Biomass Processes and Chemicals is written to assist the reader in understanding the options available for the production of chemicals from biomass. Petroleum-based and natural gas-based chemicals are well-established products that have served industry and consumers for more than one hundred years. However, time is running out and natural gas and petroleum are now being depleted. Thus, the need for alternative technologies to produce chemicals is necessary. Chemicals produced from sources are now coming into place for the establishment of a chemicals-from-biomass industry, hence this book covers these advancements.
1. Curatives and Crosslinkers - p. iii 2. Cover - p. iii 3. Title Page - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Table Of Contents - p. iv 6. About the author - p. xi 7. Preface - p. xiii 8. Chapter 1 The chemical industry - p. 1 9. Chapter 2 Biomass - p. 45 10. Chapter 3 Chemicals from biogas - p. 95 11. Chapter 4 Chemicals from crops - p. 123 12. Chapter 5 Chemicals from waste - p. 153 13. Chapter 6 Chemicals from wood - p. 185 14. Chapter 7 The Fischer–Tropsch process - p. 223 15. Chapter 8 The biorefinery - p. 257 16. Chapter 9 Chemical products - p. 293 17. Glossary - p. 355 18. Appendix A Conversion processes - p. 397 19. Appendix B Gas cleaning processes - p. 431 20. Conversion tables - p. 443 21. Index - p. 449
Biomass Processes and Chemicals is written to assist the reader in understanding the options available for the production of chemicals from biomass. Petroleum-based and natural gas-based chemicals are well-established products that have served industry and consumers for more than one hundred years. However, time is running out and natural gas and petroleum are now being depleted. Thus, the need for alternative technologies to produce chemicals is necessary. Chemicals produced from sources are now coming into place for the establishment of a chemicals-from-biomass industry, hence this book covers these advancements.
1. Curatives and Crosslinkers - p. iii 2. Cover - p. iii 3. Title Page - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Table Of Contents - p. iv 6. About the author - p. xi 7. Preface - p. xiii 8. Chapter 1 The chemical industry - p. 1 9. Chapter 2 Biomass - p. 45 10. Chapter 3 Chemicals from biogas - p. 95 11. Chapter 4 Chemicals from crops - p. 123 12. Chapter 5 Chemicals from waste - p. 153 13. Chapter 6 Chemicals from wood - p. 185 14. Chapter 7 The Fischer–Tropsch process - p. 223 15. Chapter 8 The biorefinery - p. 257 16. Chapter 9 Chemical products - p. 293 17. Glossary - p. 355 18. Appendix A Conversion processes - p. 397 19. Appendix B Gas cleaning processes - p. 431 20. Conversion tables - p. 443 21. Index - p. 449
