"Biomass Now: Sustainable Growth and Use" ed. by Miodrag Darko Matovic

This two-volume book on biomass is a reflection of the increase in biomass related research and applications, driven by overall higher interest in sustainable energy and food sources, by increased awareness of potentials and pitfalls of using biomass for energy, by the concerns for food supply and by multitude of potential biomass uses as a source material in organic chemistry, bringing in the concept of bio-refinery.

It reflects the trend in broadening of biomass related research and an increased focus on second-generation bio-fuels.


Contents
Preface
Section 1 Biomass Sustainability
1 Biomass as Potential Sustainable Development Driver - Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina
2 Cereal Canopy Structure - Its Assessment and Use in Efficient Crop Management
3 The Oil Palm Wastes in Malaysia
4 Biosorption of Lanthanides Using Select Marine Biomass
Section 2 Biomass Systems
5 Diagnosis and Recommendation Integrated System (DRIS) to Assess the Nutritional State of Plants
6 Bioprocess Modeling and Control
7 A Comparative Study on Energy Use and Cost Analysis of Rice Varieties Under Traditional and Semi-Mechanized Farming Systems in North of Iran
Section 3 Biomass for Energy
8 Continuous Agave Juice Fermentation for Producing Bioethanol
9 Sequential Anaerobic-Aerobic Phase Strategy Using Microbial Granular Sludge for Textile Wastewater Treatment
10 Second Generation Ethanol from Residual Biomass: Research and Perspectives in Ecuador
11 Catalytic Decomposition of Biomass Tars at Low- Temperature
12 Characteristics of Animal Slurry as a Key Biomass for Biogas Production in Denmark
Section 4 Biomass Processing
13 A Real Story of Bioethanol from Biomass: Malaysia Perspective
14 Lignocelluloses Feedstock Biorefinery as Petrorefinery Substitutes
15 Biomass Extraction Methods
16 High-Efficiency Separation of Bio-Oil
Section 5 Biomass Production
17 Short-Rotation Coppice of Willows for the Production of Biomass in Eastern Canada
18 Microbial Biomass in Batch and Continuous System
19 Development of Sustainable Willow Short Rotation Forestry in Northern Europe
20 Artemia, a New Source of Animal Protein Ingredient in Poultry Nutrition
21 Biomass from the Sea
22 Characeae Biomass: Is the Subject Exhausted?