Quality Living Through Chemurgy And Green Chemistry

Author : Peter C.K. Lau
Publisher : Springer
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662537046

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Quality Living Through Chemurgy and Green Chemistry by Peter C.K. Lau Pdf

This book is intended to give readers an appreciation of what the future holds, as cutting-edge technologies in synthetic biology and pathway engineering and advanced bioprocessing development pave the way for providing goods and services to benefit humankind that are based on the synergy of two biomasses - i.e. of what a renewable feedstock could yield and an infinite microbial biomass could provide in terms of enzymes and biocatalysts. This 13-chapter book, with an introductory treatise on the guiding principles of green chemistry and engineering metrics, brings together a broad range of research and innovation agendas and perspectives from industries, academia and government laboratories using renewable feedstocks that include macroalgae and lignins. In addition, social-economic aspects and the pillars of competitiveness in regional cluster development are explored as we transition from fossil-fuel-based economies to a circular bioeconomy, with chemurgy and green chemistry being implicit to the innovation movement. The bulk of the book covers specific applications including the bioproduction of amino sugars, dicarboxylic acids, omega-3 fatty acids, starch and fermentable sugars from lignocellulosic materials, and phenolics as building blocks for polymer synthesis. Enzymatic systems for accessing chiral and special-purpose chemicals, as well as the development of specialized enzymes from macroalgae for biofuel and biochemical production are also addressed. Research gaps, hurdles to overcome in various biological processes, and present achievements in the production of biofuels and biochemicals from lignocellulosic materials are discussed. Going beyond the conventional expectation of discussing the production of drop-in chemicals, the book instead emphasizes how the potential of new chemicals and materials can be harnessed through innovative thinking and research. As such, it provides an invaluable reference source for researchers and graduate students interested in Chemurgy and Green Chemistry, as well as for practitioners in the field of industrial biotechnology and biobased industry. Peter C.K. Lau is a Distinguished Professor at Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and an Adjunct Professor at the Departments of Chemistry and Microbiology & Immunology, McGill University, Canada.

Author : Mark Anthony Benvenuto,George Ruger
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783110669985

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Green Chemistry and Technology by Mark Anthony Benvenuto,George Ruger Pdf

The 6th volume of Green Chemical Processing considers sustainable chemistry in the context of innovative and emerging technologies, explaining how they can support the “greening” of industry processes. The American Chemical Society’s 12 Principles of Green Chemistry are woven throughout this text as well as the series to which this book belongs.

Author : Debora Puglia,Carlo Santulli,Fabrizio Sarasini
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-26
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780128237038

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Micro and Nanolignin in Aqueous Dispersions and Polymers by Debora Puglia,Carlo Santulli,Fabrizio Sarasini Pdf

Micro and Nanolignin in Aqueous Dispersions and Polymers: Interactions, Properties, and Applications presents the very latest research on lignin biorefinery treatments, production, chemistry, and refining, exploring a range of innovative applications of lignin and lignin-based composites at both the micro and the nanoscale. The book begins by presenting the latest developments in extraction methods and properties, with topics including methods for value-added microlignin, color characteristics, refining and functionalization, depolymerization for phenolic monomer production, and production of sulphur-free lignin nanoparticles. This is followed by in-depth sections focusing on the preparation of lignin for advanced applications at the microscale, then at the nanoscale, covering a range of areas such as construction, fiber manufacturing, food packaging, biomedicine, wood preservation, wastewater treatment, and agriculture. This valuable resource enables the reader to identify the high added value of a biomass residue and supports possible development and use for mass and niche high impact application sectors. This information is of interest to researchers, scientists, and advanced students, across bio-based polymers and bio-composites, polymer science and engineering, nanomaterials, chemistry, sustainable materials, materials science, and chemical engineering. Moreover, it is also addressed to the professionals that as well as those in an R&D industrial setting to are looking on ideas and perspectives on how to utilize bio-based materials in advanced industrial applications. Provides detailed information on extraction methods, properties, refining and functionalization processes Guides the reader through the preparation of lignin both at the micro and nanoscale, as a filler, a matrix, and in all-lignin composites Takes a design-for-application approach, opening the door to high value applications across a range of sectors

Author : Holly Jean Buck
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781788730365

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After Geoengineering by Holly Jean Buck Pdf

What if the people seized the means of climate production? The window for action on climate change is closing rapidly. We are hurtling ever faster towards climate catastrophe—the destruction of a habitable world for many species, perhaps the near-extinction of our own. As anxieties about global temperatures soar, demands for urgent action grow louder. What can be done? Can this process be reversed? Once temperatures rise, is there any going back? Some are thinking about releasing aerosols into the stratosphere in order to reflect sunlight back into space and cool the earth. And this may be necessary, if it actually works. But it would only be the beginning; it’s what comes after that counts. In this groundbreaking book, Holly Jean Buck charts a possible course to a liveable future. Climate restoration will require not just innovative technologies to remove carbon from the atmosphere, but social and economic transformation. The steps we must take are enormous, and they must be taken soon. Looking at industrial-scale seaweed farms, the grinding of rocks to sequester carbon at the bottom of the sea, the restoration of wetlands, and reforestation, Buck examines possible methods for such transformations and meets the people developing them. Both critical and utopian, speculative and realistic, After Geoengineering presents a series of possible futures. Rejecting the idea that technological solutions are some kind of easy workaround, Holly Jean Buck outlines the kind of social transformation that will be necessary to repair our relationship to the earth if we are to continue living here.

Author : Sami Rtimi
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783036510064

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Advances in Antimicrobial Coatings by Sami Rtimi Pdf

This book is motivated by our passion to compile recent research on antimicrobial surfaces. We aimed to assemble research papers on the preparation of new materials, antimicrobial testing using different pathogens (bacteria, fungi, and viruses), and the relationship between the coating nanostructure and its reactivity towards the studied pathogen(s). We believe that a good antimicrobial coating should by characterized by (i) a fast activity towards the pathogen, (ii) sustainable activity based on the stability of the coating, and (iii) the lowest possible toxicity for humans and reduced risks for the environment. Striking a compromise between these different challenges is difficult and requires more research.

Author : Atta-ur Rahman
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780323911009

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Studies in Natural Products Chemistry by Atta-ur Rahman Pdf

Natural products in the plant and animal kingdom offer a huge diversity of chemical structures that are the result of biosynthetic processes that have been modulated over the millennia through genetic effects. With the rapid developments in spectroscopic techniques and accompanying advances in high-throughput screening techniques, it has become possible to isolate and then determine the structures and biological activity of natural products rapidly, thus opening up exciting opportunities in the field of new drug development to the pharmaceutical industry. Studies in Natural Products Chemistry covers the synthesis or testing and recording of the medicinal properties of natural products, providing cutting edge accounts of the fascinating developments in the isolation, structure elucidation, synthesis, biosynthesis and pharmacology of a diverse array of bioactive natural products. Focuses on the chemistry of bioactive natural products Contains contributions by leading authorities in the field Presents sources of new pharmacophores

Author : Jean-Pierre Corriou,Jean-Claude Assaf
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783036500966

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Chemical Process Design, Simulation and Optimization by Jean-Pierre Corriou,Jean-Claude Assaf Pdf

The book presents a series of articles devoted to modeling, simulation, and optimization of processes, mainly chemical. General methods for process modeling and numerical simulation are described with flowsheeting. Population balances are addressed in detail with application to crystal production; energy saving is frequently optimized, including exergy analysis. The coupling between process simulation and computational fluid dynamics is studied for air classification and bubble columns. Pressure swing adsorption, reactive distillation, and nanofiltration are explained in general and applied to particular processes. The synthesis of carbon dots is solved by the design of experiments method. A safety study addresses the consequences of gas explosion.

Author : Amit Kumar Rai,Sudhir P. Singh,Ashok Pandey,Christian Larroche,Carlos Ricardo Soccol
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780128236437

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Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering by Amit Kumar Rai,Sudhir P. Singh,Ashok Pandey,Christian Larroche,Carlos Ricardo Soccol Pdf

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Author : Pratibha Dheeran,Sachin Kumar
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000887181

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Extremophiles by Pratibha Dheeran,Sachin Kumar Pdf

This book ‘Extremophiles: Wastewater and Algal Biorefinery’ explores the potential of extremophiles/extremotolerant organisms in wastewater treatment, biorefining of algal biomass and in the treatment of industrial waste effluent. The book provides a holistic overview about the current status of extremophiles in waste water treatment and various industrial processes. The chapters comprehensively cover the scientific and research findings on various industrial applications of extremophiles such as biofuels, extremozymes, electricity generation, biofilms, microbial corrosion and waste water treatment etc. This book is an integrated source of literature for the scientists, engineers, academicians, and students working in the area of extremophiles, microbial technology and biorefinery.

Author : Ruby Aslam,Mohammad Mobin,Jeenat Aslam,Saman Zehra
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2023-01-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031216824

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Advancements in Biosurfactants Research by Ruby Aslam,Mohammad Mobin,Jeenat Aslam,Saman Zehra Pdf

This book presents numerous uses of biosurfactants as potential alternatives to synthetic surfactants in food, textile, biomedical and therapeutic applications as well as in bioremediation and waste management. Divided into four parts, the book explores a wide range of biosurfactants as sustainable materials, starting with an overview of biosurfactants’ production, in which readers will find topics such as characterization, purification, sustainable production, biodegradation, and cytotoxic aspects of biosurfactants. Part 2 presents the latest applications of biosurfactants in food and textile industries, as well as their application in nanoparticle synthesis, heavy metal remediation, drug absorption, waste treatment, agriculture management, marine sediment remediation of organic pollutants, emulsification and biofuel production, and as anti-corrosive agents. Part 3 traces current biomedical applications of biosurfactants, including their use as biocidal, wound healing, and anti-tumour agents. In this part, readers will also discover further applications of biosurfactants in oral cavity care, and biofilm prevention and disruption. The final part of the book discusses the main advantages and disadvantages of biosurfactants over synthetic surfactants, the current challenges in biosurfactant research, and prospects for their commercialization. This book will be a valuable resource for students, scholars and researchers working in the fields of colloidal and interface science, chemistry and chemical engineering. Professionals and scholars alike will appreciate the latest research findings that it presents.

Author : Mueller, Ann-Kathrin
Publisher : KIT Scientific Publishing
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783731508205

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Decision Support for Biomass Value Chains for the Production of Biochemicals Considering Uncertainties by Mueller, Ann-Kathrin Pdf

Author : Krushna Prasad Shadangi,Prakash Kumar Sarangi,Kaustubha Mohanty,Irem Deniz,Anjani Ravi Kiran Gollakota
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780323985512

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Bioenergy Engineering by Krushna Prasad Shadangi,Prakash Kumar Sarangi,Kaustubha Mohanty,Irem Deniz,Anjani Ravi Kiran Gollakota Pdf

Bioenergy Engineering: Fundamentals, Methods, Modelling, and Applications presents the fundamental principles, recent developments, innovative state-of the-art technologies, challenges, solutions and future perspectives on the production of biofuels and bioenergy. Balancing the scientific and engineering aspects of biofuels production, the book guides readers through the chemical kinetics, modeling, thermodynamics, unit operations and technological advancements in fuel processing from conventional and alternative resources. Each chapter of the book starts with the fundamentals and goes on to assess the latest technologies for the production of renewable fuels on topics. Sections cover biomass utilization, biomass-to-liquid conversion technologies (pyrolysis, liquefaction, solid-state fermentation and submerged fermentation), biomass-to-gas conversion technologies (thermochemical gasification, subcritical and supercritical water gasification, and methanation), gas-to-liquid conversion technologies (Fischer-Tropsch synthesis), carbonization, transesterification, organic transformation, carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom coupling reactions, oxidation, reforming, hydrotreating technologies (hydrogenation, hydrodesulfurization, hydrodenitrogenation, hydro dearomatization and hydro demetalization), nanocatalysis and biocatalysis (enzymatic hydrolysis), and much more. Analyzes emerging technologies for the sustainable conversion of various waste and non-waste materials into bioenergy and biofuels Examines a wide range of feedstocks and conversion pathways for liquid and gaseous biofuels Offers practical guidance and data on how to conduct lifecycle assessment, techno-economic analysis, and utilize GIS modeling for a range production pathways

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1168 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Commerce
ISBN : STANFORD:36105133499645

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The Economist by Anonim Pdf

Author : Beatriz Bustos,Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro,Gustavo García-López,Felipe Milanez,Diana Ojeda
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 722 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000869026

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Routledge Handbook of Latin America and the Environment by Beatriz Bustos,Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro,Gustavo García-López,Felipe Milanez,Diana Ojeda Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Latin America and the Environment provides an in-depth and accessible analysis and theorization of environmental issues in the region. It will help readers make connections between Latin American and other regions’ perspectives, experiences, and environmental concerns. Latin America has seen an acceleration of environmental degradation due to the expansion of resource extraction and urban areas. This Handbook addresses Latin America not only as an object of study, but also as a region with a long and profound history of critical thinking on these themes. Furthermore, the Handbook departs from most treatments on the topic by studying the environment as a social issue inextricably linked to politics, economy, and culture. The Handbook will be an invaluable resource for those wanting not only to understand the issues, but also to engage with ideas about environmental politics and social-ecological transformation. The Handbook covers a broad range of topics organized according to three areas: physical geography, ecology, and crucial environmental problems of the region. These are key theoretical and methodological issues used to understand Latin America’s ecosocial contexts, and institutional and grassroots practices related to more just and ecologically sustainable worlds. The Handbook will set a research agenda for the near future and provide comprehensive research on most subregions relative to environmental transformations, challenges, struggles and political processes. It stands as a fresh and much needed state of the art introduction for researchers, scholars, post-graduates and academic audiences on Latin American contributions to theorization, empirical research and environmental practices.

Author : William Shurtleff; Akiko Aoyagi
Publisher : Soyinfo Center
Page : 1726 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781928914761

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History of Soybeans and Soyfoods in the United Kingdom and Ireland (1613-2015) by William Shurtleff; Akiko Aoyagi Pdf

The world's most comprehensive, well documented, and well illustrated book on this subject. With extensive index. 333 color photographs and illustrations. Free of charge in digital PDF format on Google Books.