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Catalytic Reforming of
Biogas into Syngas Using
Supported Noble-Metal
and Transition-Metal
Catalysts
Albin Pintar, Petar Djinović, Boštjan Erjavec,
and Ilja Gasan Osojnik Črnivec
5.1 OVERVIEW OF CURRENT MAINSTREAM
BIOFUEL PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES
Exponential growth of Earth’s population projects itself on quickly increasing con-
sumption of fossil fuel resources (natural gas, oil, and coal), which act as a founda-
tion for production of fuels and numerous chemicals, such as fertilizers, plastics,
engineering materials, and medicine, that enable a considerable improvement in the
quality of living, compared with the standards of several decades ...