Fuels and Chemicals from Biomass (Acs Symposium Series)

By Woodward Saha and Badal C. Saha

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0841235082
• ISBN13: 9780841235083
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Amer Chemical Society
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 6.5"