Description:
This book discusses the state of the art in the field of available and future biomass resources, energy systems using biomass and optimization and control of systems and processes. It covers biomass resources globally, but also complex systems like biorefineries, polygeneration, and the pulp and paper industry, as well as chemicals used as feed stocks for plastics. The contributors are well-qualified researchers and engineers in various aspects of biomass utilization around the world, providing good coverage of the global developments in this area.
Review Quotes:
"...discusses the worldwide distribution of biomass and details bioprocessing technologies via case studies. ...The authors show that both the capacity and technology exist to regain the primacy of biomass for energy, fuels, and chemicals in a post-fossil-fuel economy. The authors suggest a future in which biomass is optimally managed to meet those needs, while alluding to the challenges."
--Choice, December 2013