Plant Biomass Conversion

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ISBN: 9780813816944

ISBN-10: 0813816947

ISBN-13: 9780813816944

Edition: 2011

Authors: Elizabeth E. Hood, Peter Nelson, Randall Powell

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List price: $200.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 3/1/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 376
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English

#60;b#62;Elizabeth Hood#60;/b#62;, Ph.D, is the Associate Vice Chancellor for research and technology transfer at Arkansas State University. #60;br#62;#60;p#62;#60;b#62;Peter Nelson#60;/b#62; is a principal in BioDimensions, providing services for startup companies developing green technology.#60;br#62;#60;br#62;#60;b#62;Randy Powell#60;/b#62;, Ph.D, is the president of Powell Consulting, LLC, a construction consulting firm promoting biofuel and bioproducts.




Introduction



Biofuels and Bioï¿½ï¿½ï¿½based products—a new era of products from renewable sources. (Beth and Pete). This is the introduction to the whole book focus. It should be focused on what is possible from biomaterials—chemicals and fuels. Diversity of crop and animal feedstocks are also important although this book will focus on plant feedstocks. Volumes of feedstocks necessary to meet the needs



Feedstocks—near and far term



Agricultural and forest residues—This will focus on the first wave of feedstocks for the renewable industry—rice straw, corn stover, wheat straw, cotton trash, etc., even forest slash and sawdust



Woody crops—Steve Strauss—this will focus on hybrid poplar as a feedstock for biomass



MSW—Bill Ort to suggest a potential author—for cities, this is an additional feedstock to crop feedstocks. This prevents build up of municipal solid waste. Need to show the volumes available



Miscanthus—Mendel (Neal?)—Advantages and disadvantages; will the USDA allow this nonï¿½ï¿½ï¿½native plant on a large scale?



Switchgrass—Ceres (Steve?)—Advantages and disadvantages; what are the issues to high production from this plant?



Other energy crops—Arundo, etc (Peggy Oziasï¿½ï¿½ï¿½Akins)—what are the advantages and disadvantages of this crop?



Soil and water sustainability



Soil and water sustainability for biofuel production—Steve Green and Jennifer Bouldin—If we harvest the biomass that is usually left on the ground in noï¿½ï¿½ï¿½till agriculture, what are the consequences to the soil.? How much water will this take?



Technology



Enzymes—Production systems (Beth and John Howard)



Transgenic Plants—seed and biomass



Fungal fermentation



Enzyme quality and specific activity



Enzyme cocktails—biochemistry



Pretreatment options—this is current technology that will be deployed for the early production plants. (Michael Ladisch, Andy Aden, Bruce Dale)



Steam



Acid



Ammonia



Advanced pretreatment options



Fermentation Organisms—for 5 and 6 carbon sugars



Pilot and Production plants



Summary and analysis of those funded by DOE—useful to know who has been funded and what type of technology is being deployed in these plants. Other, nonï¿½ï¿½ï¿½DOE funded facilities



Nonï¿½ï¿½ï¿½US facilities and technologies



Economics—Economics chapter: (Marie Walsh?)—What will drive this industry? Sustainability



Summary



Future directions—new technologies



Book summary