Biorefineries : : An Introduction / / ed. by Michele Aresta, Angela Dibenedetto, Franck Dumeignil.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2015
• MitwirkendeR: Agrimi, Gennaro,; Alexopoulou, Efthymia,; Aresta, Michele,; Bartzoka, Elisavet D.,; Buonerba, Antonio,; Cavani, Fabrizio,; Christou, Myrsini,; Colucci, Antonella,; Couturier, Jean-Luc,; Crestini, Claudia,; Dibenedetto, Angela,; Dubois, Jean-Luc,; Dumeignil, Franck,; Eleftheriadis, Ioannis,; Grassi, Alfonso,; Groeger, Christin,; Heracleous, Eleni,; Iliopoulou, Eleni F.,; Jérôme, François,; Katryniok, Benjamin,; Krzyzaniak, Michal,; Lange, Heiko,; Lappas, Angelos A.,; Lemonidou, Angeliki A.,; Monflier, Eric,; Palmieri, Luigi,; Papamichael, Ioanna,; Paul, Sébastien,; Perego, Carlo,; Pereira, Carla S.M.,; Pisano, Isabella,; Ricci, Marco,; Ricci, Maria Antonietta,; Rodrigues, Alírio E.,; Roelant, Raf,; Sabra, Wael,; Sanchez, Sheila Ortega,; Stolarski, Mariusz,; Themistocles, Charles,; Tsiotas, Kostas,; Vasiliadou, Efterpi S.,; Zeng, An-Ping,
• TeilnehmendeR: Agrimi, Gennaro.; Alexopoulou, Efthymia.; Bartzoka, Elisavet D.; Buonerba, Antonio.; Cavani, Fabrizio.; Christou, Myrsini.; Colucci, Antonella.; Couturier, Jean-Luc.; Crestini, Claudia.; Dubois, Jean-Luc.; Eleftheriadis, Ioannis.; Georgiadou, Maria.; Grassi, Alfonso.; Groeger, Christin.; Heracleous, Eleni.; Iliopoulou, Eleni.; Jerome, Francois.; Katryniok, Benjamin.; Kostas, Tsiotas.; Krzyzanik, Michal.; Lange, Heiko.; Lappas, Angelos.; Lemonidou, Angeliki A.; Monflier, Eric.; Ortega Sanchez, Sheila .; Palmieri, Luigi.; Papamichael, Ioanna.; Paul, Sebastian.; Perego, Carlo.; Pereira, Carla S.M.; Pisano, Isabella.; Ricci, Marco.; Ricci, Maria Antonietta.; Rodrigues, Alirio E.; Roelant, Raf.; Sebra, Wael.; Stolarski, Mariusz.; Themistocles, Charles.; Vasiliadou, Efterpi S.; Zeng, An-Ping.
• HerausgeberIn: Aresta, Michele,; Dibenedetto, Angela,; Dumeignil, Franck,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: De Gruyter Textbook
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (348 p.)

Biorefineries compiles the basic science and technologies used to convert terrestrial and aquatic biomass into essential molecular compounds and polymeric materials. The book provides in depth insights into this fairly recent concept of industrial chemistry that aims to achieve optimal economic prof...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Preface
• Contents
• Contributing Authors
• Abbreviations
• Introduction to Biorefinery
• 1. Catalysis, Growth, and Society
• 2. Terrestrial Biomass Production
• 3. Production and uses of aquatic biomass
• 4. Introduction to bioconversion and downstream processing: principles and process examples
• 5. Microbial strain selection and development for the production of second-generation bioethanol
• 6. Biomass-derived molecules conversion to chemicals using heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis
• 7. Bio-sourced polyolefins
• 8. Conversion of lignocellulosic biomass-derived intermediates to hydrocarbon fuels
• 9. Use of bio-sourced syngas
• 10. Oil chemistry: chemicals, polymers, and fuels
• 11. Lignin biorefinery: structure, pretreatment and use
• 12. Utilization of existing assets
• 13. Biogas from wet biomass: basic science and applications
• Index