Bücher von David M. Mousdale

Providing complete coverage of biofuels, this new textbook discusses the multidisciplinary study of bioenergy and the potential for replacing fossil fuels in the coming decades. Presenting numerous examples throughout the text, this book explores key technologies, including biotechnology and genetic reprogramming of microorganisms. The author also examines the future of chemistry from a broad perspective, addressing the economic, social, and environmental issues that are extremely important to any study of bioenergy as a route to sustainable development.

Presents a picture of the biofuels movement, its successes, and its historical failures. This book evaluates industrial processes for large-scale commercial production of ethanol from monocultures and agricultural waste products and provides an account of the advances, including biobutanol and biohydrogen.