Biorenewable Resources: Engineering New Products from Agriculture, 2nd Edition

Biorenewable Resources: Engineering New Products from Agriculture, 2nd Edition will provide comprehensive coverage of engineering systems that convert agricultural crops and residues into bioenergy and biobased products. This edition is thoroughly updated and revised to better serve the needs of the professional and research fields working with biorenewable resource development and production. Biorenewable resources is a rapidly growing field that forms at the interface between agricultural and plant sciences and process engineering. Biorenewable Resources will be an indispensable reference for anyone working in the production of biomass or biorenewable resources. INDICE: 1 INTRODUCTION 2 FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS IN ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS 3 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 4 THE BIORENEWABLE RESOURCE BASE 5 PRODUCTION OF BIORENEWABLE RESOURCES 6 PRODUCTS FROM BIORENEWABLE RESOURCES 7 BIOCHEMICAL PROCESSING OF CARBOHYDRATE–RICH BIOMASS 8 THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSING OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS 9 PROCESSING OF OLEAGINOUS BIOMASS 10 PROCESSING OF BIORENEWABLE RESOURCES INTO NATURAL FIBERS 11 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE BIOECONOMY 12 ECONOMICS OF BIORENEWABLE RESOURCES 13 BIORENEWABLE POLICY Appendix 1 FEEDSTOCK DESCRIPTIONS Appendix 2 CAPEX AND OPEX OF PYROLYSIS–BASED FUELS AND CHEMICALS: SELECT EXAMPLES INDEX

• ISBN: 978-1-118-52495-4
• Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 382
• Fecha Publicación: 19/02/2014
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés