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Park B.

Appell M.

Advances in applied nanotechnology for agriculture

Agricultural products influence most aspects of life, including food and feed,feedstocks for bio-based products, and everyday materials, such as fuels, textiles, and furniture. Advances in technology are necessary to address the future global needs [...]

Nicholas P Cheremisinoff

Consulting Engineer

Best Practices in the agrochemical industry

The Handbook of Cleaner Production comprises a series of reference guides to cleaner production methods, technologies, and practices for key industry sectors. Each volume covers, for each industry sector: manufacturing technologies waste [...]

Honary L.

Richter E.

Biobased lubricants and greases

Technology and products

Due to the rise in petroleum prices as well as increasing environmental concerns, there is a need to develop biochemicals and bioproducts that offer realistic alternatives to their traditional counterparts; this book will address the lack of a [...]

Pandey A.

Lee D. J.

Chisti Y.

Biofuels from algae

This book provides in-depth information on basic and applied aspects of biofuels production from algae. It begins with an introduction to the topic, and follows with the basic scientific aspects of algal cultivation and its use for biofuels [...]

Qureshi N.

Hodge D.

Vertes A.

Biorefineries

Integrated biochemical processes for liquid biofuels (Ethanol and Butanol)

Biorefineries outlines the processes and steps to successfully scale up production of two types of biofuels, butanol and ethanol, from cellulosic residues for commercial purposes. It covers practical topics, including biomass availability, [...]

Piccolo A.

Carbon sequestration in agricultural soils

A multidisciplinary approach to innovative methods

This compilation of techniques, methodologies and scientific data arises from a four-year Italian research project, which took place at university research stations in Turin, Piacenza, Naples and Potenza. Soil Organic Matter (SOM) represents an [...]

Liebert T. F.

Heinze T. J.

Edgar K. J.

Cellulose solvents

For analysis, shaping and chemical modification

The book will give an overview of the current state-of-the-art concerning the activation and dissolution of cellulose in a broad variety of solvents. Research on this topic can lead to new pathways for the utilization of the most abundant [...]

Lerma García M. J.

Characterization and authentication of olive and other vegetable oils

New analytical methods

This thesis presents new methods for the characterization of vegetable oils, with focus in olive oil, according to geographical and botanical origin, genetic variety and other issues influencing product quality. A wide variety of analytical [...]

Sengupta D.

Pike R. W.

Chemicals from biomass

Integrating bioprocesses into chemical production complexes for sustainable development

This book develops a methodology for creating new plants based on renewable resources that supply the needed goods and services of existing plants. It includes converting existing plants to ones based on renewable resources that may require [...]

Bhat S. V.

Naga Sampagi B. A.

Shivakumar M.

Chemistry of natural products

During the last few decades, research into natural products has advanced tremendously thanks to contributions from the fields of chemistry, life sciences, food science and material sciences. Comparisons of natural products from microorganisms, lower [...]