Overview
- Editors:
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Jonathan R. Mielenz
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Bioconversion Science & Technology, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, U.S.A.
- From field to biorefinery, includes details of how to get there efficiently and economically
- Switchgrass and Miscanthus: what they are and how to grow them in the field
- Biomass pretreatment: the start to successful biomass conversion
- Analyzes biomass sources and process inhibitors with advanced instrumentation
- Details biomass and lignin characterization and processing protocols
- Biomass fermentation: what enzymes, microorganisms and processes are needed
- Explains how to efficiently produce high quality biodiesel fuels
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Table of contents (18 protocols)
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Front Matter
Pages i-xiii
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- Shahabaddine Sokhansanj, J. Richard Hess
Pages 1-25
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- David J. Parrish, John H. Fike
Pages 27-40
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- Richard Pyter, Emily Heaton, Frank Dohleman, Tom Voigt, Stephen Long
Pages 41-52
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- Yajun Xi, Yaxin Ge, Zeng-Yu Wang
Pages 53-59
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- Venkatesh Balan, Bryan Bals, Shishir P. S. Chundawat, Derek Marshall, Bruce E. Dale
Pages 61-77
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- Tae Hyun Kim, Rajesh Gupta, Y. Y. Lee
Pages 79-91
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- Youngmi Kim, Rick Hendrickson, Nathan S. Mosier, Michael R. Ladisch
Pages 93-102
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- Bin Yang, Charles E. Wyman
Pages 103-114
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- Rocio Sierra, Cesar Benigno Granda, Mark T. Holtzapple
Pages 115-124
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- Lekh N. Sharma, Christopher Becker, C. Kevin Chambliss
Pages 125-143
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- Robert Sykes, Matthew Yung, Evandro Novaes, Matias Kirst, Gary Peter, Mark Davis
Pages 169-183
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- Alicia L. Compere, William L. Griffith
Pages 185-212
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- Y. H. Percival Zhang, Jiong Hong, Xinhao Ye
Pages 213-231
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- Joy Doran-Peterson, Amruta Jangid, Sarah K. Brandon, Emily DeCrescenzo-Henriksen, Bruce Dien, Lonnie O. Ingram
Pages 263-280
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Back Matter
Pages 291-293
About this book
This editor believes the public finally understands that bioenergy should be a critical new 39 component of our world’s future energy supply. While this new enlightenment might have 40 come from bioenergy’s environmentally friendly attributes and its renewable and sustain- 41 able nature, the reality is that the primary driver has been both the high cost of energy, 42 led recently by petroleum products, and the unique climatic changes such as local weather 43 events and reports of melting of ancient glaciers. I believe that much of the public under- 44 stands the primary cause of these changes is the growing demand for fossil fuels for heat- 45 ing and transportation needs driven by both population increases and dramatic economic 46 development around the globe. This increased demand, as well as global politics, has 47 impacted the costs for these energy products. At the same time, increased use of fossil fuels 48 has been liberating unprecedented levels of CO and other greenhouse gasses (GHGs) 49 2 that must be impacting the global climate. As a result, the world is looking for alternative 50 solutions. Renewable energy is one of the leading options as long as it is pursued in a sus- 51 tainable fashion. Of course, renewable energy has numerous sources, including wind, solar, 52 geothermal, ocean currents/tides, and bio-based energy. The latter category of renewable 53 energy is centered primarily on use of green plant matter, i. e.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“Bioenergy research, development and industrialization are moving at a rapid pace. … This book is therefore timely and focuses on lignocellulose-to-bioethanol technologies, with particular emphasis on maize residues and ‘energy crops’ … . Biomass supply, pretreatment and analysis are well covered … . This is a most useful text, or … lab handbook, that covers many analytical methods and applications for biomass-to-biofuel technologies.” (Graeme Walker, Microbiology Today, June, 2010)
Editors and Affiliations
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Bioconversion Science & Technology, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, U.S.A.
Jonathan R. Mielenz
