Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Mark Crocker is an Associate Director at the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research, where he leads the Biofuels and Environmental Catalysis research program. He has four years experience in the field of biomass upgrading research and recently organized and taught a professional short course concerning this subject. He has also worked in industry and previously held posts as an R&D Manager for the Automotive Catalyst Division of OMG Corp (formerly Degussa) and as a Senior Research Chemist at the Shell Research and Technology Centre in Amsterdam. Mark Crocker holds a BSc in Chemistry and PhD in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Bristol. He is a member of several scholarly societies and has contributed to numerous journal articles and conferences.

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There is increasing recognition that low-cost, high capacity processes for the conversion of biomass into fuels and chemicals are essential for expanding the utilization of carbon neutral processes, reducing dependency on fossil fuel resources, and increasing rural income. While much attention has focused on the use of biomass to produce ethanol via fermentation, high capacity processes are also required for the production of hydrocarbon fuels and chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass. In this context, this book provides an up-to-date overview of the thermochemical methods available for biomass conversion to liquid fuels and chemicals. In addition to traditional conversion technologies such as fast pyrolysis, new developments are considered, including catalytic routes for the production of liquid fuels from carbohydrates and the use of ionic liquids for lignocellulose utilization. Written by a team of international experts this book will be an essential reference for advanced and postgraduate level students, chemical and biological engineers, energy researchers, agricultural and environmental scientists from academia, industry and government.

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There is increasing recognition that low-cost, high capacity processes for the conversion of biomass into fuels and chemicals are essential for expanding the utilization of carbon neutral processes, reducing dependency on fossil fuel resources, and increasing rural income. While much attention has focused on the use of biomass to produce ethanol via fermentation, high capacity processes are also required for the production of hydrocarbon fuels and chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass. In this context, this book provides an up-to-date overview of the thermochemical methods available for biomass conversion to liquid fuels and chemicals. In addition to traditional conversion technologies such as fast pyrolysis, new developments are considered, including catalytic routes for the production of liquid fuels from carbohydrates and the use of ionic liquids for lignocellulose utilization. Written by a team of international experts this book will be an essential reference for advanced and postgraduate level students, chemical and biological engineers, energy researchers, agricultural and environmental scientists from academia, industry and government.

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Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass to Liquid Fuels and Chemicals

The Royal Society of Chemistry

Contents

Chapter 1 The Rationale for Biofuels Mark Crocker and Rodney Andrews, 1, 
Chapter 2 Energy Crops for the Production of Biofuels Michael Montross and Czarena Crofcheck, 26, 
Chapter 3 The Biorefinery Concept – Thermochemical Production of Building Blocks and Syngas Birgit Kamm, Mirko Gerhardt and Sebastian Leiß, 46, 
Chapter 4 Biomass Gasification James K. Neathery, 67, 
Chapter 5 Conversion of Biomass to Liquid Fuels and Chemicals via the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Route Gary Jacobs and Burtron H. Davis, 95, 
Chapter 6 Bioderived Syngas to Alcohols Adefemi Egbebi and James Spivey, 125, 
Chapter 7 Fast Pyrolysis of Biomass for Energy and Fuels A. V. Bridgwater, 146, 
Chapter 8 Hydrothermal Processing of Biomass P. E. Savage, R. B. Levine and C. M. Huelsman, 192, 
Chapter 9 Lignin Utilization Gunnar Henriksson, Jiebing Li, Liming Zhang and Mikael E. Lindström, 222, 
Chapter 10 Catalysts in Biomass Pyrolysis Angelos A. Lappas, Eleni F. Iliopoulou and K. Kalogiannis, 263, 
Chapter 11 Hydrotreating for Bio-Oil Upgrading Maija L. Honkela, Tuula-Riitta Viljava,Andrea Gutierrez and A. Outi I. Krause, 288, 
Chapter 12 Ionic Liquids for the Utilization of Lignocellulosics Samuel A. Morton III and Laurel A. Morton, 307, 
Chapter 13 Conversion of Cellulose to Sugars Samar Kumar Guha, Hirokazu Kobayashi and Atsushi Fukuoka, 344, 
Chapter 14 Conversion of Carbohydrates to Liquid Fuels Geoffrey Akien, Long Qi and István T. Horváth, 365, 
Chapter 15 Biodiesel Production and Properties Jon H. Van Gerpen and Brian He, 382, 
Chapter 16 Heterogeneous Catalysts for Biodiesel Production Jean-Philippe Dacquin, Adam F. Lee and Karen Wilson, 416, 
Chapter 17 Catalytic Conversion of Glycerol to Valuable Commodity Chemicals Jorge N Beltramini and Chun-Hui (Clayton) Zhou, 435, 
Chapter 18 Renewable Diesel and Jet-Fuel Production from Fats and Oils Tom N. Kalnes, Michael M. McCall and David R. Shonnard, 468, 
Chapter 19 Catalytic Deoxygenation of Fatty Acids and their Derivatives for the Production of Renewable Diesel Dmitry Yu. Murzin and Päivi Mäki-Arvela, 496, 
Subject Index, 511,