Overview
- Provides a concise description of the relevance and uses of biomass in green chemistry, based on the 7th green chemistry principle (use of renewable feedstock)
- Examines the main approaches to applying green processes for biomass conversion
- Provides essential information on the global distribution of biomass
- Explores reactions and physicochemical properties of the main biomass components
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book investigates the main vegetable biomass types, their chemical characteristics and their potential to replace oil as raw material for the chemical industry, according to the principles of green chemistry. Authors from different scientific and technical backgrounds, from industry and academia, give an overview of the state of the art and ongoing developments. Aspects including bioeconomy, biorefineries, renewable chemistry and sustainability are also considered, given their relevance in this context. Furthermore, the book reviews green chemistry principles and their relation to biomass, while also exploring the main processes for converting biomass into bioproducts.
The need to develop renewable feedstock for the chemical industry to replace oil has been identified as a major strategic challenge for the 21st century. In this context, the use of different types of vegetable biomass – starch, lignocellulosic, oleaginous, saccharide and algae – can be seenas a viable alternative to the use of non-renewable, more expensive raw materials. Furthermore, it offers a model for adding economic value to the agro industrial chains such as soybean, sugarcane, corn and forests, among others. This will in turn contribute to the sustainability of a wide range of chemicals, mainly organics and their transformation processes, which are widely used by modern society.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biomass and Green Chemistry
Book Subtitle: Building a Renewable Pathway
Editors: Sílvio Vaz Jr.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66736-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-66735-5Published: 27 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88308-3Published: 09 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-66736-2Published: 16 November 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 252
Number of Illustrations: 37 b/w illustrations, 47 illustrations in colour
Topics: Green Chemistry, Renewable and Green Energy, Natural Resources, Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering