Abstract
The limited resources of fossil fuel as well as other important driving forces (e.g., environmental,social, and sustainability concerns) are expected to shape the future development of the chemical processing industries. These challenges motivate the development of new and sustainable technologies for the production of fuel, chemicals, and materials from renewable feedstock instead of fossil fuel. An emerging technology in response to these challenges is the biorefinery concept. The biorefinery is defined as the set of processes converting a bio‐based feedstock into products such as fuels, chemicals, materials, and/or heat and power.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Process Design Strategies for Biomass Conversion Systems |
Editors | Denny K. S. Ng, Raymond R. Tan, Dominic C. Y. Foo, Mahmoud M. El-Halwagi |
Publisher | Wiley |
Publication date | 2016 |
Edition | 1 |
Pages | 3-38 |
Chapter | 1 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781118699157 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781118699140 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |