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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815768103321

Autore

Chen Hongzhang

Titolo

Lignocellulose biorefinery engineering : principles and applications / / Hongzhang Chen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, England : , : Woodhead Publishing, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-08-100145-2

0-08-100135-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Collana

Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy ; ; Number 74

Disciplina

662.88

Soggetti

Lignocellulose - Biotechnology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Lignocellulose Biorefinery Engineering: Principles and Applications; Copyright; Contents; Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy; Preface; Chapter 1: Lignocellulose biorefinery engineering; 1.1. Resources, energy, and environment; 1.1.1. Definition and classification of resources; 1.1.2. Resource issues and resource crises; 1.1.2.1. Resource issues; 1.1.2.2. Resource crises; 1.2. Resource recycling and waste reuse; 1.2.1. Resource recycling; 1.2.2. Waste reuse; 1.2.3. Biomass recycling; 1.2.4. Eco-industrial systems and eco-industrial parks; 1.3. Lignocellulosic resources

1.3.1. Lignocellulose definition and classification1.3.2. Characteristics of lignocellulosic resources; 1.3.3. Utilization history of lignocellulosic resources; 1.3.3.1. History of lignocellulose utilization for energy; 1.3.3.2. History of lignocellulose utilization for materials; 1.3.4. Current situation of lignocellulose utilization; 1.4. Lignocellulose biorefinery engineering; 1.4.1. Necessity for lignocellulose biorefining; 1.4.2. Key points of lignocellulose biorefinery engineering; 1.4.2.1. Theoretical basis of lignocellulose biorefining

1.4.2.2. Feedstock engineering for lignocellulose biorefining1.4.2.3. Conversion engineering for lignocellulose biorefining; 1.4.2.4. Product engineering for lignocellulose biorefining; 1.4.2.5. Process engineering for lignocellulose biorefining; 1.4.2.6. Modes of integrated industrial



lignocellulose biorefinery chains; References; Chapter 2: Theoretical basis of lignocellulose biorefining; 2.1. Lignocellulose recalcitrance; 2.1.1. Introduction to lignocellulose recalcitrance; 2.1.2. Structural analysis of lignocellulose recalcitrance; 2.2. Lignocellulose porous medium

2.2.1. Porous structure at the tissue level2.2.2. Porous structure at the cell level; 2.2.3. Porous structure at the cell wall level; 2.3. Mass transfer resistance of lignocellulose: seepage recalcitrance; 2.3.1. Lignocellulose transfer structure; 2.3.2. Lignocellulose seepage recalcitrance; 2.3.3. Impact of lignocellulose interfacial properties on seepage recalcitrance; 2.4. Lignocellulose functional components; 2.5. Changes in composition and structure during the lignocellulose biorefining process; 2.6. Analysis methods in lignocellulose biorefining

2.6.1. Analysis methods for lignocellulosic materials2.6.2. Analysis methods for the biorefinery process; 2.6.3. Analysis methods for products; References; Chapter 3: Lignocellulose biorefinery feedstock engineering; 3.1. Overview; 3.2. Technologies of components fractionation; 3.2.1. Molecular level selective fractionation technology; 3.2.2. Cell-level selective fractionation technology; 3.2.3. Tissue-level selective fractionation technology; 3.3. Technologies of selective structure deconstruction; 3.3.1. Introduction to selective structure deconstruction technologies

3.3.2. The history of the development of selective structure deconstruction technologies

Sommario/riassunto

Biomass resources and their refining are key research topics internationally as alternatives to fossil fuel resources and oil refining. This book explores the heterogeneous nature of lignocellulosic biomass, which restricts its use as a raw material, and describes the theoretical basis of the lignocellulose refinery. It puts forward the theory of the integrated biomass refinery system, which produces multiple products, including biofuels, biomaterials, biochemicals, food and feed based on careful fractionation of the raw material. Chapter 1 introduces the significance and development of ligno



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Record Nr.

UNISA996248321003316

Autore

Rossabi Morris

Titolo

Voyager from Xanadu : Rabban Sauma and the First Journey from China to the West / / Morris Rossabi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2010]

©2010

ISBN

0-520-94613-8

Edizione

[1st University of California Press ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Disciplina

909/.2092

Soggetti

Diplomats - China

Diplomats - Travel

Voyages and travels

Travel, Medieval

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First University of Califrnia Press edition 2010"--T.p. verso.

"Previously published in 1992 by Kodansha International Ltd"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Illustrations -- Preface to the 2010 Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- A Note on Transliteration -- Principal Figures -- 1. Setting the Stage -- 2. A Pilgrimage to the West -- 3. The Mongols, the Muslims, and the Europeans -- 4. An Embassy to the West -- 5. Paris, Bordeaux, Rome, and Return -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About The Author

Sommario/riassunto

Toward the end of the thirteenth century, at about the time Marco Polo was being received by the great Khubilai Khan, a Nestorian Christian monk from China called Rabban Sauma was making the reverse journey from the Mongol capital (what is now Beijing) to Jerusalem. Upon reaching Baghdad-the first traveler to arrive from China-Sauma learned that his pilgrimage could not be fulfilled because of Islamic control of the Holy Land. In Voyager from Xanadu, Morris Rossabi traces Sauma's trans-Eurasian travels against the turbulent era of the Mongol Empire and the last Crusades. His indispensable book provides a unique first-hand Asian perspective on Europe and illuminates a crucial period in the early history of global, diplomatic, and commercial networking.