Kenaf: A Multi-Purpose Crop for Several Industrial Applications
New insights from the Biokenaf Project
Editors: Monti, Andrea, Alexopoulou, Efthimia (Eds.)
Free Preview- Discusses economic factors of kenaf as a industrial material and green energy alternative
- Collects information gathered by BIOKENAF project covering description of the kenaf crop, agronomy, physiology, productivity, harvesting, industrial and energy applications, economic viability as well as environmental impact assessment
- Includes global research and development including results and information from Europe, USA and Australia as well as the central areas of cultivation in China, India, Thailand and Malaysia to give a worldwide perspective of the crop’s potential and uses
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- About this book
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Natural plant fibers fibres are being increasingly used in manufacturing industrial products because of their renewable and biodegradable natures. Kenaf is an annual bast fibre crop that can provide fibres for several industrial applications (composites, insulation mats, absorbents, bedding material, etc.) as well as raw material for energy exploitation (solid biofuels). Kenaf: A Multi-Purpose Crop for Several Industrial Applications introduces the physiology and field management of kenaf, agronomy, productivity, harvesting as well as its the industrial and energy uses of this promising non-food crop.
Including recent research collected by the BIOKENAF project, Kenaf: A Multi-Purpose Crop for Several Industrial Applications provides a global picture of state of the art research and developments with Kenaf from Asia, USA and Australia. This thorough introduction if followed up with an assessment of the crops economic viability as well as an the environmental impact assessment of kenaf.
Although not a new crop, Kenaf: A Multi-Purpose Crop for Several Industrial Applications provides a comprehensive introduction to this crop and its developing applications for energy engineers, industry managers, politicians and managers working to develop sustainable energy sources and bio-economies.
- About the authors
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Andrea Monti, lecturer in bioenergy crops at the University of Bologna, Italy, has been investigating biomass crops for industrial uses since 1993. He is the editor of Springer book 'Switchgrass: a Valuable Biomass Crop for Energy'
- Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Origin, Description, Importance, and Cultivation Area of Kenaf
Pages 1-15
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Crop Physiology in Relation to Agronomic Management Practices
Pages 17-43
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The Breeding of Kenaf
Pages 45-58
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Crop Management
Pages 59-82
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Environmental Aspects of Kenaf Production and Use
Pages 83-104
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Kenaf: A Multi-Purpose Crop for Several Industrial Applications
- Book Subtitle
- New insights from the Biokenaf Project
- Editors
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- Andrea Monti
- Efthimia Alexopoulou
- Series Title
- Green Energy and Technology
- Copyright
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag London
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag London
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-4471-5067-1
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4471-5067-1
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-4471-5066-4
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-4471-5945-2
- Series ISSN
- 1865-3529
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- IX, 203
- Number of Illustrations
- 38 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
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