Biomass as a Sustainable Energy Source for the Future Fundamentals of Conversion Processes

Focusing on the conversion of biomass into gas or liquid fuels the book covers physical pre-treatment technologies, thermal, chemical
and biochemical conversion technologies

- Details the latest biomass characterization techniques

- Explains the biochemical and thermochemical conversion processes

- Discusses the development of integrated biorefineries, which are similar to petroleum refineries in concept, covering such topics as reactor configurations and downstream processing

- Describes how to mitigate the environmental risks when using biomass as fuel

- Includes many problems, small projects, sample calculations and industrial application examples