Energy from Organic Materials (Biomass)

1. Heat and Electricity from Solid Biofuels

   1. Emissions from Solid Biofuel Combustion: Pollutant Formation and Control Options

      • Isabel Höfer, Martin Kaltschmitt, Alexander Beckendorff

      Pages 483-512

   2. Biomass Energy Heat Provision for Cooking and Heating in Developing Countries

      • Ralph P. Overend

      Pages 513-531

   3. Biomass Energy Heat Provision in Modern Small-Scale Systems

      • Hans Hartmann, Volker Lenz

      Pages 533-586

   4. Biomass Energy Heat Provision in Modern Large-Scale Systems

      • Ingwald Obernberger, Friedrich Biedermann, Thomas Brunner

      Pages 587-628

   5. Biomass Energy Small-Scale Combined Heat and Power Systems

      • Daniel Büchner, Andreas Ortwein, Ernst Höftberger, Volker Lenz

      Pages 629-651

   6. Biomass Combustion for Electricity Generation

      • Andreas Wiese

      Pages 653-690

   7. Co-combustion of Solid Biofuels in Coal-Fired Power Plants

      • Hartmut Spliethoff, Christian Wolf

      Pages 691-713

   8. Small Scale Biomass Gasification for Rural Electrification

      • Marco Klemm

      Pages 715-751

   9. Large Scale Biomass Gasification for Electricity and Fuels

      • Hermann Hofbauer

      Pages 753-775

2. Heat and Electricity from Biogas

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 777-777

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   2. Anaerobic Fermentation of Organic Material: Biological Processes and Their Control Parameters

      • Jan Liebetrau, Sören Weinrich, Heike Sträuber, Jörg Kretzschmar

      Pages 779-807

   3. Biogas for Energy Provision from Agricultural Feedstock: Hi-Tech Applications

      • Frank Scholwin, Michael Nelles, Johan Grope

      Pages 809-821

   4. Biogas for Energy Provision from Organic Waste: Hi-Tech Applications

      • Henrik B. Møller, Alastair J. Ward

      Pages 823-839

3. Fuel for Transportation Purpose

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 841-841

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   2. Conversion Pathways Toward Transportation Fuels: Identification and Comparison

      • Ulf Neuling, Martin Kaltschmitt

      Pages 843-880

   3. Liquid Fuels from Vegetable Oil

      • Ulf Neuling, Martin Kaltschmitt

      Pages 881-904

   4. Bioethanol from Sugar and Starch

      • Anton Friedl

      Pages 905-924

   5. Bioethanol from Sugar: The Brazilian Experience

      • José Goldemberg, Suani Teixeira Coelho, Patricia Guardabassi, Plinio Mário Nastari

      Pages 925-954

   6. Bioethanol from Starch: The US Experience

      • Dale A. Monceaux

      Pages 955-996

   7. Bioethanol from Lignocellulosic Biomass

      • Charles E. Wyman, Charles M. Cai, Rajeev Kumar

      Pages 997-1022

This comprehensive reference is a state-of-the-art survey of biomass as an energy carrier for the provision of heat, electricity, and transportation fuel, considering technical, economic, environmental, and social aspects. On a global scale, biomass contributes roughly 12 to 16 % of the energy needed to cover the overall primary energy consumption. Thus far, it is humanity’s most important source of renewable energy, used on practically all continents and growing in importance even in industrialized nations. With detailed coverage of the production of solid, gaseous and liquid fuels, as well as a final energy provision, this volume serves as an introduction for readers just entering the field, but also offers new insights, up-to-date information, as well as latest findings for advanced researchers, industry experts, and decision makers.

• Renewable Energy from Biomass
• Liquid Biofuels
• Bioethanol
• Biodiesel
• Biokerosene
• Gaseous Biofuels
• Biogas
• Biomethane
• Solid Biofuels
• Wood Chips
• Wood Logs
• Wood Pellets
• Biomass Combustion
• Biomass Gasification
• Biomass Pyrolysis
• Anaerobic Fermentation
• Alcoholic Fermentation
• biochemical engineering

• Institute of Environmental Technology and Energy Economics (IUE), Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), Hamburg, Germany

  Martin Kaltschmitt

Martin Kaltschmitt did his PhD as well as his Habilitation in the field of renewable energies at Stuttgart University / Germany. After a research stay at King's College in London and at the University of California at Berkeley he became the managing director of the Leipzig Institute for Energy non-profit research company. In 2006 he has been promoted to a full professor at Hamburg University of Technology where he is heading the Institute of Environmental Technology and Energy Economics. Between 2008 and 2010 he was in parallel the scientific managing director of the German Biomass Research Centre (DBFZ). He published more than 20 books and more than 210 articles in scientific magazines; the textbook about Renewable Energies and about Energy from Biomass is available in the 5th and 3rd edition, respectively. He gave also more than 500 presentation on scientific conferences and seminars within the field of renewable energy and especially bioenergy.

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