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Handbook of Plant-Based Biofuels

Handbook of Plant-Based Biofuels Business & Technology

Handbook of Plant-Based Biofuels

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Explores Worldwide Trends Involving the Production and Use of Biofuels With the depletion of oil resources as well as the negative environmental impact of fossil fuels, there is much interest in alternative energy sources. Focusing on some of the most important alternate energy sources for the foreseeable future, the Handbook of Plant-Based Biofuels provides state-of-the-art information on the status of the production of biofuels, in particular, bioethanol and biodiesel. Introduction to Biofuels After profiling plant-based biofuels, the book gives an overview of the production of biofuels from biomass materials by thermochemical and biochemical methods. It examines the thermochemical conversion of biomass to liquids and gaseous fuels. Production of Bioethanol The handbook then analyzes current biomass-to-ethanol programs, followed by a discussion on ethanol fermentation from molasses and process practices applied for the improvement of ethanol production by ethanologenic microorganisms. It also explains the hydrolysis and fermentation of ethanol from starchy and lignocellulosic biomasses. Production of Biodiesel In the final chapters, the contributors discuss current perspectives and the future of biodiesel production. They explore biodiesel production substrates, the lipase-catalyzed preparation of biodiesel, and biodiesel production with supercritical fluid technologies.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
314
Release Date:
2008-09-26
Publication Date:
2008-09-26
Publisher:
CRC Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1560221755
ISBN13:
9781560221753
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Weight:
637 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
21 cm
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