A Sustainable Bioeconomy

The Green Industrial Revolution
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-85714-5
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 343 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 540 g

An authoritative and comprehensive volume of knowledge and green technologies wholly focused on the future of the bioeconomy. The authors present data, show opportunities, discuss R&D findings, analyze strategies, assess the wider economic impact, showcase achievements, criticize policies and propose solutions for the green revolution in biofuels, biochemicals and biomaterials’ production and power generation.

A fascinating range of case studies from the US, China and many European countries are used to inform readers about the impact of this field on society and how various technologies are currently being implemented.

Additionally, the role of industry on this green industrial revolution is outlined with contributions from several major companies such as DuPont (US), UPM-Kymmene Oy (Finland), Anhui BBCA Biochemical Co (China).

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ncibi, Chaker

Sillanpää, Mika

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Alternative und erneuerbare Energien
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Nachhaltigkeit, Grüne Technologien
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Biotechnologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Brennstoffe, Kraftstoffe, Explosivstoffe
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Fertigungsindustrie Chemische Industrie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Legacy of petroleum economy.- Shifting towards bioeconomy.- Biomass: the key to a sustainable future.- Bioenergy and biofuels.- Biochemicals.- Biomaterials.- Industrial-scale production: Paving the way for bioeconomy.- Implementing the Bioeconomy on the ground.- Bioeconomy: Impact assessment, challenges and solutions.- Exercises and evaluation.

Über Autor(innen)

Prof. Mika Sillanpää is the head of the laboratory of Green Chemistry at the Lappeenranta University of Technology. He has 20 years of expertise in green chemistry, analytical chemistry and environmental engineering. More specifically, he has worked extensively with adsorption, photocatalysis, advanced oxidation processes (AOPs), as well as electrochemical technologies and various chromatographic methods. Prof. Sillanpää has published several books and over 600 articles in reputable journals and international conference proceedings and is engaged in synergistic collaboration with over 50 research partners from the world’s leading laboratories in six continents.

Dr. Mohamed Chaker Ncibi received his PhD in Environmental Engineering in 2008 from the University of Sousse (Tunisia). He worked as a visiting postdoctoral researcher in the Universities of Montpellier (UM2, France), Antilles and Guyane (UAG, Guadeloupe), Braunschweig (TU-BS, Germany). Since 2013, he is asenior researcher in the laboratory of Green Chemistry at the Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT, Finland). Dr. Ncibi has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles and co-edited a book in the Royal Society of Chemistry series of Green Chemistry entitled “Biomass for Sustainable Applications: Pollution Remediation and Energy”.