Download or read book Biofuels written by Jonathan R. Mielenz and published by Humana Press. This book was released on 2012-03-07 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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Download or read book Direct Microbial Conversion of Biomass to Advanced Biofuels written by Michael E Himmel and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2015-05-19 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Direct Microbial Conversion of Biomass to Advanced Biofuels' is a stylized text that is rich in both the basic and applied sciences. It provides a higher level summary of the most important aspects of the topic, addressing critical problems solved by deep science. Expert users will find new, critical methods that can be applied to their work, detailed experimental plans, important outcomes given for illustrative problems, and conclusions drawn for specific studies that address broad based issues. A broad range of readers will find this to be a comprehensive, informational text on the subject matter, including experimentalists and even CEOs deciding on new business directions. - Describes an important new field in biotechnology, the consolidated conversion of lignocellulosic feedstocks to advanced fuels - Up-to-date views of promising technologies used in the production of advanced biofuels - Presents the newest ideas, well-designed experiments, and outcomes - Provides outstanding illustrations from NREL and contributing researchers - Contains contributions from leaders in the field that provide numerous examples and insights into the most important aspects of the topic

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Download or read book Seventeenth Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals written by Charles E. Wyman and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 1000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Seventeenth Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, leading researchers from academia, industry, and government present state-of-the-art papers on how bioengineering can be used to produce fuels and chemicals competitively. This year's program covered topics in thermal, chemical, and biological processing; applied biological processing; bioprocessing research; process economics and commercialization; and environmental biotechnology. The ideas and techniques described will play an important role in developing new biological processes for producing fuels and chemicals on a large scale, and in reducing pollution, waste disposal problems, and the potential for global climate change.