Biomass Conversion and Sustainable Biorefinery: Towards Circular Bioeconomy

This book highlights recent progress on the advancements toward optimization of major biorefinery processes, including biomass pretreatment and fractionation, saccharification of sugars, and conversion of sugars and lignin into fuels and chemical precursors. The continual improvement of these processes and their integration in the format of a modern biorefinery is paving the way for a sustainable bio-economy that will displace large portions of petroleum-derived fuels and chemicals with renewable substitutes. Written by leading researchers from academia and well-renowned industry professionals, this book provides a comprehensive review of various aspects related to the recent developments in biomass conversion and biorefinery, aimed at successfully implementing the circular economy principles in various industries.

Dr. Lubis received his Ph.D. in wood science and technology from Kyungpook National University Daegu, South Korea. He has been a junior researcher in Research Center for Biomaterials, National Research and Innovation Agency of Indonesia since 2014. His research interests include wood adhesives, wood adhesion, thermosetting resins, and polymer composites.

Dr. Lee is a research fellow in the Laboratory of Biopolymer and Derivatives (BADs), Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products, Universiti Putra Malaysia. His research interests include wood composites, wood treatments, wood adhesives, and polymers.

Dr. Efri Mardawati is a lecturer in Department of Agro-industrial Technology, the head of Agro-industrial Technology Study Program, a faculty of Agro-industrial Technology, Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia. She obtained her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, from the Bandung Institute of Technology. Her research interests are in the areas of bioprocess engineering, biorefinery and bioeconomy, bioenergy, enzyme and microbial technology and biomass utilization

Dr. Souvia Rahimah obtained her Ph.D. in Food Science from Padjadjaran University. Currently, she is a lecturer in the Department of Food Industrial Technology, Faculty of Agro-industrial Technology, Universitas Padjadjaran. Her research interests are in the areas of food packaging, especially for dairy products and fruits, halal food processing, and functional foods by utilizing spirulina as a superfood

Dr. Petar Antov is an Associate Professor, Ph.D., at the University of Forestry, based in Sofia, Bulgaria. His main research interests are in the field of wood technology, wood-based composites, bio-based wood adhesives, formaldehyde emission, formaldehyde scavengers, eco-friendly wood-based composites, occupational safety, and health at work in wood industry enterprises, ergonomics, and ergonomic design of furniture products.

Dr. Robi Andoyo obtained his Ph.D. in Food Science from Agrocampus Ouest, Rennes, France, in 2014. He has more than 15 years' teaching and research experience on food science. His research interests are in the areas of principles of food process engineering, form conversion technique, nanotechnology in food processing, food hydrocolloid, food physical properties, evaporation, cooling, drying and freezing, food material separation techniques, and heat transfer and thermal process.

Dr. Lubos Kristak is the head of Department of Physics, Electrical Engineering and Applied Mechanics and a faculty of Wood Sciences and Technology in Zvolen, Slovakia. His scientific interests are in the physical properties of wood, insulations board (from the thermal and acoustic point of view), wood composites, and wood adhesives.

Dr. Bambang Nurhadi obtained his Ph.D. from University College Cork, Ireland, majoring in material science. His research interests are in the areas of glass transition temperature application on chemical process and product stability, further processing of herbs and spices (extraction, distillation, and encapsulation of bioactive compound of herbs and spices) and converting waste biomass into valuable product.