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Chapter 1: The Biorefinery Concept 1.1 Biorefinery concept 1.2 General applications and conversion technologies 1.3 Current design approaches 1.4 Conclusions 1.5 References Chapter 2: Biorefinery feedstocks, platforms and products 2.1 Biomass feedstocks 2.2 Products 2.3 References Chapter 3: Biorefinery design strategy: From process synthesis to sustainable design 3.1 Hierarchy concept 3.2 Sequencing concept 3.3 Integration concept 3.4 Sustainability Framework 3.5 Small and high scale biorefineries 3.6 Conclusions 3.7 References Chapter 4: Techno-economic analysis of biorefineries 4.1 Modeling and Simulation 4.2 Problem definition. Selection of sequencing lines (Process pathways). Biorefining alternatives. Raw material integration. Mass integration. 4.3 Technology integration 4.4 Techno-economic indicators 4.5 Conclusions 4.6 References Chapter 5: Environmental Assessment of Biorefinery Systems 5.1 Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) 5.2 Potential Environmental Impact (PEI) 5.3 Water Footprint (WF) 5.4 Greenhouse gases (GHG’s) 5.5 Conclusions 5.6 References Chapter 6: Social Analysis of biorefineries 6.1 Job generation 6.2 Food supply 6.3 Health 6.4 References Chapter 7: Development of biorefinery systems: From biofuel upgrading to multiproduct portfolios 7.1 Sugarcane 7.2 Corn 7.3 Oil palm 7.4 Lignocellulosic biomass 7.5 Tropical fruits 7.6 Microalgae 7.7 Influence of Logistics 7.8 Conclusions 7.9 References Chapter 8: Sustainability Assessment of biorefineries based on indices 8.1 Biorefinery complexity index (BCI) 8.2 Economic biorefinery indices 8.3 Case studies 8.4 Conclusions 8.5 References Chapter 9: Key Challenges for Future Development of Biorefineries 9.1 Refineries vs Biorefineries 9.2 Coffee Cut-Stems biorefinery 9.3 Pinus patula biorefinery 9.4 Glycerol biorefiner 9.5 Blackberry residues biorefinery 9.6 Avocado biorefinery 9.7 Oil palm biorefinery 9.8 Amazonian fruit biorefinery 9.9 Sugarcane biorefinery 9.10 Beta renewables biorefinery 9.11 Abengoa hugoton biorefinery 9.12 Conclusions 9.13 References Index