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Focusing on the key challenges that still impede the realization of the billion-ton renewable fuels vision, this book integrates technological development and business development rationales to highlight the key technological.developments that are necessary to industrialize biofuels on a global scale. Technological issues addressed in this work include fermentation and downstream processing technologies, as compared to current industrial practice and process economics. Business issues that provide the lens through which the technological review is performed span the entire biofuel value chain, from financial mechanisms to fund biotechnology start-ups in the biofuel arena up to large green field manufacturing projects, to raw material farming, collection and transport to the bioconversion plant, manufacturing, product recovery, storage, and transport to the point of sale. Emphasis has been placed throughout the book on providing a global view that takes into account the intrinsic characteristics of various biofuels markets from Brazil, the EU, the US, or Japan, to emerging economies as agricultural development and biofuel development appear undissociably linked. ... Read more

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Biofuel and bioenergy produced from biowastes and biomass is a clean energysource which can be produced renewably. The 21 chapters of this book providestate-of-the-art reviews, current research, and technology developmentswith respect to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd generation biofuels and bioenergy. Thebook focuses on the biological/biochemical pathway, as this option hasbeen reported to be the most cost-effective method for biofuel/bioenergyproduction. The opening chapter covers the overview of the currentstatus of biofuel and bioenergy production. The rest of the chapters aregrouped into seven categories; they cover biomethaneproduction, microbial fuel cells, feedstock production, preprocessing, biomass pretreatment, enzyme hydrolysis, and syngas fermentation. Algalprocesses for biofuel production, biobutanol production, bioreactor systems, and value-added processing of biofuel residues are included. This book addresses life cycle analyses (LCA) of 1st and 2nd generationbiofuels (from corn, soybean, jatropha, and cellulosic biomass) and the emerging applications of nanotechnology inbiofuel/bioenergy production. The book isorganized in such a way that each preceding chapter builds a foundation forthe following one. At the end of each chapter, current researchtrends and further research needs are outlined. This is one ofthe first books in this emerging field of biofuel/bioenergy that provides in-depth technical information on the broad topics of biofuel and bioenergywith extensive illustrations, case studies, summary tables, and up-to-datereferences. This book will be valuable to researchers, instructors, senior undergraduate and graduate students, decision-makers, professionals, and others interested in the field of biofuel/bioenergy. ... Read more

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Modernized biomass gasification for power generation has attracted increasing interests as an attempt to reduce our reliance on fossil fuel. In fact, over the past couple of years, a lot of RD&D has gone into overcoming the technical hurdles of biomass gasification mainly producing clean gas which is free of particulates and tars bed agglomeration and biomass feeding/handling.Biomass Gasification Design Handbook offers engineers and scientist a ?hands on? reference for understanding and successfully overcoming these hurdles. In this book, readers find a versatile resource that not only explains the basic principles of energy conversion and biomass conversion systems but also provides valuable insight into the design of biomass gasifiers. Thorough in his coverage, the author provides many worked out design problems, step-by-step design procedures, and real data on commercially operating systems. In addition, the book contains four valuable appendices that eliminate the need to search for essential information.

Includes step-by-step design procedures and case studies for Biomass Gasification
Provides worked process flow diagrams for gasifier design.
Covers integration with other technologies (e.g. gas turbine, engine, fuel cells) ... Read more

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Simple and Inexpensive Renewable Energy Solutions for Your Home

It's not always easy being green, and sometimes it costs more than you'd expect to get an eco-friendly home improvement project up and running. Renewable Energies for Your Home gives you sustainable home energy solutions that won't drain your wallet or the power grid.

Get details on generating heat with biomass fuels and other ways to use biodiesel and ethanol in your home. You'll discover how to harness affordable wind power and soak up free solar energy. Filled with step-by-step instructions and helpful photos and illustrations, this hands-on guide will help you reduce your carbon footprint and increase your cash flow at the same time!

Renewable Energies for Your Home covers:

• Energy savings and environmental benefits
• Biomass fuels, including biodiesel, ethanol, used fryer oil, and wood
• Producing your own biodiesel without titration
• Assembling a biolight grill and fire starter
• Making bioburn-a firewood substitute
• Wind turbines
• Solar lighting, heating, water heating, and electric generation
• Building a solar heat collector
• Creating a wind/solar hybrid electric system