Routes to cellulosic ethanol
By: Marcos Silveira Buckeridge, Gustavo H Goldman, editors
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780387927398
Subjects: Biomass energy; Biotechnology; Plant cell walls; Cellulose; Ethanol as fuel
Description: The quest for renewable energy and sustainability have led to the examinaiton of using biomass as a source of energy. Since large amounts of energy are "hidden" in carbon polymers made by plants, notably carbohydrates, the development of technologies to produce liquid fuels from carbohydrate polymers such as cellulose could significantly increase energy sustainabiligy. This book reviews general aspects of biomass utilization for bioenergy production, as well as strategies using biochemistry, molecular biology, chemistry and physics to disassemble plant cell walls. Recent discoveries of basic science under development in several laboratories are reviewed by experts who have been working intensively with aspects that will have an impact on the development of the technology of production of cellulosic ethanol --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Bioenergy; title: Plant cell walls, enzymes, and metabolismtries; title: Plant cell wall genetics.