Part 1: General 1. Introduction (Prof Ashok Pandey, India) 2. Feedstock suitability for thermo-chemical processes (Dr Rupam Kataki, India) 3. Analytical techniques as a tool to understand the reaction mechanism (Prof Emma Jakab, Hungary) 4. Catalysts for the thermo-chemical conversion of biomass (Dr Thallada Bhaskar, India) 5. Artificial neural networks for thermo-chemical conversion of biomass (Prof Juan Carlos Bruno) 6. Thermo-chemical biorefinery (Ms Bhavya Balagurumurthy, India)
Part 2: Primary Processes 7. Pyrolysis of biomass (Prof. Philip Steele, USA) 8. Gasification of biomass to produce syngas (Prof Yohan Richardson, Burkina Faso) 9. Hydrothermal gasification of biomass (Prof Y Matsumura, Japan) 10. Hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass (Dr Thallada Bhaskar, India) 11. Carbonization of biomass (Dr Frederik Ronsse, Belgium) 12. Hydrothermal carbonization of biomass (Dr Maria Magdelana Titrici, UK)
Part 3: Secondary Processes 13. Co-processing of upgraded bio-oil in fluid catalytic cracking (Prof Ulises Sedran, Argentina) 14. Biomass gasification and Fischer-Tropsch process to produce liquid hydrocarbons (Prof VS Moholkar, India) 15. Conversion of cellulose-derived compounds into value-added chemicals using carbon dioxide and water (Dr M Shirai, Japan) 16. Thermo-chemical valorisation of lignin (Dr Thallada Bhaskar, India)
Recent advances in thermochemical conversion of biomass. ISBN 9780444632906. Published by Elsevier in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.