Conversion Technologies for Green Gasoline

Abstract

Biomass-based bioenergy has gained momentum over conventional fossil fuels owing to its renewability, low-cost production and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. Green gasoline products made from biomass are similar to the transportation fuels obtained from petroleum and are well suited to the current infrastructure and combustion engines used in petroleum refineries. Several processes have been adopted for the production of green gasoline from different biomass feedstocks. This chapter presents an outline of various techniques for the conversion of biomass feedstocks, such as thermochemical conversion (biomass gasification, liquefaction and pyrolysis), chemical conversion and biochemical conversion for the production of biofuels and their upgrading to green gasoline via hydroprocessing and catalytic cracking.