Bio fuels

Bio fuel is a kind of fuel that is produced through contemporary biological processes, such as agriculture and anaerobic digestion, rather than a fuel produced by geological processes such as those involved in the formation of fossil fuels. Bio fuels can be derived directly from plants, or indirectly from agricultural, commercial, domestic, and/or industrial wastes. Renewable bio fuels generally involve contemporary carbon fixation, such as those that occur in plants or micro algae through the process of photosynthesis. 

Other renewable bio fuels are made through the use or conversion of biomass (referring to recently living organisms, most often referring to plants or plant-derived materials). This biomass can be converted to convenient energy-containing substances in three different ways: thermal conversion, chemical conversion, and biochemical conversion. This biomass conversion can result in fuel in solid, liquid, or gas form. This new biomass can also be used directly for bio fuels.

In the present book, fourteen typical literature about bio fuels published on international authoritative journals were selected to introduce the worldwide newest progress, which contains reviews or original researches on bio energy, renewable fuels, sustainable development, etc. We hope this book can demonstrate advances in bio fuels as well as give references to the researchers, students and other related people.