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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817350003321

Titolo

Fuels, chemicals and materials from the oceans and aquatic sources / / edited by Francesca M. Kerton, Ning Yan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-5231-1484-3

1-119-11718-6

1-119-11717-8

1-119-11719-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Wiley Series in Renewable Resources

Disciplina

662.88

Soggetti

Biomass energy

Algal biofuels

Chitin - Biotechnology

Marine mineral resources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

Overview of ocean and aquatic sources for the production of chemicals and materials -- Production and conversion of green macroalgae (Ulva spp.) -- A new wave of research interest in marine macroalgae for chemicals and fuels : challenges and potentials -- Kappaphycus alvarezii : a potential sustainable resource for fertilizers and fuels -- Microalgae bioproduction : feeds, foods, nutraceuticals, and polymers -- Innovations in crustacean processing : bio-production of chitin and its derivatives -- Recent progress on the utilization of chitin/chitosan for chemicals and materials -- Characterization and utilization of waste streams from mollusc aquaculture and fishing industries -- Fish processing waste streams as a feedstock for fuels.