TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS................................................................................................V
LIST OF TABLES..........................................................................................................XIII
LIST OF FIGURES ......................................................................................................XVII
LIST OF EQUATIONS................................................................................................XXII
LIST OF ABBREVATIONS.......................................................................................XXIV
SUMMARY..............................................................................................................XXVIII
CHAPTER
1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................1
1.1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................... 1 1.1.1 Biorefinery Project......................................................................................... 1 1.1.2 Biodiesel Project............................................................................................ 2 2.1 OBJECTIVES ....................................................................................................... 3 2.1.1 Biorefinery Project......................................................................................... 3 2.1.2 Biodiesel Project............................................................................................ 4
2 LITERATURE REVIEW .................................................................................................5
2.1 FOSSIL FUELS VS. BIOFUELS ...............................................................................5 2.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT ........................................................................................8 2.3 POTENTIAL RENEWABLE RESOURCES .................................................................9 2.3.1 Lignocelluloses.............................................................................................11 2.3.1.1 Cellulose ....................................................................................................13 2.3.1.2 Hemicelluloses...........................................................................................15 2.3.1.3 Lignin.........................................................................................................18 2.3.2 Triglycerides a