Bioethanol and Natural Resources: Substrates, Chemistry and Engineered Systems

ISBN-13: 9780367572655 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 202 str.

Ruben Michael Ceballos

Opis

Bioethanol and Natural Resources: Substrates, Chemistry and Engineered Systems provides a comprehensive review of feedstocks, physiochemical and biological pretreatments, molecular substrates, cellulolytic and ligninolytic enzymes, and advanced technologies for producing bioethanol.

Spis treści

Introduction. Molecular substrates of ethanol feedstocks. First-generation biofuel and second-generation biofuel feedstocks: Biofuel potential and processing. Natural enzymes used to convert feedstock to substrate. Engineered enzymes and enzyme systems. Conclusion.

O autorze

Dr. Ceballos holds a bachelor’s degree in Physics/Mathematics from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, a master’s degree in Behavioral Neuroscience from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and a doctorate in Microbiology and Biochemistry from the University of Montana. He is a protein biochemist and microbiologist at the University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA).