Research Approaches to Sustainable Biomass Systems

✍ Scribed by Seishu Tojo (Auth.)

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 403
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Researchers, students and engineers working with biofuels and biomass are increasingly expected to comprehend a new holistic systems perspective that begins with wise crop breeding and cultivation techniques and informs the entire conversion to energy process. This volume provides diverse examples of successfully implemented sustainable biomass research in Asia, highlighting the challenges faced by designers of new biomass production facilities and tips on how to develop approaches to overcome them. In addition to providing an authoritative guide on the utilization of the authors' sample feedstocks, rice straw and sunflower, the authors provide lessons relevant to stakeholders involved with all manner of biomass production projects by drawing out important comparisons and contrasts that must be taken into account when deciding how to utilize biomass as an energy resource in a way that is economically feasible and environmentally sustainable.

• Provides diverse examples of successfully implemented biomass research, highlighting insights on common bottlenecks and approaches developed to overcome them
• Features coverage of the full feedstock life cycle, from crop breeding to commercial
  application, focusing on 3 key areas: biomass production, biofuel conversion technologies, and sustainable practices
• Examines two regionally compatible feedstock, rice-straw and sunflower, performing a compare and contrast analysis of agricultural production methods, economics, conversion systems, and environmental impacts
  

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface, Pages xiii-xiv
Acknowledgments, Page xv
List of Contributors, Pages xvii-xviii
Chapter 1 - Background of Bioenergy Utilization Development in Japan, Pages 1-6
Chapter 2 - Biomass as Local Resource, Pages 7-17
Chapter 3 - Ecosystems and Biomass Systems, Pages 19-50
Chapter 4 - Production Technology for Bioenergy Crops and Trees, Pages 51-106
Chapter 5 - Soil Fertility and Soil Microorganisms, Pages 107-142
Chapter 6 - Machinery and Information Technology for Biomass Production, Pages 143-180
Chapter 7 - Pretreatment and Saccharification of Lignocellulosic Biomass, Pages 181-204
Chapter 8 - Energy-Saving Biomass Processing with Polar Ionic Liquids, Pages 205-223
Chapter 9 - Enzymes for Cellulosic Biomass Conversion, Pages 225-242
Chapter 10 - Ethanol Production from Biomass, Pages 243-258
Chapter 11 - Co-Generation by Ethanol Fuel, Pages 259-268
Chapter 12 - Thermochemical Transformation of Biomass, Pages 269-278
Chapter 13 - Biomass Production and Nutrient Cycling, Pages 279-308
Chapter 14 - Evaluation of Biomass Production and Utilization Systems, Pages 309-346
Chapter 15 - Local Activity of Biomass Use in Japan, Pages 347-371
Index, Pages 373-399

✦ Subjects

Топливно-энергетический комплекс;Биотопливо, биоэнергетика;