Stevens / Verhe / Verhé Renewable Bioresources

Scope and Modification for Non-Food Applications
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-470-02104-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 328 Seiten, E-Book

Renewable Bioresources: scope and modification for non-foodapplications is the first text to consider the broad concept ofrenewable materials from the socio-economic aspects through to thechemical production and technical aspects of treating different rawproducts. The text sets the context of the renewables debate withkey opening chapters on green chemistry, and the current situationof US and EU policy regarding sustainability and industrial waste.The quantitative and technical scope and production of renewableresources is then discussed with material looking at integralvalorisation, the primary production of raw materials, downstreamprocessing, and the identification of renewable crop materials. Thelatter part of the book concludes with a discussion on the uses forrenewable materials such as carbohydrates, woods, fibres,biopolymers, lipids and proteins in different industrialapplications, including a key chapter on the high value-addedindustries.
* Covers the broad concept of renewable resources from differentpoints of view.
* Takes readers through the identification, production,processing and end-applications for renewable raw materials.
* Considers and compares EU and US renewable resources andsustainability objectives.
* Devotes one chapter to green chemistry and sustainability,focussing on the green industrial processes.
This is an essential book for upper level undergraduates andMasters students taking modules on Renewable Resources, GreenChemistry, Sustainable Development, Environmental Science,Agricultural Science and Environmental Technology. It will alsobenefit industry professionals and product developers who arelooking at improved economic and environmental means of utilisingrenewable materials.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stevens, Christian

Verhe, Roland

Verhé, Roland

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors.
List of Abbreviations.
Foreword.
Preface.
Chapter 1. Green Chemistry and Sustainability (JeffreyHardy).
Chapter 2. Socio-Economical Aspects and Policy of RenewableResources (Liisa Tahvanainen and Christian V. Stevens).
Chapter 3. Integral Valorization (Werner Praznik and ChristianV. Stevens).
Chapter 4. Primary Production of Raw Materials (WaldemarRymowicz).
Chapter 5. Energy from Renewable Resources (Bio-Energy) (MehrdadRymowicz).
Chapter 6. Identification and Quantification of Renewable CropMaterials (Anton Huber and Werner Praznik).
Chapter 7. Industrial Products from Carbohydrates, Wood andFibres (Christian V. Stevens).
Chapter 8. Occurrence, Functions and Biosynthesis ofNon-Carbohydrate Biopolymers (Christian O. Brämer andAlexander Steinbüchel).
Chapter 9. Industrial Products from Lipids and Proteins (RolandVerhé).
Chapter 10. High Value Added Industries (Jan Demyttenaere andJozef Poppe).
Chapter 11. Renewable Resources: Back to the Future (ChristianV. Stevens.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Professor Christian Stevens is Coordinator of theWorking Group on the European Master Programme "RenewableResources" (14 different European countries); Co-organiser ofa European Intensive Courses on Renewable Resources; Author ofreviews on Renewable Resources:
* Chemical Modification of Inulin, a Valuable RenewableResource, and its Industrial Applications.Biomacromolecules(2001) and
* Chitosan as Antimicrobial Agent : Applications and Mode ofAction. Biomacromolecules (2003).
He is author/co-author of several patents on RenewableResources and will be the Series Editor of the upcoming serieson Renewable Resources (Wiley)