03431nam 2200733Ia 450 991101879500332120200520144314.0978661381387997812822514271282251422978047095909104709590969780470959138047095913497804709590530470959053(CKB)2670000000069695(EBL)644780(SSID)ssj0000472117(PQKBManifestationID)11973367(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000472117(PQKBWorkID)10429629(PQKB)11212550(MiAaPQ)EBC644780(OCoLC)711782127(Perlego)1011511(EXLCZ)99267000000006969520100927d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPlant biomass conversion /editors: Elizabeth E. Hood, Peter Nelson, Randy PowellAmes, IA Wiley-Blackwell20111 online resource (375 p.)Biomass and biofuels series Plant biomass conversionDescription based upon print version of record.9780813816944 0813816947 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Biofuels12 Biobased Chemicals and Polymers13 Carbon Offset Potential of Biomass-Based Energy; 14 Biofuel Economics; IndexA 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 oPlant biomassBiomass conversionBiomass conversionEnvironmental aspectsBiomass energyPlant biomass.Biomass conversion.Biomass conversionEnvironmental aspects.Biomass energy.662/.88Hood Elizabeth E1838384Nelson Peter(Peter Allan),1974-1838385Powell Randall Worth1838386Wiley Online Library (Servicio en línea)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911018795003321Plant biomass conversion4417343UNINA