Biomass Conversion Technology
Principles and Practice
- 1st Edition - October 3, 2013
- Editor: M. Moo-Young
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 1 5 2 5 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 4 7 6 7 - 3
Biomass Conversion Technology: Principles and Practice covers all the aspects of biomass production and utilization, including fundamental principles as well as practical… Read more
Biomass Conversion Technology: Principles and Practice covers all the aspects of biomass production and utilization, including fundamental principles as well as practical applications. The book presents papers on biomass pretreatment; the production of fuels and solvents; and the production of SCP. The text also includes papers on the production and action of cellulases as well as other biomass conversion technologies. Scientists, engineers and others who are interested in learning or reviewing some of the basics and current developments in biomass conversion technologies will find the book invaluable.
Preface
Section 1: Biomass Pretreatment
1. Oligosaccharides Produced by Treating Wood Chips with Gaseous Hydrofluoric Acid
2. Biotechnology in Crop Production
3. Kinetic Studies of Wheat Straw Hydrolysis using Sulphuric Acid
4. Lignocellulose Decomposition by Fungi Isolated from the Fungus Garden of Macrotermitinae Group of Higher African Termites
5. Anhydrous Hydrofluoric Acid Solvolysis of Cellulose
Section 2: Production of Fuels and Solvents
6. Evaluation of Technologies for Conversion of Biomass Sugars to Ethanol at Pilot Scale using Zymomonas Mobilis
7. An Overview of the Environmental Impacts Anticipated from Large Scale Biomass/Energy Systems
8. Continuous Ethanol Production: Fermentation and Purification in a Single Vessel
9. Anaerobic Conversion of Pretreated Lignocellulosic Residues to Acids
10. PH Inhibition of Yeast Ethanol Fermentation in Continuous Culture
11. Acid Production from Insoluble Carbohydrates by Anaerobic Digestion
12. Developments in Methanogenic Reactor Design
13. A Large-Scale Biologically Derived Methane Process
14. Butanol and Butanediol Production from Pretreated Biomass
Section 3: Production of SCP
15. Production of Foods, Food Additives and Feeds from Biomass by Microbiological Processes
16. Industrial Experience in Commercialization of a Biomass Conversion Process
Section 4: Production and Action of Cellulases
17. The Catalytic Mechanism of Cellulase
18. Cloning of Cellulase Genes: Genetic Engineering and the Cellulose Problem
19. Cellulase Production and Hydrolysis of Pretreated Lignocellulosic Substrates
20. Monoclonal Antibodies against Cellobiohydrolase from Trichoderma Reesei
21. Cellulases from a White-Rot Fungus: Induction, Secretion, and Gene Isolation and Foreign Expression
Section 5: Other Biomass Conversion Technologies
22. Calcium Magnesium Acetate from Biomass
23. Production of Useful Metabolites by Plant Tissue Culture
24. Production of Liquids from Biomass by Continuous Flash Pyrolysis
Subject Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 3, 2013
- Language: English
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