Green Biomass Pretreatment for Biofuels Production

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gu, Tingyue (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science,
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Renewable energy resources.; Chemical engineering.; Physics.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Materials science.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Applied and Technical Physics.

The increasing global demand for energy requires a versatile approach, prompting many researchers to focus on renewable bioenergy from different biomasses, especially cellulosic biomass. Such biomasses can be agricultural wastes, municipal wastes or direct harvests from high-yield energy corps. If p...

Table of Contents:

• “Plant Cell Wall Structure-Pretreatment” the Critical Relationship in Biomass Conversion to Fermentable Sugars
• Thermo-Mechanical Pretreatment of Feedstocks
• Solid-State Biological Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass
• Hydrothermal Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass
• Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide As A Green Solvent
• Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass Using Green Ionic Liquids.