**Meet the editor**

Prof. Dr. Zhen FANG is leader and founder of biomass group, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden. He is also an adjunct full Professor of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China. He is the inventor of "fast hydrolysis" process (US patent#: 8268126). His speciality is in thermal/biochemical conversion of biomass, nanocata-

lyst synthesis and their applications, and pretreatment methods of biomass for biorefineries. He obtained his PhD degrees from China Agricultural University (Ph.D. Biological & Agricultural Engineering, 1991, Beijing) and McGill University (Ph.D. Materials Engineering, 2003, Montreal).

Contents

**Preface IX**

Chapter 1 **Biofuels and Co-Products Out of Hemicelluloses 3**

Chapter 2 **Production of 2nd Generation of Liquid Biofuels 47**

Chapter 3 **Biofuels Ethanol and Methanol in OTTO Engines 79**

Chapter 4 **Analytical Methodology for Determination of Trace Cu in**

Chapter 5 **Gas Fermentation for Commercial Biofuels Production 125** Fung Min Liew, Michael Köpke and Séan Dennis Simpson

Hongjuan Liu, Genyu Wang and Jianan Zhang

Chapter 7 **Biobutanol from Renewable Agricultural and Lignocellulose Resources and Its Perspectives as Alternative of**

Baiquan, Vinita Sharma and Pradeep K. Sharma

László Kótai, János Szépvölgyi, Mária Szilágyi, Li Zhibin, Chen

and Jean-Michel Lavoie

Charalampos Arapatsakos

**Hydrated Alcohol Fuel 109**

and Mercedes de Moraes

Chapter 6 **The Promising Fuel-Biobutanol 175**

**Liquid Fuels 199**

Ariadna Fuente-Hernández, Pierre-Olivier Corcos, Romain Beauchet

Leona Paulová, Petra Patáková, Mojmír Rychtera and Karel Melzoch

Fabiana Aparecida Lobo, Fernanda Pollo, Ana Cristina Villafranca

**Section 1 Liquids 1**
