| | |  | Renewable Energy | Home » » Biomass for Renewable Energy, Fuels, and Chemicals | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | Biomass for Renewable Energy, Fuels, and Chemicals serves as a comprehensive introduction to the subject for the student and educator, and is useful for researchers who are interested in the technical details of biomass energy production. The coverage and discussion are multidisciplinary, reflecting the many scientific and engineering disciplines involved. The book will appeal to a broad range of energy professionals and specialists, farmers and foresters who are searching for methods of selecting, growing, and converting energy crops, entrepreneurs who are commercializing biomass energy projects, and those involved in designing solid and liquid waste disposal-energy recovery systems.
Key Features
* Presents a graduated treatment from basic principles to the details of specific technologies
* Includes a critical analysis of many biomass energy research and commercialization activities
* Proposes several new technical approaches to improve efficiencies, net energy production, and economics
* Reviews failed projects, as well as successes, and methods for overcoming barriers to commercialization
* Written by a leader in the field with 40 years of educational, research, and commercialization experience | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Donald L. Klass | | Hardcover:
| 651 pages | | Publisher:
| Academic Press | | Publication Date:
| July 09, 1998 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0124109500 | | Product Width:
| 156.0 centimeters | | Product Height:
| 231.0 centimeters | | Product Weight:
| 2.26 pounds | | Package Length:
| 9.21 inches | | Package Width:
| 6.06 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.57 inches | | Package Weight:
| 2.34 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 2 reviews |
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 fantastic book and thorough review back to first principlesApr 30, 2011
By ChemSciGuy
This is a wonderful review of the challenges facing biomass-based fuels, especially liquid transportation fuels. Klass covers the challenges going all the way back to photosynthetic efficiency. The bibliography is complete and references easily checked. If you are interested in really understanding biofuels, this is the book for you.
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 A TON of resources, but dry to readAug 19, 2010
By D. Burke
There are many tables and charts that are VERY useful for biomass. Even though this book is old, a lot of the information is still good. I heard that the author passed away before finishing an updated revision.
This book is horrible if you read it cover-to-cover, (except for chapter 4, which was pretty interesting).
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