Biorefinery : from biomass to chemicals and fuels / edited by Michele Aresta, Angela Dibenedetto and Franck Dumeignil.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aresta, Michele, 1940-

Dibenedetto, Angela.

Dumeignil, Franck.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biomass energy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (464 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides an introduction to the basic science and technologies for the conversion of biomass (terrestrial and aquatic) into chemicals and fuels, as well as an overview of innovations in the field. The entire value chain for converting raw materials into platform molecules and their transformation into final products are presented in detail. Both cellulosic and oleaginous biomass are considered. The book contains contributions by both academic scientists and industrial technologists so that each topic combines state-of-the-art scientific knowledge with innovative technologies relevant to chemical industries. Selected topics include: Refinery of the future: feedstock, processes, products The terrestrial and aquatic biomass production and properties Chemical technologies and biotechnologies for the conversion of cellulose, hemicellulose, lignine, algae, residual biomass Thermal, catalytic and enzymatic conversion of biomass Production of chemicals, polymeric materials, fuels (biogas, biodiesel, bioethanol, biohydrogen) Policy aspects of biomass product chains LCA applied to the energetic, economic and environmental evaluation of the production of fuels from biomass: ethanol, biooil and biodiesel, biogas, biohydrogen

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

List of Contributing Authors

1 A new concept of biorefinery comes into operation: the EuroBioRef concept / Dumeignil, Franck

2 Refinery of the future: feedstock, processes, products / Dubois, Jean-Luc

3 The terrestrial biomass: formation and properties (crops and residual biomass) / Christou, Myrsini / Alexopoulou, Efthimia

4 Production of aquatic biomass and extraction of bio-oil / Dibenedetto, Angela

5 Biomass pretreatment: separation of cellulose , hemicellulose, and lignin - existing technologies and perspectives / Raspolli Galletti, Anna Maria / Antonetti, Claudia

6 Conversion of cellulose and hemicellulose into platform molecules: chemical routes / Serrano, David / Coronado, Juan M. / Melero, Juan A.

7 Conversion of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin into platform molecules: biotechnological approach / Rødsrud, Gudbrand / Frölander, Anders / Sjöde, Anders / Lersch, Martin

8 Conversion of lignin: chemical technologies and biotechnologies - oxidative strategies in lignin upgrade / Decina, Silvia / Crestini, Claudia

9 Process development and metabolic engineering for bioethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass / Agrimi, Gennaro / Pisano, Isabella / Palmieri, Luigi

10 Catalytic conversion of biosourced raw materials: homogeneous catalysis / Fischmeister, Cédric / Bruneau, Christian / De Oliveira Vigier, Karine / Jérôme, François

11 Catalytic conversion of oils extracted from seeds: from polyunsaturated long chains to functional molecules / Garrier, Eva / Packet, Dirk

12 Heterogeneous catalysis applied to the conversion of biogenic substances, platform molecules, and oils / Dibenedetto, Angela / Colucci, Antonella / Pastore, Carlo

13 Biomass gasification: gas production and cleaning for diverse applications - CHP and chemical syntheses / Panopoulos, Kyriakos D. / Christodoulou, Christos / Koytsoumpa, Efthymia-Ioanna

14 From Syngas to fuels and chemicals: chemical and biotechnological routes / Ricci, Marco / Perego, Carlo

15 Conversion of biomass to fuels and chemicals via thermochemical processes / Lappas, Angelos A. / Iliopoulou, Eleni F. / Kalogiannis, Konstantinos / Stefanidis, Stylianos

16 Cellulosic ethanol production in northern Sweden - a case study of economic performance and GHG emissions / Slade, Raphael

17 Anaerobic fermentation: biogas from waste - the basic science / Aresta, Michele

18 From lab-scale to full-scale biogas plants / Farina, Roberto / Spagni, Alessandro

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613940384

9781680152081

1680152084

9781283627931

1283627930

9783110260281

311026028X

OCLC:

815970734