Biomass Processes and Chemicals

Comprehensive reference that provides a clear understanding of the available options for the production of chemicals from biomass

James G. Speight (Author)

9780128216798, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 17 February 2022

472 pages, Approx. 100 illustrations
22.9 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 0.97 kg

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. Conventional and Unconventional Sources of Chemicals
2. Biomass
3. Chemicals from Crops
4. Chemicals from Wood
5. Chemicals from Domestic and Industrial Biomass Waste
6. Chemicals from Biogas
7. A Biorefinery
8. Biomass Pyrolysis
9. Chemicals from the Fischer-Tropsch Process

Subject Areas: Chemical engineering [TDCB], Biochemical engineering [TC]