Now available in softcover! This successful book is devoted to biorefineries and biobased industrial technologies, and, as such, is directed towards the technological principles of biorefineries, green processes, plants, concepts, current and forthcoming biobased product lines, as well as the economic aspects. Since the hot topics of green chemistry and green processes are of a multidisciplinary interest, this book will benefit the whole spectrum of the process industry, including chemical engineers, process engineers, apparatus construction engineers, chemical industry, chemists in industry, 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 at Cargill Dow, winner of the U.S. Presidential Green Chemistry Award and holder of more than 40 patents.

BACKGROUND AND OUTLINE - PRINCIPLES AND FUNDAMENTALS Biorefinery Systems - An Overview Biomass Refining Global Impact - The Biobased Economy of the 21st Century Development of Biorefineries - Technical and Economic Considerations Biorefineries for the Chemical Industry - A Dutch Point of View BIOREFINERY SYSTEMS The Lignocellulosic Biorefinery - A Strategy for Returning to a Sustainable Source of Fuels and Industrial Organic Chemicals Lignocellulosic Feedstock Biorefinery: History and Plant Development for Biomass Hydrolysis The Biofine Process - Production of Levulinic Acid, Furfural, and Formic Acid from Lignocellulosic Feedstocks A Whole Crop Biorefinery System: A Closed System for the Manufacture of Non-food Products from Cereals Iogen's Demonstration Process for Producing Ethanol from Cellulosic Biomass Sugar-based Biorefinery - Technology for Integrated Production of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate), Sugar, and Ethanol Biomass Refineries Based on Hybrid Thermochemical-Biological Processing - An The Green Biorefiner Concept - Fundamentals and Potential Plant Juice in the Biorefinery - Use of Plant Juice as Fermentation Medium BIOMASS PRODUCTION AND PRIMARY BIOREFINERIES Biomass Commercialization and Agriculture Residue Collection The Corn Wet Milling and Corn Dry Milling Industry - A Base for Biorefinery Technology Developments BIOMASS CONVERSION: PROCESSES AND TECHNOLOGIES Enzymes for Biorefineries Biocatalytic and Catalytic Routes for the Production of Bulk and Fine Chemicals from Renewable Resources BIOBASED PRODUCT FAMILY TREES The Key Sugars of Biomass: Availability, Present Non-Food Uses and Potential Future Development Lines Industrial Starch Platform - Status quo of Production, Modification and Application Lignocellulose-based Chemical Products and Product Family Trees Lignin Chemistry and its Role in Biomass Conversion Industrial Lignin Production and Applications Towards Integration of Biorefinery and Microbial Amino Acid Production Protein-based Polymers: Mechanistic Foundations for Bioproduction and Engineering New Syntheses with Oils and Fats as Renewable Raw Materials for the Chemical Industry Industrial Development and Application of Biobased Oleochemicals Phytochemicals, Dyes, and Pigments in the Biorefinery Context Adding Color to Green Chemistry? An Overview of the Fundamentals and Potential of Chlorophylls BIOBASED INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS, MATERIALS AND CONSUMER PRODUCTS Industrial Chemicals from Biomass - Industrial Concepts Succinic Acid - A Model Building Block for Chemical Production from Renewable Resources Polylactic Acid from Renewable Resources Biobased Consumer Products for Cosmetics BIOBASED INDUSTRY: ECONOMY, COMMERCIALIZATION AND SUSTAINABILITY Industrial Biotech - Setting Conditions to Capitalize on the Economic Potential