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Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals

The Thirty-First Symposium

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  • © 2010

Overview

  • Offers state-of-the-art research by leading experts
  • Covers advanced feedstock production and processing
  • Details the latest research breakthroughs and results
  • Identifies new trends in thinking about integrated mulitproduct biorefineries
  • Reviews international progress in producing liquid biofuels
  • Presents bioprocess research and development innovations
  • Discusses the development and commercialization of biobased products

Part of the book series: ABAB Symposium (ABAB, volume 16)

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Keywords

  • Bioethanol
  • Ethan
  • Fermentation
  • Microarray
  • algae
  • biodiesel
  • biomass
  • biotechnology
  • fuel
  • kerosene
  • wood
  • biochemical engineering

About this book

In Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals: The Thirty-First Symposium, leading researchers from academia, industry, and government offer surveys and reviews of their cutting-edge research and latest applications in the production of fuels and chemicals through biotechnology. The book's focus is on how best to improve and optimize these technologies and their economics to produce the fuels and chemicals so vital to many industrial sectors.

Editors and Affiliations

  • National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, USA

    James D. McMillan, William S. Adney

  • Group (BST), Oak Ridge National Laboratory Bioconversion Science & Technology, Oak Ridge, USA

    Jonathan R. Mielenz

  • Commodity Utilization Research Unit, USDA-ARS Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, USA

    K. Thomas Klasson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals

  • Book Subtitle: The Thirty-First Symposium

  • Editors: James D. McMillan, Jonathan R. Mielenz, William S. Adney, K. Thomas Klasson

  • Series Title: ABAB Symposium

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-6230-0Published: 16 April 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-5918-1Published: 22 October 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 262

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