Bioenergy: Biomass to Biofuels

Description

Depleting fossil fuel reserves and adverse effects of fluctuating oil prices have renewed interest in alternative and sustainable sources of energy. Bioenergy: Biomass to Biofuels takes on this topic and examines current and emerging feedstocks and advanced processes and technologies enabling the development of all possible alternative energy sources: solid (wood energy, grass energy, and other biomass), liquid (biodiesel, algae biofuel, ethanol), and gaseous/electric (biogas, syngas, bioelectricity). Divided into seven parts, Bioenergy gives thorough consideration to topics such as feedstocks, biomass production and utilization, life cycle analysis, Energy Return on Invested (EROI), integrated sustainability assessments, conversions technologies, biofuels economics and policy. In addition, contributions from leading industry professionals and academics, augmented by related service-learning case studies and quizzes, provide readers with a comprehensive resource that connect theory to real-world implementation. Provides a comprehensive overview and in-depth technical information of all possible bioenergy resources (solid, liquid, and gaseous), including cutting-edge topics such as advanced fuels and biogas Integrates current state of art coverage from feedstocks to cost-effective conversion processes to biofuels economic analysis and environmental policy Features case studies and quizzes for each section derived from the implementation of actual hands-on biofuel projects as part of service learning Review: Fantastic book for both students and experts. - This book is excellent material source for undergraduate or graduate courses, or anyone interested in learning about biofuels production. It covers fermentation, algae, combustion, pyrolysis, and more. Just look at the table of contents and you can see the scope. It includes very detailed, but easy-to-read chapters on various biofuel production technologies written by leaders in their respective fields. Each chapter is clearly carefully curated by the editor. I highly recommend this book. Review: Kindle version = epub/mobi format, a MESS! - I purchased this digital book, only to realize afterwards that it is epub/MOBI format. Like all digital books in that format, the layout is terrible! Particularly for a textbook like this, I occasionally like to print sections and highlight, make notes, and re-read on paper before my lectures. Such worthless non-layout formats destroy any possibility of doing this. Returned this for a refund.