Bioprocessing for value-added products from renewable resources : new technologies and applications /
Bioprocessing for Value-Added Products from Renewable Resources provides a timely review of new and unconventional techniques to manufacture high-value products based on simple biological material. The current source for most chemicals and materials is petroleum. Anticipation of its limited future a...
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Elsevier,
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Publisher Address: | Amsterdam : |
Publication Dates: | 2007. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
Edition: | First edition. |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780444521149 |
Summary: |
Bioprocessing for Value-Added Products from Renewable Resources provides a timely review of new and unconventional techniques to manufacture high-value products based on simple biological material. The current source for most chemicals and materials is petroleum. Anticipation of its limited future availability, along with record high prices has spurred interest in alternatives that will be both sustainable and cost-effective. In a very structured way this book begins by describing the modern technologies that form the basis for creating a bio-based industry. Next it lists the various organis |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xiv, 670 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9780444521149 0444521143 9780080466712 0080466710 |
Index Number: | TP248 |
CLC: | Q5 |
Contents: | I. Enabling Technologies -- -- II. Cultures for Bioprocessing -- -- III. Unconventional and Novel Bioprocesses -- -- IV. Feedstock Utilization -- -- Index. |