Editors:
- It’s the first book written for bio-energy production from wood in tropical and sub-tropical countries
- The book covers the full value chain from the forest to the conversion including important socio-economic and environmental effects
- Many practical examples, some in R-code, provide the reader with enough background for his own management of a sustainable bio-energy value chain from the plant to the product
Part of the book series: Managing Forest Ecosystems (MAFE, volume 26)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book is written for scientists and practitioners interested in deepening their knowledge of the sustainable production of bioenergy from wood in tropical and sub-tropical countries. Utilising the value chain concept, this book outlines the necessary aspects for managing sustainable bioenergy production. A wide range of topics is covered including biomass localization, modelling and upscaling, production management in woodlands and plantations, and transport and logistics. Biomass quality and conversion pathways are examined in order to match the conversion technology with the available biomass. A section is dedicated to issues surrounding sustainability. The issues, covered in a life-cycle assessment of the bioenergy system, include socio-economic challenges, local effects on water, biodiversity, nutrient-sustainability and global impacts. Through this holistic approach and supporting examples from tropical and sub-tropical countries, the reader is guided in designing and implementing a value chain as the main management instrument for sustainable wood.
Reviews
“The book presents unique strategies for the exploration, management, production, extraction, conversion, quality analysis including the value-chain perspectives of bioenergy production from woody biomass. … the book is a well written ‘guideline for biomass production, procurement and energy production for scientists, practitioners, and decision makers who are interested in a value-chain perspective of bioenergy production from wood in tropical and sub-tropical countries’.” (Sheikh Adil Edrisi and P. C. Abhilash, Journal of Cleaner Production, April, 2015)
Editors and Affiliations
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Forest and Wood Science, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa
Thomas Seifert
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Bioenergy from Wood
Book Subtitle: Sustainable Production in the Tropics
Editors: Thomas Seifert
Series Title: Managing Forest Ecosystems
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7448-3
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-7447-6Published: 17 December 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0262-9Published: 17 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-7448-3Published: 02 December 2013
Series ISSN: 1568-1319
Series E-ISSN: 2352-3956
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 266
Number of Illustrations: 29 b/w illustrations, 33 illustrations in colour
Topics: Forestry Management, Renewable and Green Energy, Forestry, Materials Science, general