Introduction to biofuels

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Mousdale, David M. (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2010]
SeriesMechanical engineering series (Boca Raton, Fla.)
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781628706673
1628706678
9781439812082
143981208X
9781439812075
1439812071
0429131607
9780429131608
Physical Description1 online resource (xxvi, 429 pages) : illustrations.

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Table of Contents:
  • Ethanol as the leading "first-generation" biofuel
  • Cellulosic ethanol as a "second-generation" biofuel
  • Microbiology of cellulosic ethanol production I : yeasts
  • Microbiology of cellulosic ethanol production II : bacteria
  • Biochemical engineering of cellulosic ethanol
  • The economics of fuel ethanol
  • Advanced biofuels : the widening portfolio of alternatives to ethanol
  • Chemically produced biofuels
  • Sustainability of biofuels production
  • Biofuels as products of integrated bioprocesses (biorefineries).