About the Book: Introduction to Chemicals from Biomass
This book presents an overview of the use of bio resources in the 21st century,
for the manufacture of major chemical and material products. The book covers
resources, chemical composition of biomass, key factors affecting composition,
utilization of wastes, extraction technologies, controlled pyrolysis,
fermentation, platform molecules, green chemical technologies for their
conversion to valuable chemicals. It focuses on existing bulk chemists and show
how smaller volume chemicals could become bulk chemicals as a result of a
greater exploitation of biomass products.
About the Author: James Clark
Professor James Clark-Head of the Clean Technology Centre, University of York,
UK.James Clark