Biomass processes and chemicals /

Biomass Processes and Chemicals is written to assist the reader in understanding the options available for the production of chemicals from biomass. Petroleum-based and natural gas-based chemicals are well-established products that have served industry and consumers for more than one hundred years....

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Main Author: Speight, James G.
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, 2022.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Biomass Processes and Chemicals is written to assist the reader in understanding the options available for the production of chemicals from biomass. Petroleum-based and natural gas-based chemicals are well-established products that have served industry and consumers for more than one hundred years. However, time is running out and natural gas and petroleum are now being depleted. Thus, the need for alternative technologies to produce chemicals is necessary. Chemicals produced from sources are now coming into place for the establishment of a chemicals-from-biomass industry, hence this book covers these advancements.
Physical Description:1 online resource (474 pages)
ISBN:9780128232446
0128232447