The increasing demand for energy and the related environmental concerns are the main drivers for the strong interest in Biomass Fermentation towards usage in Fuel Cells. The integration of Biomass Fermentation (BF) and Fuel Cells (FC) technology creates a new and interdisciplinary research area. Due to their high efficiency Fuel Cells are therefore considered as a strategic technology for future energy supply systems. The fact that biomass is a renewable source of energy in combination with the most efficient energy conversion system (FC) makes this combination unique and advantageous. This...

A definitive and detailed discussion of state-of-the-art environmental technologies to treat pollution by sulfurous compounds of wastewater, off-gases, solid waste, soils and sediments. Special attention is given to novel bioremediation techniques that have been developed over the past 10 years. The information density is unique owing to the many figures and graphs (150), tables (over 80) and most important, over 1500 cited literature references. A detailed subject index helps the reader to find their way through the different technological applications, making it the perfect reference work...

Several options to recover energy out of organic solid waste from domestic, agricultural, and industrial origin are presented and discussed. This text also demonstrates existing economically feasible treatment systems that produce energy out of solid waste.