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Biofuels will play a key role in the 21st century as the world faces two critical problems; volatile fuel prices and global climatic changes. Both of these are linked to the overdependence on the fossil fuels: petroleum, natural gas, and coal. Transportation is almost totally dependent on petroleum based fuels such as gasoline, diesel fuel, liquefied petroleum gas, and on natural gas. Despite a significant amount of research into biofuels, the field has not been able to replace fossil fuels. Recent advances will change this scenario. Extracting fuel from biomass has been very expensive (both monetarily and in land usage), time consuming, unusable byproducts, etc. Technology to obtain liquid fuel from non-fossil sources must be improved to be faster, more efficient and more cost-effective. This book will cover the current technology used for a variety of plant types and explore shortcomings with each.

Biochemical engineering. --- Biomass energy. --- Power (Mechanics). --- Waste products as fuel. --- Mechanical Engineering --- Chemical & Materials Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Chemical Engineering --- Mechanical Engineering - General --- Energy recovery from waste --- Organic waste as fuel --- Waste as fuel --- Bio-energy (Biomass energy) --- Bioenergy (Biomass energy) --- Biofuels --- Biological fuels --- Energy, Biomass --- Microbial energy conversion --- Energy. --- Renewable energy resources. --- Electric power production. --- Renewable energy sources. --- Alternate energy sources. --- Green energy industries. --- Renewable and Green Energy. --- Biochemical Engineering. --- Energy Technology. --- Fuel --- Biomass energy --- Refuse as fuel --- Energy conversion --- Energy crops --- Microbial fuel cells --- Waste products as fuel --- Energy Systems. --- Bio-process engineering --- Bioprocess engineering --- Biochemistry --- Biotechnology --- Chemical engineering --- Alternate energy sources --- Alternative energy sources --- Energy sources, Renewable --- Sustainable energy sources --- Power resources --- Renewable natural resources --- Agriculture and energy --- Energy systems.

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Developments in Sustainable Chemical and Bioprocess Technology is an emerging, multidisciplinary field with applications to the production of chemicals, fuels, materials, and pharmaceuticals. The field's novelty lies in the integration of the techniques and various diverse technologies with the tools of mathematical analysis. The case studies are elucidated for rational selection of targets for process modifications. By providing a rigorous description of chemical and bioprocesses a sustainable approach is highlighted. Key elements of the book include process integration and consideration of technology as a fundamental determinant of sustainable development. Chemical and bioprocesses mathematical complexity is kept to a minimum and provides sidebars as additional background on various mathematical operations. Computational tools for process analysis are described, and a glossary of biological terms facilitates use of the book by a broad audience of chemists, chemical engineering, biotechnologists, microbiologists, and biochemical/biomedical engineers.

Biotechnology. --- Environmental economics. --- Environmental policy -- Economic aspects. --- Global warming. --- Chemistry --- Biology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Biochemistry --- Biology - General --- Biochemical engineering --- Biotechnological process control. --- Sustainable development. --- Environmental aspects. --- Bioprocess control --- Biotechnical process control --- Bio-process engineering --- Bioprocess engineering --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Environmental aspects --- Life sciences. --- Renewable energy resources. --- Biochemistry. --- Electric power production. --- Renewable energy sources. --- Alternate energy sources. --- Green energy industries. --- Life Sciences. --- Biochemistry, general. --- Renewable and Green Energy. --- Energy Technology. --- Economic development --- Biotechnology --- Process control --- Chemical engineering --- Energy Systems. --- Alternate energy sources --- Alternative energy sources --- Energy sources, Renewable --- Sustainable energy sources --- Power resources --- Renewable natural resources --- Agriculture and energy --- Biological chemistry --- Chemical composition of organisms --- Organisms --- Physiological chemistry --- Medical sciences --- Composition --- Energy systems.