Nature provides us with an abundance of chemical potential. Presenting an overview of the use of bioresources in the 21st century, Introduction to Chemicals from Biomass covers resources, chemical composition of biomass, key factors affecting composition, utilization of wastes, extraction technologies, controlled pyrolysis, fermentation, platform molecules, and green chemical technologies for their conversion to valuable chemicals. The text shows how smaller volume chemicals could become bulk chemicals as a result of a greater exploitationof biomass products, making it an important resource for academic and industrial scientists and researchers. INDICE: List of Abbreviations. Preface. 1. An integrated approach - the biorefinery concept (James Clark and Fabien Deswarte). 2. The Chemical Value of Biomass (David Turley). 3. Green Chemical Technologies (Francesca Kerton). 4. Production of Chemicals from Biomass (Apostolis Koutinas,R. Wang and Colin Webb). 5. Production of Biomaterials and Biopolymers from Biomass (Carlos Vaca Garcia). 6. Production of Energy from Biomass (Mehrdad Arshadi and Anita Sellsted).
- ISBN: 978-0-470-05805-3
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 184
- Fecha Publicación: 01/08/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés