This comprehensive reference is a state-of-the-art survey of biomass as an energy carrier for the provision of heat, electricity, and transportation fuel, considering technical, economic, environmental, and social aspects.

Table of Contents

• Volume Preface
• About the Editor-in-Chief
• Editors and Contributors
• Renewable Energy from Biomass: Introduction - Martin Kaltschmitt
• Part I Resource Side
• Biomass Production: Biological Basics - Matthias Gilbert and Christian Wilhelm
• Wood from Forests: Trees and Production Schemes - Michael Köhl
• Short Rotation Coppice: Status and Prospects - Anne Rödl
• Lignocellulosic Energy Grasses for Combustion, Production, and Provision - Yasir Iqbal and Iris Lewandowski
• Biogas Substrates from Municipalities and Industries - Ulrike Seyfert, Daniela Thrän and Jasmin Kalcher
• Biogas Production and Energy Cropping - Christoph Strauß, Armin Vetter, Michael Dickeduisberg and Andreas Von Felde
• Algae: A New Biomass Resource - Alberta Pinnola, Cinzia Formighieri and Roberto Bassi
• World Markets for Wood: Status and Prospects - Udo Mantau, Marian Mayr, Przemko Döring, Ulrike Saal, Sebastian Glasenapp and Christian Blanke
• World Markets for Sugar and Starch: Status and Prospects - Verena Wolf and Marlen Haß
• World Markets for Vegetable Oils: Status and Prospects - Thomas Mielke
• Biomass Resources, Worldwide - André P. C. Faaij
• Part II Overview Conversion
• Biomass as Renewable Source of Energy: Possible Conversion Routes - Martin Kaltschmitt
• Part III Heat and Electricity from Solid Biofuels
• Thermochemical Conversion of Solid Biofuels: Processes and Techniques - Daniel Christ, Marvin Scherzinger, Ulf Neuling and Martin Kaltschmitt
• Solid Biofuels and Their Characteristics - Hans Hartmann
• Upgraded “New” Solid Biofuels - Marco Klemm, Ralf Schmersahl, Claudia Kirsten, Nadja Weller, Annett Pollex, Jan Hari Arti Khalsa and Thomas Zeng
• Emissions from Solid Biofuel Combustion: Pollutant Formation and Control Options - Isabel Höfer, Martin Kaltschmitt and Alexander Beckendorff
• Biomass Energy Heat Provision for Cooking and Heating in Developing Countries - Ralph P. Overend
• Biomass Energy Heat Provision in Modern Small-Scale Systems - Hans Hartmann and Volker Lenz
• Biomass Energy Heat Provision in Modern Large-Scale Systems - Ingwald Obernberger, Friedrich Biedermann and Thomas Brunner
• Biomass Energy Small-Scale Combined Heat and Power Systems - Daniel Büchner, Andreas Ortwein, Ernst Höftberger and Volker Lenz
• Biomass Combustion for Electricity Generation - Andreas Wiese
• Co-combustion of Solid Biofuels in Coal-Fired Power Plants - Hartmut Spliethoff and Christian Wolf
• Small Scale Biomass Gasification for Rural Electrification - Marco Klemm
• Large Scale Biomass Gasification for Electricity and Fuels - Hermann Hofbauer
• Part IV Heat and Electricity from Biogas
• Anaerobic Fermentation of Organic Material: Biological Processes and Their Control Parameters - Jan Liebetrau, Sören Weinrich, Heike Sträuber and Jörg Kretzschmar
• Biogas for Energy Provision from Agricultural Feedstock: Hi-Tech Applications - Frank Scholwin, Michael Nelles and Johan Grope
• Biogas for Energy Provision from Organic Waste: Hi-Tech Applications - Henrik B. Møller and Alastair J. Ward
• Part V Fuel for Transportation Purpose
• Conversion Pathways Toward Transportation Fuels: Identification and Comparison - Ulf Neuling and Martin Kaltschmitt
• Liquid Fuels from Vegetable Oil - Ulf Neuling and Martin Kaltschmitt
• Bioethanol from Sugar and Starch - Anton Friedl
• Bioethanol from Sugar: The Brazilian Experience - José Goldemberg, Suani Teixeira Coelho, Patricia Guardabassi and Plinio Mário Nastari
• Bioethanol from Starch: The US Experience - Dale A. Monceaux
• Bioethanol from Lignocellulosic Biomass - Charles E. Wyman, Charles M. Cai and Rajeev Kumar
• Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels Derived from Alcohols - Jan Pechstein and Martin Kaltschmitt
• Biomass to Liquid (BtL) - Hermann Hofbauer and Reinhard Rauch
• Biosynthetic Natural Gas (Bio-SNG) - Tilman J. Schildhauer
• Transportation Biofuels via the Pyrolysis Pathway: Status and Prospects - Javier Fermoso, Patricia Pizarro, Juan M. Coronado and David P. Serrano
• Biomethane in the Transportation Sector - Sebastian Timmerberg, Christiane Dieckmann, Ralph Mackenthun and Martin Kaltschmitt
• Bio-Gtl Processes - Jan Peer Gebauer and Martin Kaltschmitt
• Biofuels: A Technical, Economic, and Environmental Comparison - Franziska Mueller-Langer, Stefan Majer and Anastasios Perimenis
• Part VI Other Options
• Plant Oil Fuels Combined Heat and Power (CHP) - Klaus Thuneke
• Pyrolysis of Solid Biomass: Basics, Processes and Products - Anthony V. Bridgwater
• Hydrothermal Conversion of Biomass - Frédéric Vogel
• Part VII Energy System Aspects
• Bioenergy within Global Energy Systems: Current and Future Contribution - Martin Kaltschmitt and Annika Magdowski
• Bioenergy: Role in Balancing the Electricity Grid and as Energy Storage - David Chiaramonti, Leonardo Nibbi, Antti Arasto, Juha Kiviluoma, Eric van den Heuvel, Lars Waldheim and Kyriakos Maniatis
• Biomass Provision and Use: Sustainability Aspects - Floor van der Hilst, Ric Hoefnagels, Martin Junginger, Marc Londo, Li Shen and Birka Wicke
• The Biorefinery Approach - Lisa M. Schmidt, Lennart F. Andersen, Christiane Dieckmann, Anne Lamp and Martin Kaltschmitt
• Innovative Options for Energy Provision - Christian Wilhelm