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Now available in softcover!This successful book is devoted to biorefineries and biobased industrial technologies, and, as such, is directed towards the technological principles of biorefineries, green processes, plants, concepts, current and forthcoming biobased product lines, as well as the economic aspects. Since the hot topics of green chemistry and green processes are of a multidisciplinary interest, this book will benefit the whole spectrum of the process industry, including chemical engineers, process engineers, apparatus construction engineers, chemical industry, chemists in industry, and biotechnologists.The editors and authors are all internationally recognized experts from industry and academia, including Dr. Patrick Gruber, the former Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Cargill Dow, winner of the U.S. Presidential Green Chemistry Award and holder of more than 40 patents.
List of contents
BACKGROUND AND OUTLINE - PRINCIPLES AND FUNDAMENTALSBiorefinery Systems - An OverviewBiomass Refining Global Impact - The Biobased Economy of the 21st CenturyDevelopment of Biorefineries - Technical and Economic ConsiderationsBiorefineries for the Chemical Industry - A Dutch Point of ViewBIOREFINERY SYSTEMSThe Lignocellulosic Biorefinery - A Strategy for Returning to a Sustainable Source of Fuels and Industrial Organic ChemicalsLignocellulosic Feedstock Biorefinery: History and Plant Development for Biomass HydrolysisThe Biofine Process - Production of Levulinic Acid, Furfural, and Formic Acid from Lignocellulosic FeedstocksA Whole Crop Biorefinery System: A Closed System for the Manufacture of Non-food Products from CerealsIogen's Demonstration Process for Producing Ethanol from Cellulosic BiomassSugar-based Biorefinery - Technology for Integrated Production of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate), Sugar, and EthanolBiomass Refineries Based on Hybrid Thermochemical-Biological Processing - An OverviewThe Green Biorefiner Concept - Fundamentals and PotentialPlant Juice in the Biorefinery - Use of Plant Juice as Fermentation MediumBIOMASS PRODUCTION AND PRIMARY BIOREFINERIESBiomass Commercialization and Agriculture Residue CollectionThe Corn Wet Milling and Corn Dry Milling Industry - A Base for Biorefinery Technology DevelopmentsBIOMASS CONVERSION: PROCESSES AND TECHNOLOGIESEnzymes for BiorefineriesBiocatalytic and Catalytic Routes for the Production of Bulk and Fine Chemicals from Renewable ResourcesBIOBASED PRODUCT FAMILY TREESThe Key Sugars of Biomass: Availability, Present Non-Food Uses and Potential Future Development LinesIndustrial Starch Platform - Status quo of Production, Modification and ApplicationLignocellulose-based Chemical Products and Product Family TreesLignin Chemistry and its Role in Biomass ConversionIndustrial Lignin Production and ApplicationsTowards Integration of Biorefinery and Microbial Amino Acid ProductionProtein-based Polymers: Mechanistic Foundations for Bioproduction and EngineeringNew Syntheses with Oils and Fats as Renewable Raw Materials for the Chemical IndustryIndustrial Development and Application of Biobased OleochemicalsPhytochemicals, Dyes, and Pigments in the Biorefinery ContextAdding Color to Green Chemistry? An Overview of the Fundamentals and Potential of ChlorophyllsBIOBASED INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS, MATERIALS AND CONSUMER PRODUCTSIndustrial Chemicals from Biomass - Industrial ConceptsSuccinic Acid - A Model Building Block for Chemical Production from Renewable ResourcesPolylactic Acid from Renewable ResourcesBiobased Consumer Products for CosmeticsBIOBASED INDUSTRY: ECONOMY, COMMERCIALIZATION AND SUSTAINABILITYIndustrial Biotech - Setting Conditions to Capitalize on the Economic Potential
About the author
Birgit Kamm studied chemistry at the Technical University of Merseburg, Germany where she obtained her Diploma in 1986, and received her Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry in 1991 at the Institute of Organic Chemistry (with Prof. M. Schulz and Prof. E. Fanghänel). After receiving a grant from the German Federal Environmental Foundation in 1997, she joined the Institute of Chemistry (with Prof. E. Kleinpeter and Prof. M.G. Peter), University of Potsdam, where she fi nished her Habilitation in Organic Chemistry in 2005. She founded the Biorefinery Association
Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany, in 1997. Since 1998 she has been a member of the board of the Research Institute of Bioactive Polymer Systems (biopos e.V.), and since 2001 she has been scientific director of this institute.
Patrick Gruber is currently President and CEO of Outlast Technologies. He is the former Vice President and Chief Technology Offi cer at NatureWorks LLC (formerly Cargill Dow LLC), USA. He has over 40 patents to his name and has repeatedly won top awards for his work in chemicals made from renewable resources, including the Discovery Award for Environmental Innovation awarded by the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation, the US Presidential Green Chemistry Award, and the US Department of Energy Technology of the Year Award 2001, together with Cargill Dow Inc., for the pioneering NatureWorks PLA project. He has served on the Advisory Board to the Energy Futures Coalition, The DOE/USDA Biomass Federal Advisory Board, and several other boards.
Michael Kamm studied organic chemistry at the Technical University of Merseburg, Germany, where he graduated with his Diploma. After a research assistantship in Halle-Wittenberg he moved to Potsdam University, co-founded the research institute biopos e.V. where he was involved in the material utilization of renewable raw materials. Since the foundation of biorefinery.de GmbH in 2001 he was President of this company with its headquarter in Potsdam, Germany. He authored and co-authored more than 60 scientific publications and is the holder of 15 international patents.
Summary
Now available in softcover!
This successful book is devoted to biorefineries and biobased industrial technologies, and, as such, is directed towards the technological principles of biorefineries, green processes, plants, concepts, current and forthcoming biobased product lines, as well as the economic aspects. Since the hot topics of green chemistry and green processes are of a multidisciplinary interest, this book will benefit the whole spectrum of the process industry, including chemical engineers, process engineers, apparatus construction engineers, chemical industry, chemists in industry, and biotechnologists.
The editors and authors are all internationally recognized experts from industry and academia, including Dr. Patrick Gruber, the former Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Cargill Dow, winner of the U.S. Presidential Green Chemistry Award and holder of more than 40 patents.
Report
"Mit diesem Buch liegt erstmals ein umfassendes, systematisch aufgebautes und klar strukturiertes Werk zur Verarbeitung von Biomassen in Bioraffinerien in Form von Ganzpflanzen vor. Dabei werden Prinzip, Logik und Effizienz der Erdölraffinerien, Produktlinien und Produktstammbäume auf die Biomasse übertragen. Diese Bände sollten in eine moderne Ausbildung von Chemikern, Biotechnologen und Ingenieuren Eingang finden. Auch sind sie eine hervorragende Basis als Nachschlagewerk für ausgebildete Chemiker, Biotechnologen und Verfahrensingenieure für den Bereich biobasierte Rohstoffe, Technologien und Produkte."Mitteilungen der Fachgruppe Umweltchemie und Ökotoxikologie - Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker
