Elizabeth E. Hood, Peter Nelson, Randy Powell

Plant Biomass Conversion

Herausgeber: Hood, Elizabeth E; Powell, Randall; Nelson, Peter

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 173mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 895g
• ISBN-13: 9780813816944
• ISBN-10: 0813816947
• Artikelnr.: 32305424

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth Hood, Ph.D, is the Associate Vice Chancellor for research and technology transfer 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.

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors. Preface. 1 The Bioeconomy: A New Era of Products Derived from Renewable Plant-Based Feedstocks (Peter Nelson
Elizabeth Hood
and Randall Powell). 2 Agricultural Residues (James Hettenhaus). 3 Growing Systems for Traditional and New Forest-Based Materials (Randall Rousseau
Janet Hawkes
Shijie Liu
and Tom Amidon). 4 Dedicated Herbaceous Energy Crops (Keat (Thomas) Teoh
Shivakumar Pattada Devaiah
Deborah Vicuna Requesens
and Elizabeth E. Hood). 5 Municipal Solid Waste as a Biomass Feedstock (David J. Webster). 6 Water Sustainability in Biomass Cropping Systems (Jennifer L. Bouldin and Rodney E. Wright). 7 Soil Sustainability Issues in Energy Crop Production (V. Steven Green). 8 Fermentation Organisms for 5-and 6-Carbon Sugars (Nicholas Dufour
Jeffrey Swana
and Reeta P. Rao). 9 Pretreatment Options (Bradley A. Saville). 10 Enzyme Production Systems for Biomass Conversion (John A. Howard
Zivko Nikolov
and Elizabeth E. Hood). 11 Fermentation-Based Biofuels (Randy Kramer and Helene Belanger). 12 Biobased Chemicals and Polymers (Randall W. Powell
Clare Elton
Ross Prestidge
and Helene Belanger). 13 Carbon Offset Potential of Biomass-Based Energy (Gauri-Shankar Guha). 14 Biofuel Economics (Daniel Klein-Marcuschamer
Brad Holmes
Blake A. Simmons
and Harvey W. Blanch). Index.