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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Biomass Sources
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Front Matter
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Conversion Processes
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Front Matter
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Direct Combustion Processes
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Biochemical Conversion Processes
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About this book
Countless pages have been written on alternative energy sources since the fall of 1973 when our dependence on fossil petroleum resources became a grim reality. One such alternative is the use of biomass for producing energy and liquid and gaseous fuels. The term "biomass" generally refers to renewable organic matter generated by plants through photosynthesis. Thus trees, agri cultural crops, and aquatic plants are prime sources of biomass. Furthermore, as these sources of biomass are harvested and processed into commercial prod ucts, residues and wastes are generated. These, together with municipal solid wastes, not only add to the total organic raw material base that can be utilized for energy purposes but they also need to be removed for environmental reasons. Biomass has been used since antiquity for energy and material needs. In is still one of the most sought-after energy sources in most of the fact, firewood world. Furthermore, wood was still a dominant energy source in the U. S. only a hundred years ago (equal with coal). Currently, biomass contributes about 15 2 quadrillion Btu (l quad = 10 Btu) of energy to our total energy consump tion of about 78 quad. Two quad may not seem large when compared to the contribution made by petroleum (38 quad) or natural gas (20 quad), but bio mass is nearly comparable to nuclear energy (2. 7 quad).
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biomass Conversion Processes for Energy and Fuels
Editors: Samir S. Sofer, Oskar R. Zaborsky
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0301-6
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1981
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-0303-0Published: 26 November 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-0301-6Published: 06 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: 436
Number of Illustrations: 42 b/w illustrations