Overview
- Provides up-to-date fundamentals, state-of-the-art reviews, current assessments and prospects in this field
- Uses physical, chemical, and biological methods
- Contributed by international leading experts in the area
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Biofuels and Biorefineries (BIOBIO)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Chemical Conversion
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book provides state-of-the-art reviews, current research on and the prospects of lignin production, biological, thermal and chemical conversion methods, and lignin technoeconomics. Fundamental topics related to lignin chemistry, properties, analysis, characterization, and depolymerization mechanisms, as well as enzymatic, fungal and bacterial degradation methods are covered. The book also examines practical topics related to technologies for lignin and ultra-pure lignin recovery, activated carbon, carbon fiber production and materials, and addresses the biological conversion of lignin with fungi, bacteria or enzymes to produce chemicals, along with chemical, catalytic, thermochemical and solvolysis conversion methods. Lastly, it presents a case study on practical polyurethane foam production using lignin.
Lignin has a bright future and will be an essential feedstock for producing renewable chemicals, biofuels and value-added products. Offering comprehensive information on this promising material, the book represents a valuable resource for students, researchers, academicians and industrialists in the field of biochemistry and energy.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Zhen Fang is Professor in Bioenergy, Leader and founder of biomass group, College of Engineering, Nanjing Agricultural University, China.
Dr. Richard L Smith, Jr. is Professor of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Research Center of Supercritical Fluid Technology, Tohoku University, Japan.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Production of Biofuels and Chemicals from Lignin
Editors: Zhen Fang, Richard L. Smith, Jr.
Series Title: Biofuels and Biorefineries
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1965-4
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-1964-7Published: 10 October 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9489-7Published: 05 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-1965-4Published: 28 September 2016
Series ISSN: 2214-1537
Series E-ISSN: 2214-1545
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 435
Number of Illustrations: 96 b/w illustrations, 56 illustrations in colour
Topics: Biochemistry, general, Renewable and Green Energy, Forestry