Production and Biorefining of Biocrude Oil: Current Status and Future Developments

Dr. Mohammad Aslam is Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Srinagar (India). Dr. Aslam holds master’s degree in “Industrial Chemistry” from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (India). Dr Aslam also completed MTech in “Fuels and Combustion” from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi (India). Later, Dr. Aslam has awarded Ph.D. in Chemistry from National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar (India). The thesis entitled “Hydroprocessing of seed oils into transportation fuels”. Dr. Aslam has worked as Post-Doctoral Fellow/Research Associate/Senior Research Fellow in Chemical Conversion Division, Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Bioenergy (an autonomous institute of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Govt. of India), Punjab (India). Dr. Aslam holds more than 17 years of academic and research experience. His research is focused on the sustainable fuels production from 2-G and 3-G biomass feedstocks under biorefinery concept. Dr. Sanjeev Mishra is working as Scientist-D at Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Bioenergy (an autonomous institute of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India), Punjab, India. Prior to this, Dr. Sanjeev worked as Research Fellow (Postdoc) at the Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His research focuses on “Production of 3rd generation biofuels and high-value compounds from municipal, agricultural, and industrial waste via algal biorefinery approach”. Dr. Sanjeev has done bachelor’s and master of technology in industrial biotechnology and has over two years of pre-Ph.D. research experience working at national labs. During this, his research focused on lab-scale to large-scale microalgal cultivation and bioenergy production. Dr. Sanjeev did his Ph.D. in energy science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (India). The thesis entitled “microalgal wastewater treatment, enhanced biomass productivity, and biofuel conversion under a biorefinery approach”. Dr. Jorge Aburto holds a B.Sc. in “Food Chemistry” from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), the diplôme d’études approfondies (DEA), and Ph.D. from National Polytechnique Institute of Toulouse (INPT), France, and was Visiting Researcher in the Agrobiotechnology Institute (IFA-Tulln) from the Agricultural University of Vienna (Boku), Austria. Dr. Jorge Aburto is Researcher at the Mexican Petroleum Institute (IMP) since 2000, and he is Project Leader and Head of biomass conversion division and In Charge of the division of energy efficiency and sustainability. Dr. Aburto’s main research areas are bio-based chemicals and materials for applications in the petroleum industry, biomass deconstruction and conversion, production of lignocellulosic ethanol, road and aviation fuels, enzyme kinetics and applications to the oil industry, petroleum biorefining, precipitation inhibitors of asphaltenes, and petroleum pipelining through o/w emulsions. He is Author of several international articles, book chapters, and patent applications and patents.

• 1. An introduction to the biorefinery.- 2. Biorefining Raw Materials and Feedstock: Challenges and Future Perspectives.- 3. Algae as 3rd generation biorefining feedstock.- 4. Co-feedstock for bio-refinery: Status and future perspectives.- 5. Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Solid Residues and Organic Waste to Biocrude Oil.- 6. Biocrude production and subsequent upgradation via hydrothermal liquefaction, distillation, and hydrotreatment of agro-forestry biomass A Canadian context.- 7. Biorefinery Catalysts Current Scenario and Future Developments.- 8. Biocrude oil through hydrothermal and pyrolysis processes A comparative assessment of properties and downstream upgradation.