The book explores the economic significance of algae as a source of crude oil, food, and various products in pharmaceuticals and industry. It emphasizes the importance of an integrated biorefinery approach for large-scale algae production, highlighting the need to produce multiple products simultaneously. The detailed examination of algae's chemical composition supports the argument for their role in a sustainable bioeconomy.
This book covers all major aspects of chitin and chitosan, including structure, biosynthesis, biodegradation, properties of chitin and derivatives, applications, and market. It offers a special focus on the bioeconomy, which is the renewable segment of the circular economy.
Written with a diverse audience in mind, this book describes the current status, development, and future prospects for the critical technology of second-generation biorefineries, specifically with a focus on lignocellulosic materials as feedstock. It provides an overview of the issues behind this technological transition, and it provides, in depth, the science and technology related to cellulose for production of bioethanol and other biofuels. The book also highlights the main emerging routes that will serve as the source of important bio-generated products in the future.