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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829881903321

Titolo

Plant biomass conversion [[electronic resource] /] / editors: Elizabeth E. Hood, Peter Nelson, Randy Powell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ames, IA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011

ISBN

1-282-25142-2

9786613813879

0-470-95909-6

0-470-95913-4

0-470-95905-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (375 p.)

Collana

Biomass and biofuels series Plant biomass conversion

Altri autori (Persone)

HoodElizabeth E

NelsonPeter <1974-> (Peter Allan)

PowellRandall Worth

Disciplina

333.9539

662.88

662/.88

Soggetti

Plant biomass

Biomass conversion

Biomass conversion - Environmental aspects

Biomass energy

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Plant Biomass Conversion; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 The Bioeconomy: A New Era of Products Derived from Renewable Plant-Based Feedstocks; 2 Agricultural Residues; 3 Growing Systems for Traditional and New Forest-Based Materials; 4 Dedicated Herbaceous Energy Crops; 5 Municipal Solid Waste as a Biomass Feedstock; 6 Water Sustainability in Biomass Cropping Systems; 7 Soil Sustainability Issues in Energy Crop Production; 8 Fermentation Organisms for 5- and 6-Carbon Sugars; 9 Pretreatment Options; 10 Enzyme Production Systems for Biomass Conversion; 11 Fermentation-Based Biofuels

12 Biobased Chemicals and Polymers13 Carbon Offset Potential of Biomass-Based Energy; 14 Biofuel Economics; Index



Sommario/riassunto

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 o