Biofuels: Methods and Protocols: 581 - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1617796476 ISBN 13: 9781617796470

Casa editrice: Humana, 2012

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This editor believes the public finally understands that bioenergy should be a critical new 39 component of our world’s future energy supply. While this new enlightenment might have 40 come from bioenergy’s environmentally friendly attributes and its renewable and sustain- 41 able nature, the reality is that the primary driver has been both the high cost of energy, 42 led recently by petroleum products, and the unique climatic changes such as local weather 43 events and reports of melting of ancient glaciers. I believe that much of the public under- 44 stands the primary cause of these changes is the growing demand for fossil fuels for heat- 45 ing and transportation needs driven by both population increases and dramatic economic 46 development around the globe. This increased demand, as well as global politics, has 47 impacted the costs for these energy products. At the same time, increased use of fossil fuels 48 has been liberating unprecedented levels of CO and other greenhouse gasses (GHGs) 49 2 that must be impacting the global climate. As a result, the world is looking for alternative 50 solutions. Renewable energy is one of the leading options as long as it is pursued in a sus- 51 tainable fashion. Of course, renewable energy has numerous sources, including wind, solar, 52 geothermal, ocean currents/tides, and bio-based energy. The latter category of renewable 53 energy is centered primarily on use of green plant matter, i. e.

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From the reviews: “Bioenergy research, development and industrialization are moving at a rapid pace. ... This book is therefore timely and focuses on lignocellulose-to-bioethanol technologies, with particular emphasis on maize residues and ‘energy crops’ ... . Biomass supply, pretreatment and analysis are well covered ... . This is a most useful text, or ... lab handbook, that covers many analytical methods and applications for biomass-to-biofuel technologies.” (Graeme Walker, Microbiology Today, June, 2010)

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1. Biomass Supply Logistics and Infrastructure Shahabaddine Sokhansanj and J. Richard Hess 2. Selecting, Establishing, and Managing Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) for Biofuels David J. Parrish and John H. Fike 3. Agronomic Experiences with Miscanthus x giganteus in Illinois, USA Richard Pyter, Emily Heaton, Frank Dohleman, Tom Voigt, and Stephen Long 4. Genetic Transformation of Switchgrass Yajun Xi, Yaxin Ge, and Zeng-Yu Wang 5. Lignocellulosic Biomass Pretreatment Using AFEX Venkatesh Balan, Bryan Bals, Shishir P. S. Chundawat, Derek Marshall and Bruce E. Dale 6. Pretreatment of Biomass by Aqueous Ammonia for Bioethanol Production Tae Hyun Kim, Rajesh Gupta, and Y. Y. Lee 7. Liquid Hot Water Pretreatment of Cellulosic Biomass Youngmi Kim, Rick Hendrickson, Nathan S. Mosier, and Michael R. Ladisch 8. Dilute Acid and Autohydrolysis Pretreatment Bin Yang and Charles E. Wyman 9. Lime Pretreatment Rocio Sierra, Cesar Benigno Granda, and Mark Thomas Holtzapple 10. Analytical Characterization of Fermentation Inhibitors in Biomass Pretreatment Samples Using Liquid Chromatography, UV-Visible Spectroscopy, and Tandem Mass Spectrometry Lekh N. Sharma, Christopher Becker, and C. Kevin Chambliss 11. Biomass Compositional Analysis for Energy Applications Bonnie R. Hames 12. High Throughput Screening of Plant Cell Wall Composition Using Pyrolysis Molecular Beam Mass Spectroscopy Robert Sykes, Matthew Yung, Evandro Novaes, Matias Kirst, Gary Peter, and Mark Davis 13. Preparation and Analysis of Biomass Lignins Alicia L. Compere and William L. Griffith 14. Cellulase Assays Y.-H. Percival Zhang, Jiong Hong, and Xinhao Ye 15. Assessing Cellulase Performance On Pretreated Lignocellulosic Biomass Using Saccharification and Fermentation-Based Protocols Nancy Dowe 16. Basic Laboratory Culture Methods for Anaerobic Bacteria Herbert J. Strobel 17. Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation and Partial Saccharification and Co-Fermentation of Lignocellulosic Biomass for Ethanol Production Joy Doran-Peterson, Amruta Jangid, Sarah K. Brandon, Emily DeCrescenzo-Henriksen, Bruce Dien, and Lonnie O. Ingram 18. Biodiesel: Small Scale Production and Quality Requirements Jon Van Gerpen

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• Editore: Humana
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1617796476
• ISBN 13: 9781617796470
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 308
• Redattore: Mielenz Jonathan R.