Biomass Now - Sustainable Growth and Use

Miodrag Darko Matovic

doi:10.5772/2583

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Miodrag Darko Matovic

Queen's University,
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Published 30 April 2013

Doi 10.5772/2583

ISBN 978-953-51-1105-4

eBook (PDF) ISBN 978-953-51-6333-6

Number of pages 554

This two-volume book on biomass is a reflection of the increase in biomass related research and applications, driven by overall higher interest in sustainable energy and food sources, by increased awareness of potentials and pitfalls of using biomass for energy, by the concerns for food supply and by multitude of potential biomass uses as a source material in organic chemistry, bringing in the con...

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1. Biomass as Potential Sustainable Development Driver – Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina

By Petar Gvero, Semin Petrovic, Sasa Papuga and Milovan Kotur

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2. Cereal Canopy Structure – Its Assessment and Use in Efficient Crop Management

By Jan Křen, Tamara Dryšlová, Lubomír Neudert and Vojtěch Lukas

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3. The Oil Palm Wastes in Malaysia

By N. Abdullah and F. Sulaiman

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4. Biosorption of Lanthanides Using Select Marine Biomass

By Naoki Kano

2,567

5. Diagnosis and Recommendation Integrated System (DRIS) to Assess the Nutritional State of Plants

By Ademar Pereira Serra, Marlene Estevão Marchetti, Davi José Bungenstab, Maria Anita Gonçalves da Silva, Rosilene Pereira Serra, Franklyn Clawdy Nunes Guimarães, Vanessa Do Amaral Conrad and Henrique Soares de Morais

7,390

6. Bioprocess Modeling and Control

By Mihai Caramihai and Irina Severin

7,834

7. A Comparative Study on Energy Use and Cost Analysis of Rice Varieties Under Traditional and Semi-Mechanized Farming Systems in North of Iran

By Ebrahim Azarpour and Maral Moraditochaee

3,001

8. Continuous Agave Juice Fermentation for Producing Bioethanol

By Dulce María Díaz-Montaño

5,008

9. Sequential Anaerobic-Aerobic Phase Strategy Using Microbial Granular Sludge for Textile Wastewater Treatment

By Khalida Muda, Azmi Aris, Mohd Razman Salim and Zaharah Ibrahim

3,742

10. Second Generation Ethanol from Residual Biomass: Research and Perspectives in Ecuador

By Enrique Javier Carvajal Barriga, Cristina Guamán-Burneo, Patricia Portero Barahona, Edgar Salas, Carolina Tufiño, Bernardo Bastidas

3,158

11. Catalytic Decomposition of Biomass Tars at Low-Temperature

By Le Duc Dung, Kayoko Morishita and Takayuki Takarada

5,335

12. Characteristics of Animal Slurry as a Key Biomass for Biogas Production in Denmark

By Jin M. Triolo, Alastair J. Ward, Lene Pedersen and Sven G. Sommer

5,986

13. A Real Story of Bioethanol from Biomass: Malaysia Perspective

By K.L. Chin and P.S. H’ng

6,532

14. Lignocelluloses Feedstock Biorefinery as Petrorefinery Substitutes

By Hongbin Cheng and Lei Wang

4,730

15. Biomass Extraction Methods

By Adina-Elena Segneanu, Florentina Cziple, Paulina Vlazan, Paula Sfirloaga, Ioan Grozescu and Vasile Daniel Gherman

7,083

16. High-Efficiency Separation of Bio-Oil

By Shurong Wang

6,307

17. Short-Rotation Coppice of Willows for the Production of Biomass in Eastern Canada

By Werther Guidi, Frédéric E. Pitre and Michel Labrecque

4,208

18. Microbial Biomass in Batch and Continuous System

By Onofre Monge Amaya, María Teresa Certucha Barragán and Francisco Javier Almendariz Tapia

4,978

19. Development of Sustainable Willow Short Rotation Forestry in Northern Europe

By Theo Verwijst, Anneli Lundkvist, Stina Edelfeldt and Johannes Albertsson

3,349

20. Artemia, a New Source of Animal Protein Ingredient in Poultry Nutrition

By A. Zarei

4,546

21. Biomass from the Sea

By Ernesto A. Chávez and Alejandra Chávez-Hidalgo

2,655

22. Characeae Biomass: Is the Subject Exhausted?

By Carlos E. de M. Bicudo and Norma C. Bueno

3,244

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