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Title Biomass conversion : the interface of biotechnology, chemistry and materials science / Chinnappan Baskar, Shikha Baskar, Ranjit S. Dhillon, editors
Published Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 465 pages)
Contents Biomass Conversion to Energy / Maneesha Pande and Ashok N. Bhaskarwar -- Biomass Energy / A.K. Kurchania -- Lignocellulose Pretreatment by Ionic Liquids: A Promising Start Point for Bio-energy Production / Haibo Xie, Wujun Liu and Zongbao K. Zhao -- Application of Ionic Liquids in the Conversion of Native Lignocellulosic Biomass to Biofuels / Marcel Lucas, Gregory L. Wagner and Kirk D. Rector -- Catalysts in Thermochemical Biomass Conversion / Ali Sınağ -- Fatty Acids-Derived Fuels from Biomass via Catalytic Deoxygenation / Bartosz Rozmysłowicz, Päivi Mäki-Arvela and Dmitry Yu. Murzin -- Biobutanol: The Future Biofuel / Manish Kumar and Kalyan Gayen -- Molecular Genetic Strategies for Enhancing Plant Biomass for Cellulosic Ethanol Production / Rengasamy Ramamoorthy and Prakash P. Kumar -- Production of Bioethanol from Food Industry Waste: Microbiology, Biochemistry and Technology / V.K. Joshi, Abhishek Walia and Neerja S. Rana -- Enhancement of Biohydrogen Production by Two-Stage Systems: Dark and Photofermentation / Tugba Keskin and Patrick C. Hallenbeck -- Organosolv Fractionation of Lignocelluloses for Fuels, Chemicals and Materials: A Biorefinery Processing Perspective / Ming-Fei Li, Shao-Ni Sun, Feng Xu and Run-Cang Sun -- Lignin as Source of Fine Chemicals: Vanillin and Syringaldehyde / Paula C. Rodrigues Pinto, Eduardo A. Borges da Silva and Alírio E. Rodrigues -- Liquefaction of Softwoods and Hardwoods in Supercritical Methanol: A Novel Approach to Bio-Oil Production / J. Andres Soria and Armando G. McDonald -- Bioextraction: The Interface of Biotechnology and Green Chemistry / Rakesh Kumar Sharma, Alok Adholeya, Aditi Puri and Manab Das
Summary Annotation The consumption of petroleum has surged during the 20th century, at least partially because of the rise of the automobile industry. Today, fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas provide more than three quarters of the world's energy. Unfortunately, the growing demand for fossil fuel resources comes at a time of diminishing reserves of these nonrenewable resources. The worldwide reserves of oil are sufficient to supply energy and chemicals for only about another 40 years, causing widening concerns about rising oil prices. The use of biomass to produce energy is only one form of renewable energy that can be utilized to reduce the impact of energy production and use on the global environment. Biomass can be converted into three main products such as energy, biofuels and fine chemicals using a number of different processes. Today, it is a great challenge for researchers to find new environmentally benign methodology for biomass conversion, which are industrially profitable as well. This book focuses on the conversion of biomass to biofuels, bioenergy and fine chemicals with the interface of biotechnology, microbiology, chemistry and materials science. An international scientific authorshipsummarizes the state-of-the-art of the current researchand gives anoutlook on future developments
Analysis Engineering
Biotechnology
Chemistry, Organic
Renewable energy sources
Biomaterials
Renewable and Green Energy
Organic Chemistry
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject Biomass conversion.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Chemical & Biochemical.
Science des matériaux.
Chimie.
Biomass conversion
Form Electronic book
Author Baskar, Chinnappan
Baskar, Shikha
Dhillon, Ranjit S
ISBN 9783642284182
3642284183
1280795573
9781280795572
9786613705969
6613705969