Process engineering in plant-based products / Hongzhang Chen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chen, Hongzhang.

Series:

Environmental science, engineering and technology series.

Environmental science, engineering and technology series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biomass chemicals.

Biochemical engineering.

Chemical processes.

Energy crops.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Plant-based biomass resources, including cereals, crop residues, seed of oil crops, sugar crops, forage crops and various woody crops, can be converted to several of bio-products through physical, chemical and biological conversion methods. Although the components of different plant-based raw materials are varied, there are four main compounds: carbohydrate (sugar, starch, cellulose and hemicellulose), lignin (poly-phenol), esters and protein. This new and important book aims to analyze the common problems of the conversion process of plant-based products starting with the key problems of the complexity of the plant-based raw materials, the âeoeprocess integrationâe of process engineering, and the âeoestructure and functionâe of product engineering. The concept of âeoeplant-based products process engineeringâe is advanced based on the integration of multidisciplinary knowledge, and the system of multilevel conversion is expatiated from the three areas: raw materials, conversion process and product development. These afford a theoretic and technologic support for development of plant-based products process engineering. This book also introduces the key technology platforms for plant-based products process engineering, the main approaches for using these platforms to achieve a multilevel utilization of plant-based raw materials, and the constitution of a novel mode for the ecological industry of plant-based products.

Contents:

Process Engineering Principles of Plant-Based Products

Process and Principle of Components Separation from Plant-Based Materials

Processing Engineering and Application of Plant-Based Chemicals

Process Engineering and Applications of Plant-Based Materials

The Process Engineering in Plant-Based Energy.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1-61728-568-4

OCLC:

662453019