Routes to Cellulosic Ethanol (Hardcover, 2011 ed.)

The perception that civilization is crossing a period of Global Climatic Changes that can seriously threaten our lifestyle, along with energy security and the search for prosperity, are the main drivers that are pushing men to use more biomass as a source of energy. It will be crucial that such intent will include a large parcel of sustainability so that more renewable energy becomes available for populations. Because large amounts of energy are "hidden" in carbon polymers made by plants, notably carbohydrates, it is obvious that if technologies are developed to produce liquid fuels such as ethanol from carbohydrate polymers such as cellulose, men could significantly increase energy sustainability . This book reviews general aspects of biomass utilization for bioenergy production as well as strategies using biochemistry, molecular biology, chemistry and physics to disassemble plant cell walls. Recent discoveries of basic science under development in several laboratories in the world are reviewed by experts that have been intensively working with many aspects that will impact the development of the technology of production of cellulosic ethanol.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2011
First published:	2011
Editors:	Marcos Silveira Buckeridge • Gustavo H. Goldman
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	270
Edition:	2011 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-387-92739-8
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Botany & plant sciences > Plant reproduction & propagation > General
LSN:	0-387-92739-5
Barcode:	9780387927398

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