A Review on Biofuel Production from Biomass by Microorganisms

ISSN: 0973-7510

E-ISSN: 2581-690X

He Jiaxin^1,2 and Liu Zhenling¹

¹School of Management, Henan University of technology, Zhengzhou, China.

²School of Business and Management, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.

J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2013;7(Spl. Edn.: April):111-116

Received: 03/03/2013 | Accepted: 14/04/2013 | Published: 30/04/2013

Abstract

The increased demands for energy coupled with growing emphasis on environmental conservation have turned the attention of people towards renewable energy. Biomass-derived fuels have received great attention in recent years because of high energy content, biodegradability, regeneration. This paper presents a comprehensive review on biofuel production through microbial conversion technologies. Five main clean energy carriers and the microorganism used in the process of biofuel production are discussed, respectively. Biomass-derived fuels will be a vital source of renewable energy with the development of microbial conversion technologies.

Keywords

Biomass, Microorganism, Biogas, bio-ethanol, Bio-hydrogen, biodiesel, MFC (microbial fuel cell)

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