by the authors. The second part is about the sources and
operation of waste biorefineries. This part discusses about the different feedstocks
and their modes of conversion.
The third part is about the industrial waste biorefineries. Microbial fuel cell
using industrial waste and utilization crude glycerol that is obtained as a byproduct
from biodiesel industries were investigated. In the fourth part the agroindustry
waste biorefineries are studied. This part covers the production of various biopro-
ducts using agroindustry wastes. The fifth part is about the food industry waste
biorefineries. This part covers recovery and treatment of food waste for the produc-
tion of platform chemicals. In the sixth part the potential advantage of marine
source based biorefineries has been elaborately discussed.
The seventh part is about the life cycle assessment of waste biorefinery models.
The life cycle assessment plays a vital role in the application of biorefinery concept
in industrial scale. This part discusses about Jatropha-based biorefinery and com-
parative life cycle analysis of synthetic detergents and biosurfactants. The conclud-
ing part is about the economics and cost analysis of waste biorefineries. This part
extensively discusses about the economics and cost analysis. Also the process
design, techno-economic, and life-cycle assessments of selected sugarcane-based
biorefineries in the South African context were also discussed.