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Biomass as a source of carbon: The conversion of renewable feedstocks into chemicals and materials

Author
Bozell, Joseph J
Abstract
The current interest in biorefinery development is linked to the country’s access to a large amount of renewable carbon in the form of biomass. Recent work has identified a sustainable biomass supply in the United States of 1.3×109 tons/year without upsetting normal supplies of food, feed and fiber, and without requiring extensive changes in infrastructure or agricultural practices and the current surge of production of corn-based ethanol will drive production even higher. Second-generation facilities for ethanol production will rely on lignocellulose, and the renewable fuels standard has legislated cellulose as the source of 16 billion gallons of fuel ethanol by 2022.
Date Issued
2008Publisher
NABC
Subject
Agricultural biotechnology; biofuels; biopolymers; renewables; bioenergy; biomass; biofeedstocks; conversion technologies;
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Type
book chapter
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