Catalytic Engineering in the Processing of Biomass into Chemicals

Catalytic Engineering in the Processing of Biomass into Chemicals 

Tapio Salmi, Dmitry Murzin, Paivi Maki-Arvela, Johan Wamii, 

Kari Eranen, Narendra Kumar, and Jyri-Pekka Mikkola 

Chemical engineering in general and chemical reaction engineering in particular are in key position to carry out this transformation. One of the most important sources of biomass is forests, not only the rain forests and eucalyptus trees growing in the tropical areas of the earth but also the forests in the Northern hemisphere, for instance in Canada, USA, Russia, and in the Fenno-Scandic region. The big 

Novel Concepts in Catalysis and Chemical Reactors Improving the Efficiency for the Future. Edited by Andrzej Cybulski, Jacob A. Moulijn, and Andrzej Stankiewicz Copyright 2010 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH Co. KGaA, Weinheim ISBN 978-3-527-32469-9 

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