Progressive Thermochemical Biorefining Technologies

<p>Considering the deleterious impacts of fossil fuels on the environmental and natural ecosystems it has become imperative to make a paradigm shift toward renewable fuels chemicals and materials. The exhaustive everyday usage of fossil fuels and processed petrochemical products are the leading causes for the increase in greenhouse gas emissions global warming climate changes acid rain ozone layer depletion pollution of air water and soil as well as for the accumulation of nonbiodegradable materials in the soil and oceans. On the contrary biofuels biochemicals and biomaterials derived from renewable wastes such as nonedible plant biomass (e.g. agricultural and forestry biomass) energy crops microalgae municipal solid waste sewage sludge and other biogenic residues seem to be carbon neutral. Therefore the global interest in biorefining technologies especially thermochemical and biological conversion processes is gaining momentum in academic and industrial perspectives. </p><p>Progressive Thermochemical Biorefining Technologies offers all-inclusive coverage of the most crucial topics as follows:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>State-of-the-art information on the production and utilization of biofuels through thermochemical biorefining technologies</li> <p> </p> <li>Conversion of waste biomass through pyrolysis liquefaction torrefaction carbonization gasification reforming and other clean technologies</li> <p> </p> <li>Waste-to-energy/chemical generation</li> <p> </p> <li>Fuel upgrading technologies</li> <p> </p> <li>Techno-economic analysis and life-cycle assessment of biorefining processes</li> </ul><p>Specifically designed to be instantly applicable this volume serves as a reference book for undergraduate and graduate students scientific investigators and research scholars working in the areas relating to energy and fuels.</p>