Waste Biorefinery - 9780444639929

Waste BiorefineryPotential and Perspectives\nAuthor(s): Thallada Bhaskar, Ashok Pandey, S.Venkata Mohan, Duu-Jong Lee, Samir Kumar Khanal\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Elsevier Science & Technology, United Kingdom\nImprint: Elsevier Science Ltd\nISBN-13: 9780444639929, 978-0444639929\nSynopsis\nWaste Biorefinery: Potential and Perspectives offers data-based information on the most cutting-edge processes for the utilisation of biogenic waste to produce biofuels, energy products, and biochemicals a critical aspect of biorefinery. The book explores recent developments in biochemical and thermo-chemical methods of conversion and the potential generated by different kinds of biomass in more decentralized biorefineries. Additionally, the book discusses the move from 200 years of raw fossil materials to renewable resources and how this shift is accompanied by fundamental changes in industrial manufacturing technologies (from chemistry to biochemistry) and in logistics and manufacturin.