Biomass Sugars for Non-Fuel Applications

Biomass-derived sugars provide a rich, renewable feedstock for a diverse range of chemicals, making them a promising and feasible source for the sustainable manufacture of a variety of valuable products. Exploring green sugar-based technologies beyond their applications in fuels, this book provides an overview of sugar-based technologies, describing their challenges and opportunities. It covers transformations of sugars into green chemicals in pharmaceuticals, biodegradable polymers and surfactants. A special chapter is dedicated to the conversion of biomass into sugars, which is a crucial step in the sustainable utilization of sugars. The book is a valuable resource for chemists and chemical engineers working to develop greener synthetic routes to chemicals and pharmaceuticals.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178262113X
• ISBN13: 9781782621133
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.4"