Sustainable Biotechnology

Sources of Renewable Energy
2010
ISBN: 978-94-007-9162-6
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, 323 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

Sustainable Biotechnology; Sources of Renewable Energy draws on the vast body of knowledge about renewable resources for biofuel research, with the aim to bridge the technology gap and focus on critical aspects of lignocellulosic biomolecules and the respective mechanisms regulating their bioconversion to liquid fuels and other value-added products. This book is a collection of outstanding research reports and reviews elucidating several broad-ranging areas of progress and challenges in the utilization of sustainable resources of renewable energy, especially in biofuels.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harvey, Steven P.

Singh, Om V.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Biotechnologie Industrielle Biotechnologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Biotechnologie Biotechnologie: Mikrotechnologie, Nanobiotechnologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Energie- & Versorgungswirtschaft Energiewirtschaft: Alternative & Erneuerbare Energien
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Alternative und erneuerbare Energien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Heat and Mass Transport in Processing of Lignocellulosic Biomass for Fuels and Chemicals.- Biofuels from Lignocellulosic Biomass.- Environmentally Sustainable Biofuels – The Case for Biodiesel, Biobutanol and Cellulosic Ethanol.- Biotechnological Applications of Hemicellulosic Derived Sugars: State-of-the-Art.- Tactical Garbage to Energy Refinery (TGER).- Production of Methane Biogas as Fuel Through Anaerobic Digestion.- Waste to Renewable Energy: A Sustainable and Green Approach Towards Production of Biohydrogen by Acidogenic Fermentation.- Bacterial Communities in Various Conditions of the Composting Reactor Revealed by 16S rDNA Clone Analysis and DGGE.- Perspectives on Bioenergy and Biofuels.- Perspectives on Chemicals from Renewable Resources.- Microbial Lactic Acid Production from Renewable Resources.- Microbial Production of Potent Phenolic-Antioxidants Through Solid State Fermentation.- Photoautotrophic Production of Astaxanthin by the Microalga Haematococcus pluvialis.- Enzymatic Synthesis of Heparin.- Extremophiles: Sustainable Resource of Natural Compounds-Extremolytes.