Biomass conversion into

Brown RC, editor. Thermochemical processing of biomass conversion into fuels, chemicals and power. Chichester, West Sussex, UK John Wiley Sons 2011. 

However, to overcome present barriers, sustainable energy vectors should be developed in a harmonized way, taking into account all possibilities and related technologies, and not be limited to one or few sources. For example, in the transportation sector, several technologies present great potential biomass conversion into biofuels, hydrogen fuel cells, hybrid engines and the exploration of metal... 

In addition to producing a liquid fuel such as ethanol, biomass can also be converted into methane. In areas where natural gas resources are scarce, biomass conversion into methane serves as an attractive process, since methane is a very conveniently usable gaseous fuel for domestic energy needs. There have been a number of processes developed for this conversion. 

Biomass Conversion into Hydrogen with the Production of Carbon Suboxides and Without CO2 Emission... 

Cellulose (C6Hio05) was used to model biomass conversion into lydrogen and carbon suboxide without CO2 emissions (Fridman et al., 2006). Non-equihbrium plasma can be applied to stimulate the process. Under natural anaerobic conditions, the conversion of biomass into an effective energy carrier proceeds over milleimia. In order to use biomass as an effective renewable somce of energy, the conversion process should occm at a much faster pace. The conventional combustion of dry biomass can be presented as... 

Thetmochemical Processing of Biomass - Conversion into Fuels, Chemicals and Power... 

This chapter is an overview of architectures adopted for the catalytic/biocatalytic composites used in wide applications like the biomass valorization or fine chemical industry. On this perspective, the chapter updates the reader with the most fresh examples of construction designs and concepts considered for the synthesis of such composites. Their catalytic properties result from the introduction of catalytic functionalities and vary from inorganic metal species e.g., Ru, Ir, Pd, or Rh) to well-organized biochemical structures like enzymes e.g., lipase, peroxidase, (3-galactosidase) or whole cells. Catalytic/biocatalytic procedures for the biomass conversion into platform molecules e.g., glucose, GVL, Me-THF, sorbitol, succinic acid, and glycerol) and their further transformation into value-added products are detailed in order to make understandable the utility of these complex architectures and to associate the composite properties to their performances, versatility, and robustness. 

Not the least, catalytic/biocatalytic systems can be very simple separated and recycled by applying an external magnetic force, avoiding the complications associated with the use of rmit operations as catalyst filtration or centrifugation. Hence, several designs of the magnetical-separated com-posite/biocomposite have been developed and appHed for biomass conversion into platform molecule and further to value-added products. 

Brown, Robert C., Ed., Thermochemical Processing of Biomass Conversion into Fuels, Chemicals and Power, WUey, Hoboken, NJ (2011). 

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