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Introduction to Chemicals from Biomass

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ISBN: 978-1-119-96443-8

August 2011

198 pages

Description
Introduction to Chemicals from Biomass presents an overview of the use of bioresources in the 21st century for the manufacture of major chemical an material products. The book covers resources, chemical composition, biorefinery concepts, utilization of wastes, extraction technologies, controlled pyrolysis, fermentation and platform molecules and green chemical technologies for their conversion to valuable chemicals.

This book is intended to show that while biomass has biological origins and that biological methods will be an important part of the biorefinery toolkit, biomass is essentially a rich mixture of chemicals and materials that can be extracted for direct use or conversion into other useful products including high value chemicals. When we manipulate biomass we must build on the ideal start for any product lifecycle of a renewable resource, and use green (bio)chemical technologies for transformations to what could be genuinely green and sustainable products.

Introduction to Chemicals from Biomass  will prove useful to both academic and industrial scientists involved in process/industrial chemistry within the areas of biotechnology, chemical engineering, fine and bulk chemical production, agriculture, crop science and energy & power generation.

We need to bring the chemistry to the biorefinery as well as take the chemicals form the biorefinery - and we must make sure it's all green chemistry!

Topics covered include:

  • The Biorefinery Concept
  • The Chemical Value of Biomass
  • Green Chemical Technologies
  • Production of Chemicals from Biomass
  • Production of Biomaterials and Biopolymers from Biomass
  • Production of Energy from Biomass
About the Author

Professor James Clark, Head of the Clean Technology Centre, University of York, UK
James Clark has an international reputation for his work in green chemistry and is a founding director of the Green Chemistry Network. He was also the founding Scientific Editor for the leading journal in the field, Green Chemistry, and is also an author of numerous books on the subject. He holds the Chair of Industrial & Applied Chemistry at the University of York and heads the Clean Technology Centre which integrates green chemistry research, industrial collaboration and educational developments and issues relevant to the public understanding of science. He is also the Director of the Greenchemistry Centre of Industrial Collaboration. His research interests include heterogeneous catalysis and supported reagents and the exploitation of renewable resources.

Fabien Deswarte, Green Chemistry Education Associate, Clean Technology Centre, University of York, UK
Fabien Deswarte's research interests lie mainly in the exploitation of renewable resources (crops, forestry residue, food waste, etc) as a source of bioproducts and bioenergy. Further to this, his interest lies in the development of teaching material for all level of education in the areas of renewable resources and sustainable development. He is also involved in developing "Green" practical experiments for undergraduate and postgraduate students with the potential to extend the scope of these experiments to students of all levels.