Biorenewable Resources: Engineering New Products from Agriculture, 2nd Edition will provide comprehensive coverage of engineering systems that convert agricultural crops and residues into bioenergy and biobased products. This edition is thoroughly updated and revised to better serve the needs of the professional and research fields working with biorenewable resource development and production. Biorenewable resources is a rapidly growing field that forms at the interface between agricultural and plant sciences and process engineering. Biorenewable Resources will be an indispensable reference for anyone working in the production of biomass or biorenewable resources.
Table of Contents
PREFACE vii
ABOUT THE AUTHORS xi
1 INTRODUCTION 1
2 FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS IN ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS 11
3 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 43
4 THE BIORENEWABLE RESOURCE BASE 75
5 PRODUCTION OF BIORENEWABLE RESOURCES 103
6 PRODUCTS FROM BIORENEWABLE RESOURCES 137
7 BIOCHEMICAL PROCESSING OF CARBOHYDRATE-RICH BIOMASS 171
8 THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSING OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS 195
9 PROCESSING OF OLEAGINOUS BIOMASS 237
10 PROCESSING OF BIORENEWABLE RESOURCES INTO NATURAL FIBERS 251
11 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE BIOECONOMY 261
12 ECONOMICS OF BIORENEWABLE RESOURCES 287
13 BIORENEWABLE POLICY 327
Appendix A DESCRIPTIONS OF BIORENEWABLE RESOURCES 341
Appendix B CONVERSION FACTORS 367
INDEX 369
