Biomass for renewable energy, fuels, and chemicals / Donald L. Klass.
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TextPublication details: San Diego : Academic Press, c1998.Description: xv, 651 p. 24 cmISBN: - 9780124109506
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Preface.
2. Energy consumption, reserves, depletion, environmental issues.
3. Biomass as an energy resource: concept and markets.
4. Photosynthesis of biomass and its conversion-related properties.
5. Virgin biomass production.
6. Waste biomass abundance, energy potential, and availability.
7. Physical conversion processes.
8. Thermal coversion: combustion.
9. Thermal conversion: pyrolysis and liquefaction.
10. Thermal converstion: gasification.
11. Natural biochemical liquefaction.
12. Synthetic oxygenated liquid fuels.
13. Microbial conversion: gasification.
14. Organic commodity chemicals from biomass.
15. Integrated biomass production-conversion systems and net energy production.
16. Epilogue. Appendices.
17. Subject index.
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