TY - CHAP AU - Sakthivadivel Duraisamy AU - Manikandan Sundararaj AU - Kumaraselvan Raja AU - Ganesh Kumar Poongavanam AU - Iniyan Selvarasan ED - Abd El-Fatah Abomohra Y1 - 2019-06-22 PY - 2019 T1 - Energy and Exergy Analysis of an Advanced Cookstove-Based Annular Thermoelectric Cogeneration System N2 - Lignocellulosic wastes has been widely discussed as a promising natural chemical source and alternative feedstock for second-generation biofuels. However, there are still many technical and economic challenges facing its utilization. Lignin is one of the components of lignocellulosic biomass, and is the most rigid constituent and can be considered as a glue providing the cell wall with stiffness and the plant tissue with compressive strength. In addition, it provides resistance to chemical and physical damage. Resistance of lignocelluloses to hydrolysis is mainly from the protection of cellulose by lignin and cellulose binding to hemicellulose. The present book provides basic knowledge and recent research on different applications of biomass, focusing on the bioenergy and different pretreatment methods that overcome the aforementioned hurdles. BT - Biomass for Bioenergy SP - Ch. 9 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.84237 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.84237 SN - 978-1-78923-988-1 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-19 ER -