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Production of biofuels and chemicals with ultrasound [electronic resource] / Zhen Fang, Richard L. Smith, Jr., Xinhua Qi, editors.

9789401796248 electronic book
9401796246 electronic book
9789401796231
9401796238 (print)
9789401796231 (print)

Dordrecht : Springer, [2015]

©2015

English

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10.1007/978-94-017-9624-8 doi

TP248.B55 P762 2015

662/.88

Conversion of biomass into chemicals and biofuels is an active research and development area as trends move to replace traditional fossil fuels with renewable resources. By integrating processing methods with ultrasound and microwave irradiation into biorefineries, the time-scale of many operations can be greatly reduced while the efficiency of the reactions can be remarkably increased so that process intensification can be achieved. ℓ́ℓProduction of Biofuels and Chemicals with Ultrasoundℓ́ℓ and ℓ́ℓProduction of Biofuels and Chemicals with Microwaveℓ́ℓ are two independent volumes in the Biofuels and Biorefineries series that take different, but complementary approaches for the pretreatment and chemical transformation of biomass into chemicals and biofuels. The volume ℓ́ℓUltrasoundℓ́ℓ provides current research advances and prospects in mechanistic principles of acoustic cavitation in sonochemistry, physical and chemical mechanisms in biofuel synthesis, reactor design for transesterification and esterification reactions, lipid extraction from algal biomass, microalgae extraction, biodiesel and bioethanol synthesis, practical technologies and systems, pretreatment of biomass waste sources including lignocellulosic materials, manures and sludges for biogas production, vibration-assisted pelleting, combined chemical-mechanical methods, valorization of starch-based wastes and ℗ℓtechno-economic methodology.℗ℓ Each of the 12 chapters has been peer-reviewed and edited to improve both the quality of the text and the scope and coverage of the topics.℗ℓ Both volumes ℓ́ℓUltrasoundℓ́ℓ and ℓ́ℓMicrowaveℓ́ℓ are references designed for students, researchers, academicians and industrialists in the fields of chemistry and chemical engineering and include introductory chapters to highlight present concepts of the fundamental technologies and their application. Dr. Zhen Fang is Professor in Bioenergy, Leader and founder of biomass group, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden and is also adjunct Professor of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China. Dr. Richard L. Smith, Jr. is Professor of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Research Center of Supercritical Fluid Technology, Tohoku University, Japan. Dr. Xinhua Qi is Professor of Environmental Science, Nankai University, China. ℗ℓ

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