Bioenergy from Wood Sustainable Production in the Tropics /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Seifert, Thomas (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Managing Forest Ecosystems, 26
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Renewable energy resources.; Forestry.; Forestry management.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Materials science.; Life Sciences.; Forestry Management.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Materials Science, general.

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 pr...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Bioenergy from wood in the tropics
• 2. Localisation of biomass potentials
• 3. Modelling and simulation of tree biomass
• 4. Managing Southern African woodlands for biomass production: The potential challenges and opportunities
• 5. Biomass production in intensively managed forests
• 6. Biomass Harvesting and logistics
• 7. Biomass conversion to bioenergy products
• 8. Biomass Quality
• 9 Socio-economic aspects of rural bio-energy production
• 10. Ecological impacts of biomass production at stand and landscape levels
• 11. Determination of the environmental implications of bio-energy production using a life-cycle assessment approach.