Meet the editor

Abd El-Fatah Abomohra is a Professor at the Jiangsu University, China and an Associate Professor at the Tanta University, Egypt. During 18 years of teaching and research experience, he has successfully undertaken research programs for MSc, PhD, postdoctoral studies, and as a faculty member. His research focuses on using microorganisms for enhanced bioenergy production, wastewater treatment, and CO2 sequestration in addition to production

of valuable compounds. He has supervised many MSc and PhD students in Egypt and China. In addition, he has participated in a number of national projects in Egypt, Germany, and China for large biomass and biofuel production from microalgae. He has taught many undergraduate and postgraduate courses during his career.

Contents

**Section 1**

*by Sibel Irmak*

Production

*and Meisam Tabatabaei*

*and Shahab Sokhansanj*

**Section 2**

and Produce Transportation Fuel

*and Elizabeth Quintana-Rodríguez*

**Preface III**

Challenges in Biomass Utilization **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 15** Different Pretreatment Methods of Lignocellulosic Biomass for Use in Biofuel

**Chapter 3 39**

**Chapter 4 59**

Applications of Biomass in Biofuel **81**

**Chapter 5 83**

**Chapter 6 103**

*by Muhammad Nauman Aftab, Irfana Iqbal, Fatima Riaz, Ahmet Karadag* 

Woody Feedstock Pretreatments to Enhance Pyrolysis Bio-oil Quality

*by Hamid Rezaei, Fahimeh Yazdanpanah, Jim Choon Lim, Anthony Lau* 

Agro-Industrial Waste Revalorization: The Growing Biorefinery

*José Luz Nicacio González-Cervantes, José de Jesús Esparza-Claudio* 

*by Apilak Salakkam, Pensri Plangklang, Sureewan Sittijunda,* 

*by Flora Beltrán-Ramírez, Domancar Orona-Tamayo, Ivette Cornejo-Corona,* 

Bio-hydrogen and Methane Production from Lignocellulosic Materials

*Mallika Boonmee Kongkeitkajorn, Siriporn Lunprom and Alissara Reungsang*

Challenges of Biomass Utilization for Biofuels

Fungal Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Materials

*by Najiah Nadir, Nur Liyana Ismail and Azlan Shah Hussain*
