Aqueous Pretreatment of Plant Biomass for Biological and Chemical Conversion to Fuels and Chemicals
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Aqueous Pretreatment of Plant Biomass for Biological and Chemical Conversion to Fuels and Chemicals

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Aqueous Pretreatment of Plant Biomass for Biological and Chemical Conversion to Fuels and Chemicals

About this book

Plant biomass is attracting increasing attention as a sustainable resource for large-scale production of renewable fuels and chemicals. However, in order to successfully compete with petroleum, it is vital that biomass conversion processes are designed to minimize costs and maximize yields. Advances in pretreatment technology are critical in order to develop high-yielding, cost-competitive routes to renewable fuels and chemicals.

Aqueous Pretreatment of Plant Biomass for Biological and Chemical Conversion to Fuels and Chemicals presents a comprehensive overview of the currently available aqueous pretreatment technologies for cellulosic biomass, highlighting the fundamental chemistry and biology of each method, key attributes and limitations, and opportunities for future advances.

Topics covered include:

• The importance of biomass conversion to fuels
• The role of pretreatment in biological and chemical conversion of biomass
• Composition and structure of biomass, and recalcitrance to conversion
• Fundamentals of biomass pretreatment at low, neutral and high pH
• Ionic liquid and organosolv pretreatments to fractionate biomass
• Comparative data for application of leading pretreatments and effect of enzyme formulations
• Physical and chemical features of pretreated biomass
• Economics of pretreatment for biological processing
• Methods of analysis and enzymatic conversion of biomass streams
• Experimental  pretreatment systems from multiwell plates to pilot plant operations 

This comprehensive reference book provides an authoritative source of information on the pretreatment of cellulosic biomass to aid those experienced in the field to access the most current information on the topic.  It will also be invaluable to those entering the growing field of biomass conversion.

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Yes, you can access Aqueous Pretreatment of Plant Biomass for Biological and Chemical Conversion to Fuels and Chemicals by Charles E. Wyman in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Physical Sciences & Chemistry. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Wiley
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9780470972021
eBook ISBN
9781118560402
Edition
1
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Chemistry
Index
Chemistry

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Wiley Series in Renewable Resources
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. List of Contributors
  6. Foreword
  7. Series Preface
  8. Preface
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Chapter 1: Introduction
  11. Chapter 2: Cellulosic Biofuels: Importance, Recalcitrance, and Pretreatment
  12. Chapter 3: Plant Cell Walls: Basics of Structure, Chemistry, Accessibility and the Influence on Conversion
  13. Chapter 4: Biological Conversion of Plants to Fuels and Chemicals and the Effects of Inhibitors
  14. Chapter 5: Catalytic Strategies for Converting Lignocellulosic Carbohydrates to Fuels and Chemicals
  15. Chapter 6: Fundamentals of Biomass Pretreatment at Low pH
  16. Chapter 7: Fundamentals of Aqueous Pretreatment of Biomass
  17. Chapter 8: Fundamentals of Biomass Pretreatment at High pH
  18. Chapter 9: Primer on Ammonia Fiber Expansion Pretreatment
  19. Chapter 10: Fundamentals of Biomass Pretreatment by Fractionation
  20. Chapter 11: Ionic Liquid Pretreatment: Mechanism, Performance, and Challenges
  21. Chapter 12: Comparative Performance of Leading Pretreatment Technologies for Biological Conversion of Corn Stover, Poplar Wood, and Switchgrass to Sugars
  22. Chapter 13: Effects of Enzyme Formulation and Loadings on Conversion of Biomass Pretreated by Leading Technologies
  23. Chapter 14: Physical and Chemical Features of Pretreated Biomass that Influence Macro-/Micro-accessibility and Biological Processing
  24. Chapter 15: Economics of Pretreatment for Biological Processing
  25. Chapter 16: Progress in the Summative Analysis of Biomass Feedstocks for Biofuels Production
  26. Chapter 17: High-throughput NIR Analysis of Biomass Pretreatment Streams
  27. Chapter 18: Plant Biomass Characterization: Application of Solution- and Solid-state NMR Spectroscopy
  28. Chapter 19: Xylooligosaccharides Production, Quantification, and Characterization in Context of Lignocellulosic Biomass Pretreatment
  29. Chapter 20: Experimental Pretreatment Systems from Laboratory to Pilot Scale
  30. Chapter 21: Experimental Enzymatic Hydrolysis Systems
  31. Chapter 22: High-throughput Pretreatment and Hydrolysis Systems for Screening Biomass Species in Aqueous Pretreatment of Plant Biomass
  32. Chapter 23: Laboratory Pretreatment Systems to Understand Biomass Deconstruction
  33. Index