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Biomass Conversion - The Interface of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Materials Science (Hardcover, 2012 ed.)
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Biomass Conversion - The Interface of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Materials Science (Hardcover, 2012 ed.)
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The consumption of petroleum has surged during the 20th century, at
least partially because of the rise of the automobile industry.
Today, fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas provide more
than three quarters of the world's energy. Unfortunately, the
growing demand for fossil fuel resources comes at a time of
diminishing reserves of these nonrenewable resources. The worldwide
reserves of oil are sufficient to supply energy and chemicals for
only about another 40 years, causing widening concerns about rising
oil prices. The use of biomass to produce energy is only one form
of renewable energy that can be utilized to reduce the impact of
energy production and use on the global environment. Biomass can be
converted into three main products such as energy, biofuels and
fine chemicals using a number of different processes. Today, it is
a great challenge for researchers to find new environmentally
benign methodology for biomass conversion, which are industrially
profitable as well. This book focuses on the conversion of biomass
to biofuels, bioenergy and fine chemicals with the interface of
biotechnology, microbiology, chemistry and materials science. An
international scientific authorship summarizes the state-of-the-art
of the current research and gives an outlook on future
developments.
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