Plant Biomass Conversion (eBook)

Elizabeth Hood, Peter Nelson, Randy Powell (Herausgeber)

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2011 | 1. Auflage
420 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-470-95909-1 (ISBN)

Infos

A whole host of motivations are driving the development of the
"renewables" industry-- ranging from the desire to
develop sustainable energy resources to the reduction of dangerous
greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. All energy
utilized on the earth is ultimately derived from the sun through
photosynthesis--the only truly renewable commodity.



As concerns regarding increasing energy prices, global warming
and renewable resources continue to grow, so has scientific
discovery into agricultural biomass conversion. Plant Biomass
Conversion addresses both the development of plant biomass and
conversion technology, in addition to issues surrounding biomass
conversion, such as the affect on water resources and soil
sustainability. This book also offers a brief overview of the
current status of the industry and examples of production plants
being used in current biomass conversion efforts.

Autor

Elizabeth Hood, Ph.D, is a Distinguished Professor of Agriculture at Arkansas State University. Peter Nelson is a principal in BioDimensions, providing services for startup companies developing green technology. Randy Powell, Ph.D, is the president of Powell Consulting, LLC, a construction consulting firm promoting biofuel and bioproducts.

Inhalt

Contributors.

Preface.

1 The Bioeconomy: A New Era of Products Derived from RenewablePlant-Based Feedstocks (Peter Nelson, Elizabeth Hood, andRandall Powell).

2 Agricultural Residues (James Hettenhaus).

3 Growing Systems for Traditional and New Forest-BasedMaterials (Randall Rousseau, Janet Hawkes, Shijie Liu, andTom Amidon).

4 Dedicated Herbaceous Energy Crops (Keat (Thomas) Teoh,Shivakumar Pattada Devaiah, Deborah Vicuna Requesens, and ElizabethE. Hood).

5 Municipal Solid Waste as a Biomass Feedstock (David J.Webster).

6 Water Sustainability in Biomass CroppingSystems (Jennifer L. Bouldin and Rodney E. Wright).

7 Soil Sustainability Issues in Energy CropProduction (V. Steven Green).

8 Fermentation Organisms for 5-and 6-Carbon Sugars (NicholasDufour, Jeffrey Swana, and Reeta P. Rao).

9 Pretreatment Options (Bradley A. Saville).

10 Enzyme Production Systems for Biomass Conversion (JohnA. Howard, Zivko Nikolov, and Elizabeth E. Hood).

11 Fermentation-Based Biofuels (Randy Kramer and HeleneBelanger).

12 Biobased Chemicals and Polymers (Randall W. Powell,Clare Elton, Ross Prestidge, and Helene Belanger).

13 Carbon Offset Potential of Biomass-BasedEnergy (Gauri-Shankar Guha).

14 Biofuel Economics (Daniel Klein-Marcuschamer, BradHolmes, Blake A. Simmons, and Harvey W. Blanch).

Index.

Rezensionen

"Overall it gives very good insights on biomass feedstocks for all
uses of biomass as well as fermentation technologies mainly for
biofuels." (Encyclopedia of Industrial Biotechnology, 30 August
2011)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.1.2011
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• Schlagworte: Biomasse • Biotechnologie • Biotechnologie i. d. Chemie • Biotechnology • Biowissenschaften • Botanik / Biotechnologie • Chemie • Chemistry • Life Sciences • Plant Biotechnology
• ISBN-10: 0-470-95909-6 / 0470959096
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-95909-1 / 9780470959091