Academic Press Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage: Using Natural Resources for Sustainable Development

Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage: Using Natural Resources for Sustainable Development presents the technologies associated with bioenergy and CCS and its applicability as an emissions reduction tool. The book explores existing climate policies and current carbon capture and storage technologies. Sections offer an overview of several routes to use biomass and produce bioenergy through processes with low or even negative CO2 emissions. Associated technology and the results of recent research studies to improve the sustainability of the processes are described, pointing out future trends and needs. This book can be used by bioenergy engineering researchers in industry and academia and by professionals and researchers in carbon capture and storage. Review An overview of the latest technology research and implementation for carbon capture and storage through biomass and bioenergy production  From the Back Cover Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage presents a realistic outlook on the technologies associated with bioenergy and CCS and its applicability as an emissions reduction tool. The book explores existing climate policies and the carbon capture and storage technologies actually in use. It then offers an overview of the several routes to use biomass and produce bioenergy through processes with low or even negative CO2 emissions. Associated technology and the results of recent research studies to improve the sustainability of the processes are described, pointing out future trends and research needs. Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage can be used by bioenergy engineering researchers in industry and academia for the development of new technologies of bioenergy production with carbon capture and storage. Its coverage of a broad range of topics in this area makes it a useful technology guide for professionals and researchers working in carbon capture and storage. Researchers can also easily access the current status of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage technologies, the main research projects and outputs and the key challenges to be surpassed, which can be very important in the definition of future directions of their research activities. For practitioners in this area, this book provides the most recent information on climate policies and the most recent advances on carbon capture and storage technologies, which can be very useful in the design of new strategies to achieve current legal demands. About the Author José Carlos Magalhães Pires graduated in Chemical Engineering by Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto (FEUP) in 2004. He worked in two chemical companies and then started his PhD in Environmental Engineering in 2006 at FEUP. From 2010, he is a postdoctoral researcher in the area of environmental applications of microalgal cultures, including the CO2 capture and bioenergy production. Performed studies showed that microalgal cultures are a promise solution to mitigate the atmospheric CO2 concentration. Dr. Pires is currently Research fellow at LEPABE-FEUP under FCT Investigator 2015 Programme with title "Design configurations of photobioreactors for cultivation of microalgae: bioprocess modelling and sustainability assessment". During the period from 2017 to 2021, JCM Pires will study different PBR designs with numerical tools. JCM Pires published 44 papers in international peer reviewed journals, 2 books and 14 book chapters and his research work was discussed in 27 international meetings and 2 national meetings. Ana Luisa da Cunha Gonçalves graduated in Bioengineering (Biological Engineering Branch) by Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto in 2012. In 2013, she started her PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering at FEUP. The PhD, entitled Microalgal cultivation for biomass production, CO2 capture and nutrients uptake, aimed the optimization of culturing conditions of microalgae and cyanobacteria in laboratory and p