This is the first book dedicated to biorefineries and biobased industrial technologies and products, and, as such, is directed towards the technological principles of biorefineries, processes, plants, concepts, current and forthcoming biobased product lines, as well as economic aspects. Since the hot topics of green chemistry and green processes are of a mutlidisciplinary interest, this book will benefit chemists in industry and science, in particualr the organic chemists and chemical engineers as well as the whole spectrum of the process indudstry, process engineers, apparatus construction engineers, and biotechnologists.
The editors and authors are all internationally recognized experts from industry and academia, including Dr. Patrick Gruber, the former Vice president and Chief Technology Officer of Cargill Dow (Nature-Works LLC), a winner of the U.S. Presidential Green Chemistry Award and holder of more than 40 patents.
