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.

BACKGROUND AND OUTLINE - PRINCIPLES AND FUNDAMENTALS
Biorefinery Systems - An Overview

Biomass Refining Global Impact - The Biobased Economy of the 21st Century

Development of Biorefineries - Technical and Economic Considerations

Biorefineries for the Chemical Industry - A Dutch Point of View

BIOREFINERY SYSTEMS

The Lignocellulosic Biorefinery - A Strategy for Returning to a Sustainable Source of Fuels and Industrial Organic Chemicals

Lignocellulosic Feedstock Biorefinery: History and Plant Development for Biomass Hydrolysis

The Biofine Process - Production of Levulinic Acid, Furfural, and Formic Acid from Lignocellulosic Feedstocks

A Whole Crop Biorefinery System: A Closed System for the Manufacture of Non-food Products from Cereals

Iogen’s Demonstration Process for Producing Ethanol from Cellulosic Biomass

Sugar-based Biorefinery - Technology for Integrated Production of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate), Sugar, and Ethanol

Biomass Refineries Based on Hybrid Thermochemical-Biological Processing - An

The Green Biorefiner Concept - Fundamentals and Potential

Plant Juice in the Biorefinery - Use of Plant Juice as Fermentation Medium

BIOMASS PRODUCTION AND PRIMARY BIOREFINERIES

Biomass Commercialization and Agriculture Residue Collection

The Corn Wet Milling and Corn Dry Milling Industry - A Base for Biorefinery Technology Developments

BIOMASS CONVERSION: PROCESSES AND TECHNOLOGIES

Enzymes for Biorefineries

Biocatalytic and Catalytic Routes for the Production of Bulk and Fine Chemicals from Renewable Resources

BIOBASED PRODUCT FAMILY TREES

The Key Sugars of Biomass: Availability, Present Non-Food Uses and Potential Future Development Lines

Industrial Starch Platform - Status quo of Production, Modification and Application

Lignocellulose-based Chemical Products and Product Family Trees

Lignin Chemistry and its Role in Biomass Conversion

Industrial Lignin Production and Applications

Towards Integration of Biorefinery and Microbial Amino Acid Production

Protein-based Polymers: Mechanistic Foundations for Bioproduction and Engineering

New Syntheses with Oils and Fats as Renewable Raw Materials for the Chemical Industry

Industrial Development and Application of Biobased Oleochemicals

Phytochemicals, Dyes, and Pigments in the Biorefinery Context

Adding Color to Green Chemistry? An Overview of the Fundamentals and Potential of Chlorophylls

BIOBASED INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS, MATERIALS AND CONSUMER PRODUCTS

Industrial Chemicals from Biomass - Industrial Concepts

Succinic Acid - A Model Building Block for Chemical Production from Renewable Resources

Polylactic Acid from Renewable Resources

Biobased Consumer Products for Cosmetics

BIOBASED INDUSTRY: ECONOMY, COMMERCIALIZATION AND SUSTAINABILITY

Industrial Biotech - Setting Conditions to Capitalize on the Economic Potential