Biofuels /

"Biofuels covers the use and conversion technologies of biomass as a renewable resource to produce bioenergy in a sustainable way, mainly in the form of liquid and gaseous biofuels. It gives a broad overview of biofuel developments from both a technical and an economical angle. The different pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Soetaert, Wim, Vandamme, Erick J., 1943-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester, U.K. : Wiley, 2009.
Series:Wiley series in renewable resources.
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Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • Biofuels in perspective / Wim Soetaert and Erick J. Vandamme
  • Sustainable production of cellulosic feedstock for biorefineries in the USA / Matthew T. Carr and James R. Hettenhaus
  • Bio-ethanol development in the USA / Brent Erickson and Matthew T. Carr
  • Bio-ethanol development(s) in Brazil / Arnaldo Walter
  • Process technologies for biodiesel production / Martin Mittelbach
  • Bio-based Fischer-Tropsch diesel production technologies / Robin Zwart and René van Ree
  • Plant oil biofuel : rationale, production and application / Barnim Jeschke
  • Enzymatic production of biodiesel / Hideki Fukuda
  • Production of biodiesel from waste lipids / Roland Verhé and Christian V. Stevens
  • Biomass digestion to methane in agriculture : a successful pathway for the energy production and waste treatment worldwide / Piter Weiland, Willy Verstraete and Adrianus Van Haandel
  • Biological hydrogen production by anaerobic microorganisms / Servé W.M. Kengen ... [et al.]
  • Improving sustainability of the corn-ethanol industry / Paul W. Gallagher and Hosein Shapouri.