Innovative Biorefinery Processes for Agri-Food Value Chains

by Brijesh K Tiwari (Editor), Milica Pojic PhD (Editor), Xianglu Zhu (Editor)

Overview

Innovative Biorefinery Processes for Agri-Food Value Chains provides detailed information on biorefinery concepts and technologies and their applications in agri-food value chains. It covers various topics related to biorefinery, such as biomass feedstocks, conversion technologies, product recovery, and economic and environmental sustainability.Divided into five sections, the first one brings the definitions and fundamental information of agri-food biorefinery. The second section explores biomass for agri-food biorefinery. Section three deals with technological aspects of biorefinery, while Section four brings Novel value chains using renewable biomass for food biorefinery and bioproducts, and Section five presents the environmental and social aspects of biorefinery.The book also includes case studies and examples of successful biorefinery projects from around the world.Edited by a team of experts in the field, this book is a great resource for researchers, academics, industry professionals, policymakers, and graduate and post-graduate students working in the fields of food science and technology, agriculture, and sustainable development. - Discusses the economic and environmental sustainability of biorefinery systems, including their impact on the circular economy and the bioeconomy - Covers the application of biorefinery in agri-food value chains, including case studies and examples - Explains biorefinery concepts and technologies, including their benefits and limitations

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780443288111
Publisher:	Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Publication date:	08/01/2025
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
File size:	18 MB
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About the Author

Brijesh K Tiwari is a principal research officer at TEAGASC and adjunct Professor at University College Dublin, Ireland. He obtained his Master’s degree at the Central Food Technological Research Institute (India) in 2003, and his PhD at the University College of Dublin (Ireland) in 2009. He leads a team of 6 postdoctoral researchers/Research officers and 14 PhDs in the area of novel food processing technologies. His research output includes over 200 peer-reviewed research publications and over 100 book chapters. He has also co-edited 14 books and is a book series editor for IFST Advances in Food Science book series. He is currently the Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Food Processing and Preservation.
Dr Milica Pojić is a Principal Research Fellow at the Institute of Food Technology, University of Novi Sad, Serbia. Her research interests are in the area of new food product development and valorization of food by-products and alternative sustainable raw materials of plant origin. She coordinated several international and bilateral research projects in the area of novel food processing and formulation. Her research outputs include numerous peer-reviewed research publications, chapters, and two co-edited book. She is an editorial board member of two scientific journals: Food and Feed Research and Discover Food.
Dr. Xianglu Zhu is a Researcher based at Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, Ireland. He is currently working as research scientist at Nutramara in the area of Marine Bioprocessing and a PhD candidate in the School of Biosystem and Food Engineering in University College Dublin. He has seven peer-reviewed papers and three book chapters published. His work is focus on food process technologies and biorefinery processes and its Industrial application.

Table of Contents

Section 1. Definitions and fundamental information of agri-food biorefinery1. Introduction to agri-food biorefinery and agri-food value chains2. Overview of the agri-food industry and its challenges3. Global perspective of biorefinery - Historical development and evolution of biorefinery conceptsSection 2. Biomass for agri-food biorefinery4. Sugar/starch rich biomass5. Fibre-rich biomass6. Lipid-rich biomass7. Protein-rich biomassSection 3. Technological aspects of biorefinery8. Pretreatments for biorefineries9. Physico-chemical conversion systems10. Biological processes for biorefinery11. Separation and purification processes for biorefinerySection 4. Novel value chains using renewable biomass for food biorefinery and bioproducts12. Design of value chains for agricultural residues and waste biorefinery13. Design of value chains for by- and secondary products biorefinery14. Design of value chains for aquatic plants biorefinery15. Design of value chains for fishery industry side streams biorefinery16. Design of value chains for insect processing biorefinerySection 5. Environmental and social aspects of biorefinery17. Sustainability assessment/LCA approaches for biorefinery18. Social and ethical impact of biorefinery

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Provides a comprehensive overview of biorefinery concepts, technologies, and their applications in agri-food value chains