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 humanitys 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.
Algae: A New Biomass Resource.- Anaerobic Fermentation of Organic
Material, Biological Processes and their Control Parameters.- Bio-Gtl
Processes.- Bioenergy within Global Energy Systems.- Current and Future
Contribution.- Bioenergy: Role in Balancing the Electricity Grid and as
Energy Storage.- Bioethanol from Lignocellulosic Biomass.- Bioethanol from
Starch: The US Experience.- Bioethanol from Sugar and Starch.- Bioethanol
from Sugar: The Brazilian Experience.- Biofuels: A Technical, Economic
and Environmental Comparison.- Biofuels: Upgraded New Solids.- Biogas
Production and Energy Cropping.- Biogas Substrates from Municipalities
and Industries.- Biogas for Energy Provision from Agricultural Feedstock,
Hi-Tech Applications.- Biogas for Energy Provision from Organic Waste,
Hi-tech Applications.- Biomass Combustion for Electricity
Generation.- Biomass Energy Heat Provision for Cooking and Heating in
Developing Countries.- Biomass Energy Heat Provision in Modern Large-Scale
Systems.- Biomass Energy Heat Provision in Modern Small-Scale
Systems.- Biomass Energy Small-Scale Combined Heat and Power
Systems.- Biomass Gasification for Electricity and Fuels, Large
Scale.- Biomass Gasification for Rural Electrification, Small
Scale.- Biomass Production, Biological Basics.- Biomass Provision and Use,
Sustainability Aspects.- Biomass Resources, Worldwide.- Biomass as
Renewable Source of Energy, Possible Conversion Routes.- Biomass to Liquid
(BtL).- Biomethane in Transportation Sector.- Biorefinery Approach
Biosynthetic Natural Gas (Bio-SNG).- Co-combustion of Solid Biofuels in
Coal-Fired Power Plants.- Conversion Pathways towards Transportation Fuels:
Identification and Comparison.- Emissions from solid biofuel combustion,
Pollutant formationand control options.- Hydrothermal Conversion of
Biomass.- Innovative Options for Energy Provision.- Lignocellulosic
Energy Grasses for Combustion, Production, and Provision.- Liquid Fuels
from Vegetable Oil.- Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels Derived from
Alcohols.- Plant Oil Fuels Combined Heat and Power (CHP).- Pyrolysis of
Solid Biomass: Basics, Processes and Products.- Renewable Energy from
Biomass, Introduction.- Short Rotation Coppice: Status and
Prospects.- Solid Biofuels, Fuels, and Their
Characteristics.- Thermochemical Conversion of Solid Biofuels: Processes
and Techniques.- Transportation Biofuels via the Pyrolysis Pathway:
Status and Prospects.- Wood from Forests: Trees and Production
Schemes.- World Markets for Sugar and Starch, Status and Prospects.- World
Markets for Vegetable Oils: Status and Prospects.- World Markets for Wood:
Status and Prospects.
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.
