| View Larger Image | Fuels and Chemicals from Biomass (Acs Symposium Series) | Hardcoverby Badal C. Saha (Editor), Jonathan Woodward (Editor)
| List Price: | $40.00 | |
| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | An American Chemical Society Publication | | Edition: | illustrated editionth Edition | | Page Count: | 368 Pages | | Publication Date: | May 01, 1997 | | Sales Rank: | 4,001,723th |
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Written for a wide variety of biotechnologists, this book provides a major review of the state-of-the-art in bioethanol production technologies, enzymatic biomass conversion, and biodiesel. It also provides a detailed explanation of a breakthrough in photosynthetic water splitting which could result in a doubling of the efficiency of solar energy conversion by green plants. The book covers production of lactic acid, succinic acid, 1,3-propanediol, 2,3-butanediol, and polyhydroxybutyrate and xylitol. It also includes a chapter on synthesis-gas fermentation. |
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