Biorefineries Targeting Energy, High Value Products and Waste Valorisation /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rabaçal, Miriam (Editor), Ferreira, Ana F. (Editor), Silva, Carla A. M. (Editor), Costa, Mário (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Energy, 57
• Subjects: Energy.; Renewable energy resources.; Biotechnology.; Electric power production.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Environmental engineering.; Environmental economics.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Energy Technology.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.; Environmental Economics.; Physics of Energy Technology.

This book addresses the potential of the transformation of biomass into a wide range of marketable products, and examines the biological, biochemical, physical and thermal processing of biomass into products such as fuels, power, heat, feeds, chemicals and materials. Respective chapters explore vari...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Biomass characterization
• Biomass pre-conditioning
• Biomass transformation
• Sustainability analysis
• Existing Pilot-plants
• Conclusions.