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Energy from solar radiation, fixated by self-assembling plant structures, creates biomass that is converted to energy carriers fit for application in today's and tomorrow's energy-generating equipment. The central theme of this book is the development of the current largest renewable energy source for efficient applications in modern and developing society—biomass. The book is presented in an easy-to-understand manner for non-experts, nevertheless revealing the true challenges of this extremely broad area. Through this book, passionate pioneers and (ex-)EU officials tell the interesting history of the use of biomass by mankind in general and how the future of its modern use was shaped by active support of the European Union. The book mainly emphasizes specific technologies, both biological and thermo-chemical, from simple to extremely complex. Recognized experts explain these technologies in a clear way along with their future prospects.
Climb on the shoulders of all 35 authors of the book and look into the close and distant future where interaction with other renewable sources will occur, and discover a renewable energy future in which an important role will be played by the oldest one—bioenergy.
Contents
Preface, 1. Overview of Energy from Biomass for Nonexperts, 2. Bioenergy: Global Potentials and Markets, 3. The Future Role of Bioenergy in the Global Energy System, 4. EU Biomass R&D: The Beginnings (Laying the Ground for Biomass Becoming Mainstream in Sustainable Energy Supply in Europe), 5. Large European Bioenergy Network (LEBEN): A Strategy for Commercial Exploitation of Biomass at the Regional Level, 6. Energy from Biomass: Cooking without Fossil Fuels (a Journey into the World of Cooking in Developing Countries), 7. Biomass Cofiring, 8. Biomass in Combined Heat and Power Production, 9. Solvent-Based Biorefinery of Lignocellulosic Biomass, 10. Synfuels via Biomass Gasification, 11. Energy from Biomass via Gasification in Güssing, 12. Biomass Gasification Systems for Small-Scale Power Generation: Design Rules and Considerations for Systems Including the Down-Draft Gasifier, 13. Torrefaction: Upgrading Biomass into High-Quality Solid Bioenergy Carriers, 14. Current Issues in Charcoal Production and Use, 15. Pyrolysis of Biomass, 16. Coprocessing of (Upgraded) Pyrolysis Liquids in Conventional Oil Refineries, 17. Options for Adaptation of the Biogas Sector to Serve Evolving Electricity Grids, 18. The Ethanol Program in Brazil, 19. Biomass Conversion to Advanced Biofuels: A Short Review on Second Generation Processes to Produce Ethanol, 20. Biomass to Liquid Fuels via HTU®, 21. Catalytic Hydrothermal Gasification, 22. Biomass to Fuels or Rather to Chemicals?, Index
